← The engineering design process lesson New set →

Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 625 · 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 is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  31. 31.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Create
  3. True
  4. no, it repeats
  5. Imagine
  6. Create
  7. Create
  8. Create
  9. Improve
  10. True
  11. Imagine
  12. False
  13. list the materials
  14. Improve
  15. False
  16. Plan
  17. Imagine
  18. Plan
  19. Plan
  20. Test
  21. False
  22. fix the weak part
  23. Plan
  24. Ask
  25. Improve
  26. Ask
  27. True
  28. Improve
  29. Imagine
  30. draw a labelled diagram
  31. Ask
  32. Create
  33. Plan
  34. Test
  35. brainstorm many ideas
  36. Ask
  37. define the problem
  38. build the model
  39. True
  40. make it better, retest

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