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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 491 · 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.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the design notes? (a) recorder (b) builder (c) team leader (d) materials manager
  2. 2.True or false: “roll at least 2 metres” is a constraint (a limit). (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a bridge
  4. 4.True or false: a biomedical engineer designs electric motors. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to give kind feedback? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  6. 6.🔧 Which tool would you use to check a shelf is level? (a) a spanner (b) a spirit level (c) a hand drill (d) a saw
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  10. 10.True or false: to skip writing results is poor testing. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a cloud
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  13. 13.📋 A constraint is … (a) a limit you must keep to (b) a goal for success (c) a final test (d) a kind of glue
  14. 14.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to cut away from your body? (a) safe (b) not safe
  16. 16.True or false: to hide a failed test is good testing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  18. 18.Which job does a computer engineer do? (a) builds hospital scanners (b) designs a metro tunnel (c) lays out a highway (d) designs school networks
  19. 19.🤝 In a design team, who checks the goals are met? (a) builder (b) tester (c) materials manager (d) recorder
  20. 20.True or false: to use the same load is good testing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📋 Criterion: the model bridge must hold at least 600 g. In the test it held 750 g. Does it meet the criterion? (a) Yes (b) No
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹89. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹10. Straws cost ₹5 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  25. 25.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹121. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹5. Straws cost ₹4 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  26. 26.True or false: a computer engineer designs car engines. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹98. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹5. Straws cost ₹5 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  28. 28.True or false: to talk over others is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
  31. 31.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs buildings, roads and bridges? (a) biomedical (b) chemical (c) civil (d) computer
  32. 32.🤝 A team of 2 shares 4 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 2 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
  33. 33.🦺 How should you carry scissors? (a) points down, closed (b) points up, open (c) while running (d) by the blades
  34. 34.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skip writing results (b) use a new load each time (c) record every result (d) test it only once
  36. 36.True or false: to change only one thing is poor testing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) one (b) all of them (c) none (d) two
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use the same load (b) measure the same way (c) skip writing results (d) record every result
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a mountain
  40. 40.True or false: to run while holding tools is not safe. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. recorder
  2. False
  3. a fridge
  4. False
  5. good teamwork
  6. a spirit level
  7. follow the plan to build
  8. no, it repeats
  9. a solar panel
  10. True
  11. a bicycle
  12. a mountain
  13. a limit you must keep to
  14. True
  15. safe
  16. False
  17. Imagine
  18. designs school networks
  19. tester
  20. True
  21. Yes
  22. a volcano
  23. Ask
  24. 15
  25. 29
  26. False
  27. 18
  28. False
  29. Test
  30. a water filter
  31. civil
  32. 4
  33. points down, closed
  34. Improve
  35. record every result
  36. False
  37. one
  38. skip writing results
  39. a mobile phone
  40. True

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