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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 390 · 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.True or false: to let adults use hot glue is not safe. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  3. 3.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the design notes? (a) materials manager (b) recorder (c) team leader (d) builder
  4. 4.What does the builder do? (a) puts the model together (b) checks the goals are met (c) writes down results (d) collects the supplies
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: “fit on a school desk” is a criterion (a goal). (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use only paper and tape (b) spend at most ₹100 (c) keep ice for 1 hour (d) finish in 40 minutes
  9. 9.True or false: a biomedical engineer designs hearing aids. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wear safety goggles (b) clamp wood before sawing (c) play near a moving drill (d) let adults use hot glue
  13. 13.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs knee implants? (a) computer (b) biomedical (c) mechanical (d) aerospace
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 70 cm. The team’s tower is 74 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) No (b) Yes
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a volcano (d) a river
  19. 19.Which job is sandpaper for? (a) cut a wooden plank (b) make a hole in wood (c) smooth a rough edge (d) tighten a nut
  20. 20.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🤝 A team plans for 45 minutes, builds for 15 minutes and then tests for 20 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
  22. 22.🤝 In a design team, who writes down results? (a) builder (b) recorder (c) team leader (d) materials manager
  23. 23.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer runs a fertiliser plant? (a) electrical (b) computer (c) civil (d) chemical
  24. 24.True or false: an electrical engineer designs a metro tunnel. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  27. 27.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) civil (b) biomedical (c) chemical (d) mechanical
  28. 28.🦺 Who should use hot glue guns and power tools in a kids’ project? (a) an adult (b) any child alone (c) the youngest child (d) a stranger
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  30. 30.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  31. 31.True or false: to carry scissors closed is not safe. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to work alone (b) to finish nothing (c) to argue more (d) many skills and ideas
  33. 33.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  34. 34.🤝 A team plans for 45 minutes, builds for 25 minutes and then tests for 15 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
  35. 35.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  36. 36.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “spend at most ₹100” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a constraint (b) a criterion
  37. 37.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer builds rockets? (a) aerospace (b) computer (c) civil (d) biomedical
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a river
  39. 39.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) two (b) none (c) all of them (d) one
  40. 40.🧪 What is a prototype? (a) a sales poster (b) the final product (c) an early test model (d) a broken part

Answer key

  1. False
  2. make power from sunlight
  3. recorder
  4. puts the model together
  5. Test
  6. Improve
  7. False
  8. keep ice for 1 hour
  9. True
  10. a water filter
  11. Imagine
  12. play near a moving drill
  13. biomedical
  14. Plan
  15. False
  16. No
  17. a bridge
  18. a water filter
  19. smooth a rough edge
  20. True
  21. 80
  22. recorder
  23. chemical
  24. False
  25. brainstorm many ideas
  26. a dam
  27. mechanical
  28. an adult
  29. Improve
  30. carry many people far
  31. False
  32. many skills and ideas
  33. reach a top floor fast
  34. 85
  35. no, it repeats
  36. a constraint
  37. aerospace
  38. a bridge
  39. one
  40. an early test model

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