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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 466 · 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 it good or poor testing to measure the same way? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
  2. 2.Which job does an electrical engineer do? (a) designs aeroplane wings (b) designs a gearbox (c) designs power lines (d) designs a paint factory
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, which is the LAST step? (a) choose and draw one (b) read the challenge rules (c) strengthen the weak part (d) load it with coins
  6. 6.True or false: to test it only once is good testing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which job does a civil engineer do? (a) designs power lines (b) designs a flyover (c) keeps data safe online (d) designs car engines
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹109. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹5. Straws cost ₹5 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the team on track? (a) builder (b) recorder (c) team leader (d) materials manager
  13. 13.True or false: to cut towards your hand is safe. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to check a shelf is level, use a spirit level. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.True or false: to skip writing results is poor testing. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.What does the recorder do? (a) keeps the team on track (b) cuts and joins parts (c) writes down results (d) runs the tests
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  22. 22.🧪 What is a prototype? (a) an early test model (b) a broken part (c) a sales poster (d) the final product
  23. 23.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) chemical (b) mechanical (c) civil (d) biomedical
  24. 24.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering uses engineering to help doctors? (a) electrical (b) civil (c) biomedical (d) aerospace
  25. 25.🦺 How should you carry scissors? (a) points down, closed (b) by the blades (c) points up, open (d) while running
  26. 26.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 80 cm. The team’s tower is 78 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) No (b) Yes
  27. 27.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 320 g, 150 g and 280 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer makes medicines in bulk? (a) computer (b) biomedical (c) mechanical (d) chemical
  30. 30.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 200 g, design B held 250 g and design C held 300 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design A (b) design B (c) design C
  31. 31.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to tie back long hair? (a) not safe (b) safe
  33. 33.🤝 A team plans for 30 minutes, builds for 45 minutes and then tests for 10 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a water filter
  35. 35.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs buildings, roads and bridges? (a) biomedical (b) chemical (c) civil (d) computer
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
  37. 37.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “hold up 500 g” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a constraint (b) a criterion
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  39. 39.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to work alone (b) to argue more (c) to finish nothing (d) many skills and ideas
  40. 40.🤝 In a design team, who tracks what is used up? (a) team leader (b) tester (c) recorder (d) materials manager

Answer key

  1. good testing
  2. designs power lines
  3. found in nature
  4. True
  5. strengthen the weak part
  6. False
  7. designs a flyover
  8. Plan
  9. 20
  10. Improve
  11. found in nature
  12. team leader
  13. False
  14. True
  15. Imagine
  16. Ask
  17. True
  18. Ask
  19. writes down results
  20. define the problem
  21. a lift
  22. an early test model
  23. mechanical
  24. biomedical
  25. points down, closed
  26. Yes
  27. 250
  28. True
  29. chemical
  30. design A
  31. False
  32. safe
  33. 85
  34. a water filter
  35. civil
  36. a bicycle
  37. a criterion
  38. Plan
  39. many skills and ideas
  40. materials manager

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