Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 430 · 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.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to guess, do not measure? (a) good testing (b) poor testing
2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
3. 3.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
5. 5.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
6. 6.Which job is a screwdriver for? (a) cut a wooden plank (b) turn a screw (c) tighten a nut (d) measure a long length
7. 7.True or false: a mechanical engineer lays out a highway. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
10. 10.🧪 Why repeat a test three times? (a) to use more paper (b) it looks busy (c) the first is wrong (d) to get reliable results
11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
12. 12.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹46. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹10. Straws cost ₹2 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
14. 14.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 40 cm. The team’s tower is 46 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
16. 16.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤝 A team plans for 15 minutes, builds for 45 minutes and then tests for 5 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
18. 18.🤝 In a design team, who cuts and joins parts? (a) materials manager (b) team leader (c) recorder (d) builder
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
20. 20.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 60 cm. The team’s tower is 56 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
21. 21.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to share the work fairly? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
22. 22.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 330 g, 280 g and 380 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
23. 23.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) be under 30 cm tall (b) use only paper and tape (c) hold up 500 g (d) use at most 20 straws
25. 25.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs buildings, roads and bridges? (a) chemical (b) civil (c) computer (d) biomedical
26. 26.🧪 The first prototype held 110 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 260 g. How many more grams did it hold?
27. 27.🤝 A team plans for 30 minutes, builds for 25 minutes and then tests for 5 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
28. 28.Which job does an electrical engineer do? (a) builds a website (b) plans a dam (c) designs a metro tunnel (d) designs electric motors
29. 29.True or false: “use at most 20 straws” is a constraint (a limit). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
33. 33.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 260 g, 210 g and 250 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
34. 34.True or false: to skip writing results is poor testing. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
36. 36.True or false: a civil engineer plans a space mission. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which job does a civil engineer do? (a) designs power lines (b) designs satellites (c) designs bicycle gears (d) lays out a highway
38. 38.Which job does a computer engineer do? (a) designs school networks (b) designs car engines (c) designs power lines (d) lays out a highway
39. 39.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, which is the LAST step? (a) read the challenge rules (b) choose and draw one (c) strengthen the weak part (d) build it with straws
40. 40.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “finish in 40 minutes” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint

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