Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 885 · 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.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, which comes first: “strengthen the weak part” or “sketch three ideas”? (a) strengthen the weak part (b) sketch three ideas
2. 2.🔢 To build and test a straw bridge, which comes first: “build it with straws” or “load it with coins”? (a) load it with coins (b) build it with straws
3. 3.🔧 Which tool would you use to check a shelf is level? (a) a tape measure (b) a hand drill (c) a screwdriver (d) a spirit level
4. 4.🧪 The first prototype held 200 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 280 g. How many more grams did it hold?
5. 5.True or false: a chemical engineer designs factory machines. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📋 A design meets every criterion but costs more than the budget. Is it acceptable? (a) no, it breaks a limit (b) only if it is red (c) yes, it works (d) yes, always
7. 7.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
8. 8.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer refines crude oil? (a) aerospace (b) chemical (c) civil (d) electrical
9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
10. 10.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹63. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹15. Straws cost ₹5 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
12. 12.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 230 g, design B held 330 g and design C held 280 g. Which design was the weakest? (a) design A (b) design C (c) design B
13. 13.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a biomedical engineer builds a website. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the team on track? (a) tester (b) builder (c) team leader (d) recorder
17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use at most 20 straws (b) spend at most ₹100 (c) carry 10 coins (d) finish in 40 minutes
19. 19.📋 Your team’s budget is ₹154. You must buy one roll of tape for ₹10. Straws cost ₹5 each. What is the greatest number of straws you can buy?
20. 20.True or false: an aerospace engineer builds hospital scanners. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering works on aeroplanes and rockets? (a) computer (b) chemical (c) aerospace (d) civil
22. 22.🤝 A team of 5 shares 30 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 7 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
25. 25.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
26. 26.Which job is a screwdriver for? (a) measure a long length (b) turn a screw (c) grip and bend wire (d) cut a wooden plank
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play near a moving drill (b) run while holding tools (c) cut away from your body (d) leave tools on the floor
28. 28.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
29. 29.True or false: to leave tools on the floor is safe. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “spend at most ₹100” is a constraint (a limit). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔧 Which tool would you use to measure a long length? (a) a screwdriver (b) a hammer (c) a tape measure (d) a saw
32. 32.True or false: to change lots at once is poor testing. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
34. 34.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 40 cm. The team’s tower is 38 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) No (b) Yes
35. 35.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “roll at least 2 metres” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a constraint (b) a criterion
36. 36.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs a metro tunnel? (a) biomedical (b) aerospace (c) computer (d) civil
37. 37.🔧 Which tool would you use to tighten a nut? (a) a protractor (b) pliers (c) a hammer (d) a spanner
38. 38.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “finish in 40 minutes” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a constraint (b) a criterion
39. 39.🧪 In a fair test, how many things do you change at a time? (a) two (b) all of them (c) one (d) none
40. 40.🤝 In a design team, who puts the model together? (a) tester (b) materials manager (c) builder (d) team leader

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