Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 748 · 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.🤝 How do engineers share a design with others? (a) no drawings at all (b) secret notes (c) only talking fast (d) clear labelled sketches
2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
3. 3.True or false: an electrical engineer designs school networks. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer wires a new building? (a) mechanical (b) electrical (c) chemical (d) aerospace
5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) find the limits
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a dam
7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
9. 9.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a train
10. 10.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
11. 11.🤝 In a design team, who shares out the jobs? (a) team leader (b) builder (c) materials manager (d) recorder
12. 12.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs factory machines? (a) civil (b) mechanical (c) aerospace (d) biomedical
13. 13.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 50 cm. The team’s tower is 44 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
14. 14.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to give kind feedback? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
15. 15.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.What does the team leader do? (a) writes down results (b) cuts and joins parts (c) shares out the jobs (d) puts the model together
17. 17.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
18. 18.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) mechanical (b) biomedical (c) civil (d) chemical
19. 19.What does the materials manager do? (a) keeps the design notes (b) puts the model together (c) cuts and joins parts (d) tracks what is used up
20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
21. 21.True or false: a chemical engineer designs a paint factory. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤝 A team plans for 30 minutes, builds for 10 minutes and then tests for 25 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
23. 23.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “float for 1 minute” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
24. 24.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “fit on a school desk” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a constraint (b) a criterion
25. 25.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to ignore the team plan? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
26. 26.True or false: an electrical engineer designs bicycle gears. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which job does a biomedical engineer do? (a) runs a fertiliser plant (b) designs satellites (c) writes app software (d) designs artificial limbs
28. 28.🤝 A team of 2 shares 4 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 2 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
29. 29.🧪 What is a prototype? (a) the final product (b) a sales poster (c) a broken part (d) an early test model
30. 30.🤝 In a design team, who checks the goals are met? (a) materials manager (b) team leader (c) tester (d) builder
31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree
32. 32.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “spend at most ₹100” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
33. 33.🤝 In a design team, who runs the tests? (a) builder (b) materials manager (c) tester (d) team leader
34. 34.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to finish nothing (b) many skills and ideas (c) to work alone (d) to argue more
35. 35.🦺 What protects your eyes when sawing or drilling? (a) a cap (b) safety goggles (c) nothing (d) sunglasses
36. 36.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
37. 37.🤝 A team plans for 15 minutes, builds for 55 minutes and then tests for 15 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
38. 38.True or false: to measure an angle, use a hand drill. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧪 Why repeat a test three times? (a) to use more paper (b) to get reliable results (c) the first is wrong (d) it looks busy
40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create

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