Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 449 · 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.True or false: to guess, do not measure is poor testing. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to blame others for faults? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
3. 3.True or false: “roll at least 2 metres” is a constraint (a limit). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to share the work fairly? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
5. 5.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to argue more (b) to work alone (c) to finish nothing (d) many skills and ideas
6. 6.True or false: to carry scissors closed is safe. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
8. 8.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keep ice for 1 hour (b) stand in a fan breeze (c) finish in 40 minutes (d) lift a cup of water
11. 11.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “lift a cup of water” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guess, do not measure (b) change only one thing (c) change lots at once (d) use a new load each time
13. 13.🤝 A team plans for 15 minutes, builds for 25 minutes and then tests for 15 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
14. 14.True or false: to cut towards your hand is safe. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) civil (b) biomedical (c) chemical (d) mechanical
16. 16.What does the materials manager do? (a) shares out the jobs (b) runs the tests (c) writes down results (d) tracks what is used up
17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
19. 19.Which job does an aerospace engineer do? (a) refines crude oil (b) plans a space mission (c) plans a power grid (d) runs a fertiliser plant
20. 20.📋 Criteria are … (a) goals a design must meet (b) the team names (c) the limits on money (d) the tools you use
21. 21.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) two (b) all of them (c) one (d) none
22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔧 Which tool would you use to tighten a nut? (a) pliers (b) a screwdriver (c) a saw (d) a spanner
24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
25. 25.Which job does a mechanical engineer do? (a) designs a paint factory (b) lays out a highway (c) designs bicycle gears (d) plans a dam
26. 26.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
27. 27.Which job does a chemical engineer do? (a) plans a dam (b) designs hearing aids (c) designs a paint factory (d) designs electric motors
28. 28.True or false: to grip and bend wire, use pliers. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer lays out a highway? (a) chemical (b) civil (c) mechanical (d) computer
30. 30.True or false: “fit on a school desk” is a criterion (a goal). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which job is a saw for? (a) turn a screw (b) check a shelf is level (c) make a hole in wood (d) cut a wooden plank
32. 32.True or false: to listen to every idea is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
35. 35.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “use at most 20 straws” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
37. 37.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to listen to every idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
39. 39.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹39. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹5. Straws cost ₹5 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone

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