Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 355 · 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 branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) civil (b) mechanical (c) chemical (d) biomedical
2. 2.True or false: a mechanical engineer designs satellites. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a chemical engineer writes app software. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) two (b) all of them (c) none (d) one
5. 5.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the design notes? (a) tester (b) materials manager (c) team leader (d) recorder
6. 6.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, which comes first: “choose and draw one” or “strengthen the weak part”? (a) choose and draw one (b) strengthen the weak part
7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
8. 8.What does the recorder do? (a) writes down results (b) cuts and joins parts (c) tracks what is used up (d) runs the tests
9. 9.Which job does a mechanical engineer do? (a) runs a fertiliser plant (b) plans a power grid (c) designs electric motors (d) designs bicycle gears
10. 10.Which job does an electrical engineer do? (a) designs factory machines (b) designs artificial limbs (c) builds a website (d) designs power lines
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cut towards your hand (b) carry scissors closed (c) let adults use hot glue (d) clamp wood before sawing
12. 12.Which job does an electrical engineer do? (a) designs factory machines (b) wires a new building (c) designs hearing aids (d) designs school networks
13. 13.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
14. 14.True or false: to cut a wooden plank, use a saw. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a biomedical engineer designs aeroplane wings. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a microscope helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔧 Which tool would you use to check a shelf is level? (a) a spirit level (b) a hammer (c) a saw (d) a spanner
19. 19.True or false: to cut towards your hand is safe. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
21. 21.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
23. 23.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs buildings, roads and bridges? (a) biomedical (b) computer (c) civil (d) chemical
24. 24.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 360 g, 190 g and 260 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
26. 26.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs bicycle gears? (a) aerospace (b) computer (c) mechanical (d) civil
27. 27.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a bridge
28. 28.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
31. 31.What does the materials manager do? (a) keeps the team on track (b) puts the model together (c) collects the supplies (d) cuts and joins parts
32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
33. 33.🤝 How do engineers share a design with others? (a) only talking fast (b) no drawings at all (c) clear labelled sketches (d) secret notes
34. 34.True or false: a mechanical engineer designs artificial limbs. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cut away from your body (b) play near a moving drill (c) touch a hot glue tip (d) run while holding tools
38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
39. 39.📋 A constraint is … (a) a limit you must keep to (b) a final test (c) a kind of glue (d) a goal for success
40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest

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