Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 503 · 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.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to put tools back after use? (a) not safe (b) safe
2. 2.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) define the problem
4. 4.🤝 A teammate’s idea seems odd. What should you do first? (a) ignore it (b) laugh at it (c) walk away (d) listen and ask why
5. 5.True or false: a civil engineer designs a paint factory. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a river
7. 7.🤝 How do engineers share a design with others? (a) secret notes (b) no drawings at all (c) only talking fast (d) clear labelled sketches
8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
9. 9.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “be under 30 cm tall” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
10. 10.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs power lines? (a) chemical (b) electrical (c) civil (d) mechanical
11. 11.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer plans a dam? (a) civil (b) aerospace (c) chemical (d) mechanical
12. 12.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs bicycle gears? (a) electrical (b) chemical (c) civil (d) mechanical
13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
14. 14.🤝 In a design team, who collects the supplies? (a) recorder (b) tester (c) materials manager (d) team leader
15. 15.🤝 A team of 3 shares 6 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 4 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
16. 16.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 250 g, design B held 300 g and design C held 350 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design C (b) design B (c) design A
17. 17.True or false: to guess, do not measure is good testing. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
19. 19.🧪 The first prototype held 160 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 190 g. How many more grams did it hold?
20. 20.🦺 How should you carry scissors? (a) points up, open (b) by the blades (c) while running (d) points down, closed
21. 21.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔄 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
23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
24. 24.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to talk over others? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 100 cm. The team’s tower is 106 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
28. 28.True or false: to put tools back after use is safe. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “stand in a fan breeze” is a criterion (a goal). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: to help a stuck teammate is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) many skills and ideas (b) to argue more (c) to finish nothing (d) to work alone
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cut away from your body (b) let adults use hot glue (c) put tools back after use (d) play near a moving drill
34. 34.📋 A constraint is … (a) a goal for success (b) a limit you must keep to (c) a final test (d) a kind of glue
35. 35.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “fit on a school desk” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
36. 36.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔧 Which tool would you use to measure an angle? (a) a saw (b) sandpaper (c) a protractor (d) a hand drill
38. 38.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
39. 39.True or false: to agree before changing is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🤝 In a design team, who runs the tests? (a) builder (b) recorder (c) tester (d) materials manager

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