Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 772 · 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.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “float for 1 minute” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a constraint (b) a criterion
2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cut away from your body (b) run while holding tools (c) cut towards your hand (d) use a cracked tool
4. 4.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play near a moving drill (b) run while holding tools (c) let adults use hot glue (d) use a cracked tool
8. 8.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs aeroplane wings? (a) civil (b) mechanical (c) chemical (d) aerospace
9. 9.What does the materials manager do? (a) shares out the jobs (b) collects the supplies (c) keeps the design notes (d) runs the tests
10. 10.True or false: to measure a long length, use a tape measure. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
12. 12.Which job is pliers for? (a) cut a wooden plank (b) check a shelf is level (c) drive in a nail (d) grip and bend wire
13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
14. 14.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
15. 15.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a dam
16. 16.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to blame others for faults? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
17. 17.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “keep ice for 1 hour” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
18. 18.True or false: an electrical engineer runs a fertiliser plant. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔧 Which tool would you use to smooth a rough edge? (a) a spirit level (b) a protractor (c) sandpaper (d) pliers
20. 20.True or false: to repeat each test is good testing. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) civil (b) mechanical (c) chemical (d) biomedical
22. 22.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🤝 Why do engineers work in teams? (a) to finish nothing (b) to work alone (c) many skills and ideas (d) to argue more
24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
26. 26.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) one (b) all of them (c) two (d) none
27. 27.📋 A constraint is … (a) a limit you must keep to (b) a goal for success (c) a final test (d) a kind of glue
28. 28.True or false: an electrical engineer designs a flyover. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a coral reef (d) a railway track
30. 30.🧪 The first prototype held 290 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 470 g. How many more grams did it hold?
31. 31.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 360 g, 250 g and 260 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
33. 33.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
35. 35.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 100 cm. The team’s tower is 98 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
37. 37.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the design notes? (a) builder (b) team leader (c) recorder (d) materials manager
40. 40.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to change lots at once? (a) good testing (b) poor testing

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