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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 478 · 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: an aerospace engineer builds a website. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧪 What is a prototype? (a) an early test model (b) a broken part (c) a sales poster (d) the final product
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cut towards your hand (b) use a cracked tool (c) cut away from your body (d) run while holding tools
  4. 4.True or false: to listen to every idea is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “use only paper and tape” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
  6. 6.🧪 The first prototype held 70 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 150 g. How many more grams did it hold?
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔧 Which tool would you use to tighten a nut? (a) a spanner (b) a protractor (c) a screwdriver (d) sandpaper
  9. 9.Which job is a hand drill for? (a) turn a screw (b) check a shelf is level (c) drive in a nail (d) make a hole in wood
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold up 500 g (b) use at most 20 straws (c) roll at least 2 metres (d) keep ice for 1 hour
  11. 11.True or false: a biomedical engineer designs a gearbox. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  13. 13.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  14. 14.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to give kind feedback? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which job does an aerospace engineer do? (a) designs car engines (b) designs electric motors (c) designs a gearbox (d) designs aeroplane wings
  17. 17.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to talk over others? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  18. 18.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to share the work fairly? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  19. 19.Which job does a biomedical engineer do? (a) designs factory machines (b) builds hospital scanners (c) refines crude oil (d) designs a flyover
  20. 20.Which job does a chemical engineer do? (a) designs a paint factory (b) designs artificial limbs (c) designs a flyover (d) plans a space mission
  21. 21.True or false: a civil engineer designs a metro tunnel. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a mechanical engineer designs a gearbox. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) change lots at once (b) hide a failed test (c) repeat each test (d) skip writing results
  25. 25.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  26. 26.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs a metro tunnel? (a) biomedical (b) electrical (c) chemical (d) civil
  27. 27.True or false: a computer engineer keeps data safe online. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  29. 29.Which job is a saw for? (a) cut a wooden plank (b) measure a long length (c) turn a screw (d) tighten a nut
  30. 30.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  33. 33.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  34. 34.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer writes app software? (a) computer (b) biomedical (c) chemical (d) electrical
  35. 35.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) mechanical (b) biomedical (c) civil (d) chemical
  38. 38.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs buildings, roads and bridges? (a) chemical (b) computer (c) biomedical (d) civil
  39. 39.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering works on aeroplanes and rockets? (a) civil (b) computer (c) chemical (d) aerospace
  40. 40.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to listen to every idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork

Answer key

  1. False
  2. an early test model
  3. cut away from your body
  4. True
  5. a constraint
  6. 80
  7. Improve
  8. a spanner
  9. make a hole in wood
  10. use at most 20 straws
  11. False
  12. how can we build it?
  13. reach a top floor fast
  14. good teamwork
  15. Imagine
  16. designs aeroplane wings
  17. poor teamwork
  18. good teamwork
  19. builds hospital scanners
  20. designs a paint factory
  21. True
  22. True
  23. True
  24. repeat each test
  25. Plan
  26. civil
  27. True
  28. Plan
  29. cut a wooden plank
  30. make power from sunlight
  31. Test
  32. Plan
  33. see very tiny things
  34. computer
  35. False
  36. Improve
  37. mechanical
  38. civil
  39. aerospace
  40. good teamwork

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