← The engineering design process lesson New set →

Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 764 · 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) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) list the materials (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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