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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 497 · 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.🦺 What protects your eyes when sawing or drilling? (a) safety goggles (b) a cap (c) sunglasses (d) nothing
  2. 2.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 290 g, 260 g and 320 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
  3. 3.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to touch a hot glue tip? (a) not safe (b) safe
  4. 4.What does the tester do? (a) collects the supplies (b) keeps the team on track (c) checks the goals are met (d) shares out the jobs
  5. 5.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs aeroplane wings? (a) aerospace (b) biomedical (c) electrical (d) mechanical
  6. 6.True or false: to own up to a mistake is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs car engines? (a) biomedical (b) aerospace (c) mechanical (d) computer
  9. 9.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to measure the same way? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  12. 12.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 30 cm. The team’s tower is 34 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) let adults use hot glue (b) run while holding tools (c) carry scissors closed (d) put tools back after use
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  16. 16.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to run while holding tools? (a) safe (b) not safe
  17. 17.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “spend at most ₹100” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a constraint (b) a criterion
  18. 18.True or false: to play near a moving drill is not safe. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  21. 21.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) measure the same way (b) change only one thing (c) repeat each test (d) skip writing results
  24. 24.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹56. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹5. Straws cost ₹4 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  25. 25.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  26. 26.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 40 cm. The team’s tower is 36 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) No (b) Yes
  27. 27.🔧 Which tool would you use to measure an angle? (a) a screwdriver (b) a protractor (c) a spanner (d) sandpaper
  28. 28.🧪 What is a prototype? (a) an early test model (b) a sales poster (c) the final product (d) a broken part
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.🤝 In a design team, who collects the supplies? (a) builder (b) materials manager (c) team leader (d) tester
  31. 31.🔧 Which tool would you use to drive in a nail? (a) a spanner (b) a hand drill (c) a hammer (d) a protractor
  32. 32.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer wires a new building? (a) chemical (b) mechanical (c) electrical (d) civil
  33. 33.🛠️ 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
  34. 34.True or false: to help a stuck teammate is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to carry scissors closed? (a) not safe (b) safe
  36. 36.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  37. 37.🧪 Why repeat a test three times? (a) it looks busy (b) to use more paper (c) the first is wrong (d) to get reliable results
  38. 38.🤝 In a design team, who cuts and joins parts? (a) materials manager (b) builder (c) team leader (d) recorder
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play near a moving drill (b) leave tools on the floor (c) clamp wood before sawing (d) run while holding tools
  40. 40.Which job is pliers for? (a) cut a wooden plank (b) grip and bend wire (c) measure an angle (d) turn a screw

Answer key

  1. safety goggles
  2. 290
  3. not safe
  4. checks the goals are met
  5. aerospace
  6. True
  7. Ask
  8. mechanical
  9. good testing
  10. Ask
  11. a solar panel
  12. No
  13. run while holding tools
  14. made by engineers
  15. Plan
  16. not safe
  17. a constraint
  18. True
  19. True
  20. try it out
  21. no, it repeats
  22. a mobile phone
  23. skip writing results
  24. 12
  25. cross a wide river
  26. Yes
  27. a protractor
  28. an early test model
  29. Imagine
  30. materials manager
  31. a hammer
  32. electrical
  33. a road that floods
  34. False
  35. safe
  36. how can we build it?
  37. to get reliable results
  38. builder
  39. clamp wood before sawing
  40. grip and bend wire

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