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Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 866 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve): Ask (problem, users, limits) → Imagine (many ideas) → Plan (diagram, materials). Create (build a prototype) → Test (measure) → Improve (fix and retest). It is a loop: after Improve, test again.

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  1. 1.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) define the problem
  29. 29.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  40. 40.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats

Answer key

  1. fix the weak part
  2. Ask
  3. Test
  4. False
  5. define the problem
  6. Create
  7. False
  8. False
  9. Imagine
  10. Create
  11. Imagine
  12. Test
  13. Ask
  14. False
  15. think of wild ideas
  16. find the limits
  17. Ask
  18. True
  19. Ask
  20. False
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. draw a labelled diagram
  25. False
  26. Improve
  27. check it against goals
  28. make it better, retest
  29. False
  30. True
  31. Imagine
  32. Improve
  33. Imagine
  34. Plan
  35. Plan
  36. Improve
  37. True
  38. Plan
  39. ask who will use it
  40. no, it repeats

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