Engineering Worksheet: Final Test
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.
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- 1.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) pick the build order
- 2.⚖️ A seesaw balances. Kabir (? N) sits 2 m from the pivot on one side; Zoya (400 N) sits 2 m from the pivot on the other side. What is the missing weight in newtons?
- 3.True or false: to measure the same way is good testing. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
- 5.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
- 7.📐 How many metres are in 1 kilometre? (a) 10000 (b) 100 (c) 10 (d) 1000
- 8.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧑🔧 Which branch of engineering designs buildings, roads and bridges? (a) biomedical (b) chemical (c) computer (d) civil
- 10.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a flat deck on piers (c) pushes out on its ends (d) stones squeezed together
- 12.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to help a stuck teammate? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 13.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
- 15.🔺 One side of a straw bridge is a row of 15 triangles standing point-up and point-down in turn, each sharing a side with the next. How many straws does it use?
- 16.💪 Which force is at work: brakes stop a bicycle? (a) magnetic force (b) gravity (c) muscular force (d) friction
- 17.🪝 A load of 340 N hangs from a pulley system in which 2 rope sections hold up the load. What effort is needed, in newtons? (ideal pulleys)
- 18.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) none (b) all of them (c) two (d) one
- 19.🧑🔧 Which branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) biomedical (b) mechanical (c) chemical (d) civil
- 20.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) the longest spans of all (c) a log across a stream (d) pushes out on its ends
- 21.🔺 Which strong shape does an igloo use? (a) triangle (b) arch (c) beam (d) dome
- 22.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 0 cm, the fulcrum at 20 cm and the load at 10 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 3 (b) class 1 (c) class 2
- 23.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to finish nothing (b) to work alone (c) many skills and ideas (d) to argue more
- 24.📐 Why do engineers use scale drawings? (a) to hide sizes (b) to make them pretty (c) big things fit on paper (d) to save ink only
- 25.True or false: a grippy rubber sole gives less friction. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to guess, do not measure? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
- 27.📐 A beam is 160 cm long. How long is it in metres? =
- 28.📐 On a plan, 1 cm stands for 10 m. A wall is 7 cm long on the plan. How long is the real wall, in metres?
- 29.🏚️ Does having a wide base make a building safer or less safe in an earthquake? (a) less safe (b) safer in earthquakes
- 30.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
- 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
- 32.🧱 Which property matters most for a switch contact? (a) heat insulator (b) electrical conductor (c) flexible (d) transparent
- 33.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
- 34.💪 A force is a … (a) unit of time (b) kind of colour (c) type of sound (d) push or a pull
- 35.🏚️ Does stacking loose bricks make a building safer or less safe in an earthquake? (a) safer in earthquakes (b) less safe
- 36.⚖️ Going along a lever from one end to the other, the order is: effort, fulcrum, load. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 2 (b) class 1 (c) class 3
- 37.True or false: to share the work fairly is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧑🔧 Which kind of engineer makes medicines in bulk? (a) chemical (b) electrical (c) aerospace (d) mechanical
- 39.🏋️ A smooth ramp is 12 m long and rises 2 m. What effort pushes a 600 N box up it, in newtons? (ideal ramp, no friction)
- 40.⚙️ Which simple machine is a seesaw? (a) inclined plane (b) wedge (c) lever (d) wheel and axle
Answer key
- dream up possible fixes
- 400
- True
- made by engineers
- True
- cross a wide river
- 1000
- True
- civil
- False
- a flat deck on piers
- good teamwork
- True
- suspension bridge
- 31
- friction
- 170
- one
- mechanical
- a log across a stream
- dome
- class 2
- many skills and ideas
- big things fit on paper
- False
- poor testing
- 1.6
- 70
- safer in earthquakes
- True
- 30
- electrical conductor
- made by engineers
- push or a pull
- less safe
- class 1
- True
- chemical
- 100
- lever
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