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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 126 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.🔧 Which tool would you use to measure an angle? (a) a hammer (b) a protractor (c) a spirit level (d) a spanner
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering uses engineering to help doctors? (a) electrical (b) aerospace (c) biomedical (d) civil
  5. 5.True or false: “roll at least 2 metres” is a criterion (a goal). (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs buildings, roads and bridges? (a) chemical (b) biomedical (c) civil (d) computer
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  9. 9.📋 Criterion: the model bridge must hold at least 300 g. In the test it held 350 g. Does it meet the criterion? (a) Yes (b) No
  10. 10.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹79. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹5. Straws cost ₹3 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  11. 11.True or false: a civil engineer plans a dam. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use a new load each time (b) change only one thing (c) measure the same way (d) repeat each test
  15. 15.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹122. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹5. Straws cost ₹4 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  16. 16.📋 A constraint is … (a) a kind of glue (b) a limit you must keep to (c) a goal for success (d) a final test
  17. 17.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) one (b) none (c) all of them (d) two
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use only paper and tape (b) keep ice for 1 hour (c) use at most 20 straws (d) fit on a school desk
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a mobile phone (d) a volcano
  20. 20.🧪 The first prototype held 50 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 160 g. How many more grams did it hold?
  21. 21.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to own up to a mistake? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  22. 22.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to use the same load? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
  23. 23.🧪 The first prototype held 70 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 200 g. How many more grams did it hold?
  24. 24.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to share the work fairly? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  25. 25.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to argue more (b) to work alone (c) to finish nothing (d) many skills and ideas
  26. 26.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) build the model
  28. 28.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to touch a hot glue tip? (a) safe (b) not safe
  29. 29.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 430 g, 230 g and 330 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.Which job is a protractor for? (a) check a shelf is level (b) measure an angle (c) turn a screw (d) make a hole in wood
  32. 32.True or false: to let adults use hot glue is not safe. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to leave tools on the floor? (a) safe (b) not safe
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  36. 36.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  38. 38.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer writes app software? (a) computer (b) chemical (c) electrical (d) mechanical
  39. 39.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the design notes? (a) materials manager (b) builder (c) tester (d) recorder
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. a protractor
  3. found in nature
  4. biomedical
  5. True
  6. civil
  7. Improve
  8. reach a top floor fast
  9. Yes
  10. 24
  11. True
  12. a road that floods
  13. False
  14. use a new load each time
  15. 29
  16. a limit you must keep to
  17. one
  18. keep ice for 1 hour
  19. a mobile phone
  20. 110
  21. good teamwork
  22. good testing
  23. 130
  24. good teamwork
  25. many skills and ideas
  26. make power from sunlight
  27. build the model
  28. not safe
  29. 330
  30. found in nature
  31. measure an angle
  32. False
  33. not safe
  34. made by engineers
  35. a railway track
  36. Ask
  37. understands the problem
  38. computer
  39. recorder
  40. Test

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