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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 109 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Find the topic, use the idea): Find the topic: invention, branch, design step, limit or goal, testing, teamwork or tools. Use that lesson’s rule — the design process order is ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve. For number questions, write the calculation before you answer.

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  1. 1.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a train
  2. 2.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering uses engineering to help doctors? (a) electrical (b) biomedical (c) civil (d) aerospace
  3. 3.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, which comes first: “read the challenge rules” or “sketch three ideas”? (a) sketch three ideas (b) read the challenge rules
  4. 4.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹73. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹10. Straws cost ₹5 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  5. 5.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to use the same load? (a) good testing (b) poor testing
  6. 6.True or false: to give kind feedback is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: an aerospace engineer designs a flyover. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to work alone (b) to finish nothing (c) to argue more (d) many skills and ideas
  9. 9.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs artificial limbs? (a) aerospace (b) mechanical (c) civil (d) biomedical
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a river
  11. 11.📋 A constraint is … (a) a kind of glue (b) a final test (c) a limit you must keep to (d) a goal for success
  12. 12.What does the tester do? (a) puts the model together (b) tracks what is used up (c) writes down results (d) runs the tests
  13. 13.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 360 g, 300 g and 270 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
  17. 17.True or false: a biomedical engineer designs hearing aids. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📋 A design meets every criterion but costs more than the budget. Is it acceptable? (a) only if it is red (b) no, it breaks a limit (c) yes, always (d) yes, it works
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  20. 20.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering works on aeroplanes and rockets? (a) chemical (b) aerospace (c) computer (d) civil
  21. 21.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “float for 1 minute” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeat each test (b) measure the same way (c) change lots at once (d) change only one thing
  23. 23.🤝 In a design team, who runs the tests? (a) tester (b) builder (c) team leader (d) materials manager
  24. 24.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  25. 25.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to play near a moving drill? (a) not safe (b) safe
  26. 26.True or false: a chemical engineer runs a fertiliser plant. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a coral reef
  28. 28.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 230 g, 170 g and 200 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
  29. 29.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to measure the same way? (a) good testing (b) poor testing
  30. 30.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, what comes right after “choose and draw one”? (a) strengthen the weak part (b) sketch three ideas (c) read the challenge rules (d) build it with straws
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 180 g, 150 g and 150 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
  33. 33.🤝 A team of 2 shares 4 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 3 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
  34. 34.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  35. 35.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
  36. 36.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to carry scissors closed is safe. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use a cracked tool (b) tie back long hair (c) play near a moving drill (d) leave tools on the floor
  40. 40.🤝 A team of 4 shares 12 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 9 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?

Answer key

  1. a train
  2. biomedical
  3. read the challenge rules
  4. 12
  5. good testing
  6. True
  7. False
  8. many skills and ideas
  9. biomedical
  10. a river
  11. a limit you must keep to
  12. runs the tests
  13. False
  14. 310
  15. measure its performance
  16. a telephone
  17. True
  18. no, it breaks a limit
  19. Imagine
  20. aerospace
  21. a criterion
  22. change lots at once
  23. tester
  24. Ask
  25. not safe
  26. True
  27. a bicycle
  28. 200
  29. good testing
  30. build it with straws
  31. Plan
  32. 160
  33. 6
  34. talk to someone far away
  35. science
  36. False
  37. Improve
  38. True
  39. tie back long hair
  40. 27

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