← The engineering design process lesson New set →

Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 550 · 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) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) find the limits
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) follow the plan to build
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  21. 21.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  31. 31.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  35. 35.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. dream up possible fixes
  2. Test
  3. Ask
  4. Test
  5. Ask
  6. find the limits
  7. Imagine
  8. ask who will use it
  9. False
  10. Plan
  11. Plan
  12. Imagine
  13. measure its performance
  14. Imagine
  15. Create
  16. try it out
  17. no, it repeats
  18. Test
  19. Imagine
  20. define the problem
  21. False
  22. Improve
  23. False
  24. brainstorm many ideas
  25. Ask
  26. True
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. Imagine
  30. follow the plan to build
  31. True
  32. True
  33. Create
  34. make a prototype
  35. Improve
  36. Ask
  37. Improve
  38. True
  39. build the model
  40. False

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