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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 119 · 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.📋 A constraint is … (a) a kind of glue (b) a goal for success (c) a limit you must keep to (d) a final test
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which job does an electrical engineer do? (a) makes medicines in bulk (b) designs a metro tunnel (c) designs bicycle gears (d) plans a power grid
  4. 4.True or false: to wear safety goggles is safe. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🤝 A team of 5 shares 15 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 2 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
  6. 6.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to share the work fairly? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  7. 7.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer builds rockets? (a) biomedical (b) chemical (c) civil (d) aerospace
  8. 8.True or false: to guess, do not measure is good testing. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which job is a hammer for? (a) measure a long length (b) drive in a nail (c) grip and bend wire (d) make a hole in wood
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  11. 11.True or false: to drive in a nail, use a screwdriver. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the team on track? (a) team leader (b) tester (c) materials manager (d) recorder
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  15. 15.🧪 The first prototype held 190 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 250 g. How many more grams did it hold?
  16. 16.True or false: “fit on a school desk” is a constraint (a limit). (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “hold up 500 g” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a constraint (b) a criterion
  18. 18.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a chemical engineer makes medicines in bulk. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.🤝 A team plans for 20 minutes, builds for 45 minutes and then tests for 25 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
  23. 23.What does the team leader do? (a) puts the model together (b) shares out the jobs (c) keeps the design notes (d) runs the tests
  24. 24.True or false: to repeat each test is good testing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🤝 In a design team, who collects the supplies? (a) recorder (b) builder (c) materials manager (d) team leader
  26. 26.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs satellites? (a) chemical (b) civil (c) aerospace (d) electrical
  27. 27.True or false: an aerospace engineer keeps data safe online. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  30. 30.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to hide a failed test? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a ceiling fan
  34. 34.True or false: a mechanical engineer designs bicycle gears. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to turn a screw, use a screwdriver. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to change only one thing is good testing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a biomedical engineer designs factory machines. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🤝 A team of 4 shares 20 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 9 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?

Answer key

  1. a limit you must keep to
  2. Create
  3. plans a power grid
  4. True
  5. 6
  6. good teamwork
  7. aerospace
  8. False
  9. drive in a nail
  10. designs useful solutions
  11. False
  12. True
  13. team leader
  14. brainstorm many ideas
  15. 60
  16. True
  17. a criterion
  18. False
  19. True
  20. go through a mountain
  21. Create
  22. 90
  23. shares out the jobs
  24. True
  25. materials manager
  26. aerospace
  27. False
  28. think of wild ideas
  29. a telephone
  30. poor testing
  31. Ask
  32. Improve
  33. a river
  34. True
  35. True
  36. Test
  37. True
  38. True
  39. False
  40. 45

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