← The engineering design process lesson New set →

Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 226 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  12. 12.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) pick the build order
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  37. 37.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Ask
  3. no, it repeats
  4. Imagine
  5. Plan
  6. fix the weak part
  7. list the materials
  8. Ask
  9. define the problem
  10. Ask
  11. measure its performance
  12. False
  13. Improve
  14. Plan
  15. False
  16. dream up possible fixes
  17. Test
  18. True
  19. Test
  20. Test
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. Improve
  26. make it better, retest
  27. Ask
  28. redesign after testing
  29. build the model
  30. Imagine
  31. False
  32. True
  33. Plan
  34. Imagine
  35. False
  36. ask who will use it
  37. False
  38. Ask
  39. False
  40. Improve

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