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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 690 · 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 does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  2. 2.🤝 A team of 4 shares 12 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 5 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
  3. 3.True or false: to cut away from your body is safe. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  5. 5.True or false: to change lots at once is poor testing. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: a civil engineer designs a gearbox. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a cloud
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  10. 10.🦺 What protects your eyes when sawing or drilling? (a) sunglasses (b) a cap (c) safety goggles (d) nothing
  11. 11.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “spend at most ₹100” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
  12. 12.True or false: a biomedical engineer designs satellites. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) many skills and ideas (b) to finish nothing (c) to argue more (d) to work alone
  14. 14.True or false: to clamp wood before sawing is safe. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does the builder do? (a) writes down results (b) keeps the design notes (c) shares out the jobs (d) cuts and joins parts
  16. 16.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.Which job does a biomedical engineer do? (a) plans a power grid (b) builds rockets (c) designs hearing aids (d) builds a website
  19. 19.📋 A design meets every criterion but costs more than the budget. Is it acceptable? (a) yes, it works (b) yes, always (c) only if it is red (d) no, it breaks a limit
  20. 20.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to do all the work alone? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  21. 21.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, what comes right after “sketch three ideas”? (a) strengthen the weak part (b) load it with coins (c) build it with straws (d) choose and draw one
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  23. 23.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to skip writing results? (a) good testing (b) poor testing
  24. 24.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 50 cm. The team’s tower is 54 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
  25. 25.True or false: a chemical engineer designs car engines. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to test it only once is poor testing. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs a gearbox? (a) biomedical (b) civil (c) chemical (d) mechanical
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a water filter
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  31. 31.Which job is pliers for? (a) measure a long length (b) smooth a rough edge (c) measure an angle (d) grip and bend wire
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) float for 1 minute (b) spend at most ₹100 (c) hold up 500 g (d) carry 10 coins
  33. 33.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
  34. 34.True or false: to skip writing results is good testing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🤝 A team of 4 shares 16 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 10 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeat each test (b) change lots at once (c) use a new load each time (d) skip writing results
  37. 37.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  39. 39.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall

Answer key

  1. understands the problem
  2. 15
  3. True
  4. pick the build order
  5. True
  6. Plan
  7. False
  8. a dam
  9. a river
  10. safety goggles
  11. a constraint
  12. False
  13. many skills and ideas
  14. True
  15. cuts and joins parts
  16. False
  17. found in nature
  18. designs hearing aids
  19. no, it breaks a limit
  20. poor teamwork
  21. choose and draw one
  22. Test
  23. poor testing
  24. No
  25. False
  26. True
  27. mechanical
  28. a river
  29. Improve
  30. think of wild ideas
  31. grip and bend wire
  32. spend at most ₹100
  33. a road that floods
  34. False
  35. 40
  36. repeat each test
  37. True
  38. a microscope
  39. True
  40. a bridge

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