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