← The engineering design process lesson New set →

Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 462 · 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 of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  22. 22.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  34. 34.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. brainstorm many ideas
  2. Test
  3. Test
  4. Plan
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Improve
  8. no, it repeats
  9. make it better, retest
  10. Ask
  11. Ask
  12. Improve
  13. Imagine
  14. Plan
  15. True
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Ask
  19. Plan
  20. fix the weak part
  21. dream up possible fixes
  22. False
  23. follow the plan to build
  24. redesign after testing
  25. Plan
  26. find the limits
  27. Ask
  28. Imagine
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Ask
  32. Imagine
  33. think of wild ideas
  34. False
  35. Ask
  36. Ask
  37. ask who will use it
  38. Plan
  39. False
  40. Imagine

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