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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 268 · 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.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹43. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹5. Straws cost ₹2 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  2. 2.What does the recorder do? (a) writes down results (b) cuts and joins parts (c) keeps the team on track (d) tracks what is used up
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.🔧 Which tool would you use to measure an angle? (a) sandpaper (b) a hand drill (c) a protractor (d) a saw
  5. 5.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs factory machines? (a) mechanical (b) biomedical (c) aerospace (d) computer
  7. 7.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering uses engineering to help doctors? (a) biomedical (b) electrical (c) civil (d) aerospace
  8. 8.What does the team leader do? (a) shares out the jobs (b) cuts and joins parts (c) puts the model together (d) runs the tests
  9. 9.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to give kind feedback? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  10. 10.Which job does an aerospace engineer do? (a) designs a gearbox (b) lays out a highway (c) builds a website (d) builds rockets
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  13. 13.Which job does a biomedical engineer do? (a) designs car engines (b) builds hospital scanners (c) designs factory machines (d) designs a flyover
  14. 14.🤝 In a design team, who shares out the jobs? (a) team leader (b) tester (c) recorder (d) builder
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  16. 16.🔧 Which tool would you use to check a shelf is level? (a) a saw (b) sandpaper (c) pliers (d) a spirit level
  17. 17.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “be under 30 cm tall” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a constraint (b) a criterion
  18. 18.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering works on aeroplanes and rockets? (a) aerospace (b) chemical (c) civil (d) computer
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to help a stuck teammate? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  21. 21.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer wires a new building? (a) electrical (b) biomedical (c) aerospace (d) computer
  22. 22.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to finish nothing (b) many skills and ideas (c) to argue more (d) to work alone
  23. 23.🤝 In a design team, who tracks what is used up? (a) tester (b) builder (c) materials manager (d) team leader
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  26. 26.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 250 g, design B held 300 g and design C held 350 g. Which design was the strongest? (a) design B (b) design A (c) design C
  27. 27.True or false: a civil engineer designs a gearbox. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  29. 29.True or false: to change lots at once is good testing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to give kind feedback is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a civil engineer lays out a highway. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  33. 33.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
  34. 34.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  35. 35.🤝 In a design team, who puts the model together? (a) team leader (b) builder (c) tester (d) materials manager
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keep ice for 1 hour (b) fit on a school desk (c) be under 30 cm tall (d) use at most 20 straws
  37. 37.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs satellites? (a) electrical (b) aerospace (c) chemical (d) civil
  39. 39.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  40. 40.What does the tester do? (a) tracks what is used up (b) writes down results (c) puts the model together (d) runs the tests

Answer key

  1. 19
  2. writes down results
  3. Test
  4. a protractor
  5. True
  6. mechanical
  7. biomedical
  8. shares out the jobs
  9. good teamwork
  10. builds rockets
  11. make a prototype
  12. a bridge
  13. builds hospital scanners
  14. team leader
  15. Create
  16. a spirit level
  17. a constraint
  18. aerospace
  19. Ask
  20. good teamwork
  21. electrical
  22. many skills and ideas
  23. materials manager
  24. a lift
  25. measure its performance
  26. design C
  27. False
  28. Ask
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. see very tiny things
  33. designs useful solutions
  34. Plan
  35. builder
  36. keep ice for 1 hour
  37. False
  38. aerospace
  39. how can we build it?
  40. runs the tests

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