Engineering Worksheet: Final Test

Engineering lesson 24: Final engineering test · Set 200 · 40 questions

Engineer's tip (Find the topic, use the idea): Find the topic: design process, force, machine, lever, structure, material, bridge or scale. Use that lesson’s rule — what is in the middle, load × distance = effort × distance, work = force × distance, real = drawing × scale. Write the calculation before you answer.

1. 1.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) build the model
3. 3.🧪 Why repeat a test three times? (a) to use more paper (b) the first is wrong (c) to get reliable results (d) it looks busy
4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
5. 5.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧪 The first prototype held 140 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 270 g. How many more grams did it hold?
7. 7.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) make water safe to drink
8. 8.🦺 What protects your eyes when sawing or drilling? (a) nothing (b) a cap (c) sunglasses (d) safety goggles
9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
10. 10.🏚️ Three solid model towers are made of the same material. Tower A is 70 cm tall on a 10 cm wide base, tower B is 120 cm tall on a 30 cm base and tower C is 180 cm tall on a 30 cm base. Which is the easiest to tip over? (a) tower B (b) tower A (c) tower C
11. 11.🧪 What is a prototype? (a) a broken part (b) an early test model (c) a sales poster (d) the final product
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) steel (b) iron (c) glass (d) graphite
13. 13.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs buildings, roads and bridges? (a) computer (b) civil (c) chemical (d) biomedical
14. 14.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to change only one thing? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
15. 15.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧱 Which property matters most for a magnifier lens? (a) waterproof (b) transparent (c) heat insulator (d) electrical conductor
17. 17.Which of these makes a building safer in earthquakes? (a) adding cross bracing (b) stacking loose bricks (c) leaving out steel bars (d) making brittle joints
18. 18.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which job does a chemical engineer do? (a) builds hospital scanners (b) writes app software (c) designs hearing aids (d) designs a paint factory
21. 21.🏋️ A smooth ramp is 4 m long and rises 1 m. What effort pushes a 1600 N box up it, in newtons? (ideal ramp, no friction)
22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
24. 24.📋 A constraint is … (a) a final test (b) a goal for success (c) a limit you must keep to (d) a kind of glue
25. 25.📐 A beam is 840 cm long. How long is it in metres? =
26. 26.⚖️ Turning effect = force × … (a) mass of fulcrum (b) time taken (c) colour of bar (d) distance from fulcrum
27. 27.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
28. 28.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 220 g, design B held 170 g and design C held 270 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design A (b) design C (c) design B
29. 29.🧱 Which property matters most for a skipping rope? (a) electrical conductor (b) transparent (c) flexible (d) heat insulator
30. 30.⚖️ A lever bar balances. The load is 400 N at ? cm from the fulcrum. The effort is 320 N at 50 cm from the fulcrum on the other side. What is the missing distance in centimetres?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
32. 32.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to run while holding tools? (a) not safe (b) safe
33. 33.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
34. 34.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 50 cm, the fulcrum at 30 cm and the load at 80 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 3 (b) class 2 (c) class 1
35. 35.🧪 Why do engineers make prototypes? (a) to test ideas cheaply (b) to avoid testing (c) to sell them at once (d) to decorate a room
36. 36.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔺 One side of a straw bridge is a row of 2 triangles standing point-up and point-down in turn, each sharing a side with the next. How many straws does it use?
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
39. 39.💪 In a tug of war, one team pulls right with 40 N and the other pulls left with 25 N. What is the size of the net force, in newtons?
40. 40.🏚️ Does using a light roof make a building safer or less safe in an earthquake? (a) safer in earthquakes (b) less safe

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