Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 217 · 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.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
2. 2.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 70 cm. The team’s tower is 64 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
3. 3.True or false: a chemical engineer refines crude oil. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
6. 6.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: to measure an angle, use pliers. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: to use a cracked tool is not safe. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 40 cm. The team’s tower is 38 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
10. 10.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs hearing aids? (a) biomedical (b) computer (c) aerospace (d) electrical
11. 11.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 350 g, design B held 250 g and design C held 300 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design C (b) design B (c) design A
12. 12.True or false: to play near a moving drill is not safe. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🤝 A teammate’s idea seems odd. What should you do first? (a) laugh at it (b) walk away (c) ignore it (d) listen and ask why
14. 14.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to wear safety goggles? (a) safe (b) not safe
15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
16. 16.Which job does a mechanical engineer do? (a) wires a new building (b) designs a gearbox (c) lays out a highway (d) refines crude oil
17. 17.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) none (b) two (c) all of them (d) one
18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
19. 19.🤝 A team plans for 15 minutes, builds for 50 minutes and then tests for 15 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cut away from your body (b) cut towards your hand (c) touch a hot glue tip (d) leave tools on the floor
22. 22.True or false: a biomedical engineer designs satellites. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 190 g, design B held 240 g and design C held 140 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design A (b) design B (c) design C
24. 24.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the team on track? (a) builder (b) materials manager (c) team leader (d) recorder
25. 25.True or false: a mechanical engineer designs artificial limbs. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, what comes right after “choose and draw one”? (a) build it with straws (b) sketch three ideas (c) strengthen the weak part (d) read the challenge rules
27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
28. 28.Which job does an aerospace engineer do? (a) designs school networks (b) designs aeroplane wings (c) lays out a highway (d) designs a flyover
29. 29.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
31. 31.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
32. 32.What does the team leader do? (a) tracks what is used up (b) collects the supplies (c) shares out the jobs (d) writes down results
33. 33.🦺 What protects your eyes when sawing or drilling? (a) nothing (b) a cap (c) safety goggles (d) sunglasses
34. 34.📋 A constraint is … (a) a final test (b) a goal for success (c) a kind of glue (d) a limit you must keep to
35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
36. 36.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
37. 37.True or false: to share the work fairly is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 180 g, 110 g and 190 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
39. 39.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a lift helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True

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