← The engineering design process lesson New set →

Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 118 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. False
  3. Improve
  4. Create
  5. Plan
  6. True
  7. False
  8. Create
  9. pick the build order
  10. Imagine
  11. Improve
  12. Create
  13. Ask
  14. True
  15. Test
  16. Ask
  17. False
  18. Improve
  19. check it against goals
  20. no, it repeats
  21. True
  22. ask who will use it
  23. False
  24. draw a labelled diagram
  25. Imagine
  26. False
  27. Plan
  28. Ask
  29. Imagine
  30. Plan
  31. try it out
  32. define the problem
  33. Ask
  34. Improve
  35. Plan
  36. Improve
  37. Imagine
  38. False
  39. brainstorm many ideas
  40. False

Free engineering lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/engineering-for-kids