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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 777 · 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.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering designs machines with moving parts? (a) civil (b) mechanical (c) biomedical (d) chemical
  2. 2.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  3. 3.True or false: “lift a cup of water” is a constraint (a limit). (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to repeat each test? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
  5. 5.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to hide a failed test? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lift a cup of water (b) finish in 40 minutes (c) hold up 500 g (d) float for 1 minute
  7. 7.📋 A constraint is … (a) a kind of glue (b) a limit you must keep to (c) a goal for success (d) a final test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🧪 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
  11. 11.True or false: a biomedical engineer builds hospital scanners. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a computer engineer designs school networks. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “stand in a fan breeze” is a criterion (a goal). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to talk over others? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  15. 15.True or false: to change lots at once is good testing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔧 Which tool would you use to turn a screw? (a) pliers (b) a screwdriver (c) sandpaper (d) a spanner
  17. 17.What does the materials manager do? (a) keeps the design notes (b) cuts and joins parts (c) keeps the team on track (d) tracks what is used up
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skip writing results (b) change lots at once (c) test it only once (d) change only one thing
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  21. 21.🦺 What protects your eyes when sawing or drilling? (a) nothing (b) safety goggles (c) sunglasses (d) a cap
  22. 22.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🤝 A team of 3 shares 6 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 7 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
  24. 24.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) all of them (b) two (c) none (d) one
  25. 25.True or false: to put tools back after use is safe. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🤝 A team of 4 shares 16 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 10 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
  27. 27.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to change only one thing? (a) good testing (b) poor testing
  28. 28.True or false: “carry 10 coins” is a constraint (a limit). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: “spend at most ₹100” is a criterion (a goal). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  36. 36.🤝 A teammate’s idea seems odd. What should you do first? (a) ignore it (b) laugh at it (c) walk away (d) listen and ask why
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  38. 38.Which job does an aerospace engineer do? (a) designs bicycle gears (b) builds a website (c) runs a fertiliser plant (d) builds rockets
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  40. 40.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs a paint factory? (a) civil (b) mechanical (c) chemical (d) computer

Answer key

  1. mechanical
  2. make power from sunlight
  3. False
  4. good testing
  5. poor testing
  6. finish in 40 minutes
  7. a limit you must keep to
  8. Create
  9. Ask
  10. to get reliable results
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. poor teamwork
  15. False
  16. a screwdriver
  17. tracks what is used up
  18. a lift
  19. change only one thing
  20. Ask
  21. safety goggles
  22. True
  23. 14
  24. one
  25. True
  26. 40
  27. good testing
  28. False
  29. a seashell
  30. Plan
  31. talk to someone far away
  32. ask who will use it
  33. Improve
  34. False
  35. a rainbow
  36. listen and ask why
  37. Imagine
  38. builds rockets
  39. Test
  40. chemical

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