← The engineering design process lesson New set →

Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. Imagine
  3. Improve
  4. Ask
  5. Ask
  6. Ask
  7. Test
  8. Create
  9. follow the plan to build
  10. False
  11. False
  12. Ask
  13. Create
  14. pick the build order
  15. False
  16. Plan
  17. Ask
  18. list the materials
  19. True
  20. Create
  21. True
  22. Improve
  23. Imagine
  24. False
  25. find the limits
  26. measure its performance
  27. Plan
  28. Plan
  29. make a prototype
  30. build the model
  31. Imagine
  32. Plan
  33. Test
  34. no, it repeats
  35. Create
  36. True
  37. False
  38. think of wild ideas
  39. True
  40. False

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