Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 629 · 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.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to test it only once? (a) good testing (b) poor testing
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fit on a school desk (b) keep ice for 1 hour (c) use only paper and tape (d) be under 30 cm tall
3. 3.True or false: a computer engineer plans a power grid. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📋 A constraint is … (a) a kind of glue (b) a goal for success (c) a final test (d) a limit you must keep to
5. 5.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to laugh at ideas? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
7. 7.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a civil engineer designs artificial limbs. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a coral reef
10. 10.True or false: to help a stuck teammate is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
13. 13.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
14. 14.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 170 g, design B held 120 g and design C held 220 g. Which design was the strongest? (a) design C (b) design A (c) design B
15. 15.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, which comes first: “build it with straws” or “sketch three ideas”? (a) build it with straws (b) sketch three ideas
16. 16.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, what comes right after “build it with straws”? (a) load it with coins (b) choose and draw one (c) read the challenge rules (d) sketch three ideas
17. 17.What does the recorder do? (a) keeps the team on track (b) cuts and joins parts (c) puts the model together (d) keeps the design notes
18. 18.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) two (b) all of them (c) one (d) none
19. 19.🧪 What is a prototype? (a) the final product (b) an early test model (c) a sales poster (d) a broken part
20. 20.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹98. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹20. Straws cost ₹5 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
21. 21.🤝 In a design team, who puts the model together? (a) materials manager (b) recorder (c) tester (d) builder
22. 22.🤝 A team plans for 50 minutes, builds for 50 minutes and then tests for 25 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
23. 23.Which job does a mechanical engineer do? (a) designs a flyover (b) designs car engines (c) runs a fertiliser plant (d) plans a power grid
24. 24.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹29. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹15. Straws cost ₹2 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
25. 25.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the team on track? (a) team leader (b) builder (c) materials manager (d) recorder
26. 26.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
27. 27.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 90 cm. The team’s tower is 92 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
28. 28.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
31. 31.True or false: to give kind feedback is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs hearing aids? (a) chemical (b) mechanical (c) biomedical (d) civil
33. 33.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs buildings, roads and bridges? (a) chemical (b) biomedical (c) civil (d) computer
34. 34.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, what comes right after “sketch three ideas”? (a) read the challenge rules (b) strengthen the weak part (c) build it with straws (d) choose and draw one
35. 35.🤝 A team of 3 shares 12 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 7 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
36. 36.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤝 In a design team, who writes down results? (a) builder (b) tester (c) recorder (d) team leader
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use at most 20 straws (b) roll at least 2 metres (c) spend at most ₹100 (d) use only paper and tape
39. 39.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) chemical (b) mechanical (c) biomedical (d) civil
40. 40.True or false: a chemical engineer designs a metro tunnel. (a) False (b) True

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