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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 849 · 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.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a water filter
  2. 2.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  3. 3.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to change only one thing? (a) good testing (b) poor testing
  4. 4.True or false: to let adults use hot glue is safe. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹62. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹20. Straws cost ₹3 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
  6. 6.🦺 How should you carry scissors? (a) points up, open (b) by the blades (c) while running (d) points down, closed
  7. 7.True or false: to share the work fairly is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  10. 10.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which job does a mechanical engineer do? (a) designs school networks (b) designs a metro tunnel (c) plans a space mission (d) designs factory machines
  12. 12.📋 A constraint is … (a) a limit you must keep to (b) a kind of glue (c) a final test (d) a goal for success
  13. 13.🤝 Is it good or poor teamwork to ignore the team plan? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  14. 14.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) none (b) one (c) two (d) all of them
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a bicycle
  18. 18.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs school networks? (a) chemical (b) biomedical (c) computer (d) electrical
  19. 19.Which job does a mechanical engineer do? (a) designs car engines (b) plans a space mission (c) builds a website (d) designs power lines
  20. 20.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “fit on a school desk” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
  21. 21.True or false: a civil engineer lays out a highway. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the team on track? (a) materials manager (b) tester (c) team leader (d) builder
  24. 24.True or false: an electrical engineer designs electric motors. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use the same load (b) change only one thing (c) measure the same way (d) use a new load each time
  26. 26.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, which comes first: “choose and draw one” or “build it with straws”? (a) build it with straws (b) choose and draw one
  27. 27.🤝 In a design team, who cuts and joins parts? (a) recorder (b) tester (c) builder (d) materials manager
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a telephone
  29. 29.🤝 In a design team, who collects the supplies? (a) materials manager (b) recorder (c) team leader (d) tester
  30. 30.True or false: “stand in a fan breeze” is a constraint (a limit). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: an aerospace engineer designs aeroplane wings. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to change lots at once is poor testing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  34. 34.📋 Criterion: the model bridge must hold at least 700 g. In the test it held 850 g. Does it meet the criterion? (a) Yes (b) No
  35. 35.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which job is a spirit level for? (a) turn a screw (b) drive in a nail (c) tighten a nut (d) check a shelf is level
  38. 38.What does the recorder do? (a) runs the tests (b) keeps the design notes (c) keeps the team on track (d) puts the model together
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. go through a mountain
  3. good testing
  4. True
  5. 14
  6. points down, closed
  7. False
  8. Test
  9. how can we build it?
  10. False
  11. designs factory machines
  12. a limit you must keep to
  13. poor teamwork
  14. one
  15. Improve
  16. a satellite
  17. a rainbow
  18. computer
  19. designs car engines
  20. a constraint
  21. True
  22. found in nature
  23. team leader
  24. True
  25. use a new load each time
  26. choose and draw one
  27. builder
  28. a telephone
  29. materials manager
  30. False
  31. True
  32. True
  33. Ask
  34. Yes
  35. False
  36. False
  37. check a shelf is level
  38. keeps the design notes
  39. Improve
  40. Create

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