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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 37 · 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.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to repeat each test? (a) good testing (b) poor testing
  3. 3.Which job does an electrical engineer do? (a) designs hearing aids (b) wires a new building (c) runs a fertiliser plant (d) designs a metro tunnel
  4. 4.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹84. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹15. Straws cost ₹3 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  6. 6.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 90 cm. The team’s tower is 96 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) No (b) Yes
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.Which job does an aerospace engineer do? (a) refines crude oil (b) designs a flyover (c) wires a new building (d) builds rockets
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  10. 10.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
  11. 11.True or false: to record every result is poor testing. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: to do all the work alone is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹46. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹10. Straws cost ₹4 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  14. 14.Which job does an aerospace engineer do? (a) designs a gearbox (b) designs satellites (c) builds hospital scanners (d) writes app software
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  16. 16.📋 A constraint is … (a) a final test (b) a kind of glue (c) a goal for success (d) a limit you must keep to
  17. 17.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music
  18. 18.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to guess, do not measure? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
  19. 19.What does the recorder do? (a) keeps the design notes (b) collects the supplies (c) cuts and joins parts (d) checks the goals are met
  20. 20.True or false: a computer engineer designs power lines. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “be under 30 cm tall” is a constraint (a limit). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📋 Criterion: the model bridge must hold at least 700 g. In the test it held 550 g. Does it meet the criterion? (a) No (b) Yes
  23. 23.🤝 In a design team, who collects the supplies? (a) team leader (b) materials manager (c) recorder (d) tester
  24. 24.What does the recorder do? (a) checks the goals are met (b) writes down results (c) cuts and joins parts (d) shares out the jobs
  25. 25.Which job is sandpaper for? (a) turn a screw (b) smooth a rough edge (c) measure a long length (d) cut a wooden plank
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.🦺 How should you carry scissors? (a) while running (b) points up, open (c) points down, closed (d) by the blades
  29. 29.🧪 Why do engineers make prototypes? (a) to test ideas cheaply (b) to avoid testing (c) to sell them at once (d) to decorate a room
  30. 30.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to argue more (b) to finish nothing (c) to work alone (d) many skills and ideas
  31. 31.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “use only paper and tape” is a constraint (a limit). (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to turn a screw, use a screwdriver. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  35. 35.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) civil (b) chemical (c) biomedical (d) mechanical
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  37. 37.True or false: to talk over others is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🤝 How do engineers share a design with others? (a) secret notes (b) only talking fast (c) clear labelled sketches (d) no drawings at all
  39. 39.🦺 Who should use hot glue guns and power tools in a kids’ project? (a) any child alone (b) a stranger (c) an adult (d) the youngest child
  40. 40.Which job does a biomedical engineer do? (a) designs artificial limbs (b) designs bicycle gears (c) runs a fertiliser plant (d) wires a new building

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. good testing
  3. wires a new building
  4. 23
  5. understands the problem
  6. No
  7. Create
  8. builds rockets
  9. a fridge
  10. a road that floods
  11. False
  12. True
  13. 9
  14. designs satellites
  15. Test
  16. a limit you must keep to
  17. science
  18. poor testing
  19. keeps the design notes
  20. False
  21. True
  22. No
  23. materials manager
  24. writes down results
  25. smooth a rough edge
  26. Test
  27. made by engineers
  28. points down, closed
  29. to test ideas cheaply
  30. many skills and ideas
  31. True
  32. True
  33. True
  34. a dam
  35. mechanical
  36. a bridge
  37. False
  38. clear labelled sketches
  39. an adult
  40. designs artificial limbs

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