Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 515 · 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.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a coral reef
2. 2.Which job is sandpaper for? (a) make a hole in wood (b) drive in a nail (c) grip and bend wire (d) smooth a rough edge
3. 3.True or false: to play near a moving drill is not safe. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🦺 What protects your eyes when sawing or drilling? (a) safety goggles (b) a cap (c) sunglasses (d) nothing
5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
7. 7.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a seashell
9. 9.🤝 How do engineers share a design with others? (a) clear labelled sketches (b) secret notes (c) no drawings at all (d) only talking fast
10. 10.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to give kind feedback? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
11. 11.🦺 Who should use hot glue guns and power tools in a kids’ project? (a) any child alone (b) a stranger (c) an adult (d) the youngest child
12. 12.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 300 g, design B held 250 g and design C held 350 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design B (b) design C (c) design A
13. 13.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to record every result? (a) good testing (b) poor testing
14. 14.🤝 A team of 2 shares 4 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 10 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
15. 15.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer plans a dam? (a) electrical (b) computer (c) aerospace (d) civil
17. 17.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer lays out a highway? (a) civil (b) electrical (c) chemical (d) mechanical
18. 18.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer plans a power grid? (a) chemical (b) computer (c) aerospace (d) electrical
19. 19.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to wear safety goggles? (a) not safe (b) safe
20. 20.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer writes app software? (a) computer (b) mechanical (c) biomedical (d) civil
21. 21.🧪 The first prototype held 200 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 400 g. How many more grams did it hold?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tie back long hair (b) use a cracked tool (c) cut towards your hand (d) run while holding tools
23. 23.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 270 g, design B held 220 g and design C held 320 g. Which design was the strongest? (a) design C (b) design B (c) design A
24. 24.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to use the same load? (a) good testing (b) poor testing
26. 26.True or false: to guess, do not measure is good testing. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to change lots at once? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) two (b) one (c) none (d) all of them
30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a rainbow (d) a railway track
32. 32.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering uses engineering to help doctors? (a) aerospace (b) electrical (c) biomedical (d) civil
33. 33.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to hide a mistake? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
34. 34.Which job does a civil engineer do? (a) designs a gearbox (b) designs a metro tunnel (c) designs bicycle gears (d) designs school networks
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) be under 30 cm tall (b) hold up 500 g (c) roll at least 2 metres (d) float for 1 minute
36. 36.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 130 g, design B held 180 g and design C held 230 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design B (b) design A (c) design C
37. 37.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
40. 40.Which job does a computer engineer do? (a) designs a metro tunnel (b) designs bicycle gears (c) builds a website (d) designs artificial limbs

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