Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 114 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹21. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹5. Straws cost ₹1 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
2. 2.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs buildings, roads and bridges? (a) computer (b) biomedical (c) chemical (d) civil
3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use only paper and tape (b) float for 1 minute (c) be under 30 cm tall (d) fit on a school desk
6. 6.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs artificial limbs? (a) mechanical (b) electrical (c) biomedical (d) aerospace
7. 7.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) none (b) two (c) one (d) all of them
8. 8.Which job does a mechanical engineer do? (a) designs a metro tunnel (b) builds a website (c) plans a dam (d) designs bicycle gears
9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a ceiling fan
10. 10.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 240 g, design B held 190 g and design C held 140 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design C (b) design B (c) design A
11. 11.Which job does a chemical engineer do? (a) runs a fertiliser plant (b) writes app software (c) designs a gearbox (d) builds hospital scanners
12. 12.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, which is the LAST step? (a) load it with coins (b) choose and draw one (c) build it with straws (d) strengthen the weak part
13. 13.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to cut away from your body? (a) safe (b) not safe
14. 14.Which job does a civil engineer do? (a) lays out a highway (b) runs a fertiliser plant (c) designs artificial limbs (d) makes medicines in bulk
15. 15.🦺 How should you carry scissors? (a) while running (b) points up, open (c) points down, closed (d) by the blades
16. 16.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 250 g, 140 g and 120 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
18. 18.True or false: to check a shelf is level, use a spanner. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “carry 10 coins” is a constraint (a limit). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
21. 21.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to work alone (b) to argue more (c) many skills and ideas (d) to finish nothing
22. 22.True or false: a mechanical engineer designs knee implants. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: to give kind feedback is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📋 A design meets every criterion but costs more than the budget. Is it acceptable? (a) yes, it works (b) no, it breaks a limit (c) only if it is red (d) yes, always
25. 25.True or false: “stand in a fan breeze” is a constraint (a limit). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 160 g, design B held 210 g and design C held 260 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design A (b) design C (c) design B
27. 27.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 320 g, design B held 270 g and design C held 370 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design C (b) design B (c) design A
28. 28.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to measure the same way? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
29. 29.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, what comes right after “choose and draw one”? (a) read the challenge rules (b) build it with straws (c) load it with coins (d) sketch three ideas
30. 30.🤝 A team of 2 shares 6 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 8 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
31. 31.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
32. 32.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering uses engineering to help doctors? (a) civil (b) biomedical (c) electrical (d) aerospace
33. 33.🤝 How do engineers share a design with others? (a) secret notes (b) no drawings at all (c) clear labelled sketches (d) only talking fast
34. 34.Which job is pliers for? (a) cut a wooden plank (b) check a shelf is level (c) measure an angle (d) grip and bend wire
35. 35.🔧 Which tool would you use to measure a long length? (a) a tape measure (b) a spanner (c) pliers (d) sandpaper
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hide a failed test (b) use a new load each time (c) change only one thing (d) skip writing results
37. 37.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
38. 38.True or false: a mechanical engineer designs a gearbox. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “float for 1 minute” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
40. 40.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

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