Engineering Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 954 · 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) clear labelled sketches (b) only talking fast (c) secret notes (d) no drawings at all
2. 2.True or false: an electrical engineer runs a fertiliser plant. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a civil engineer designs a gearbox. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a civil engineer designs bicycle gears. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
7. 7.🧑‍🔧 Which branch of engineering works on aeroplanes and rockets? (a) chemical (b) civil (c) computer (d) aerospace
8. 8.Which job is a saw for? (a) measure a long length (b) drive in a nail (c) cut a wooden plank (d) tighten a nut
9. 9.What does the materials manager do? (a) collects the supplies (b) keeps the design notes (c) cuts and joins parts (d) keeps the team on track
10. 10.🤝 A team plans for 15 minutes, builds for 40 minutes and then tests for 5 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
11. 11.What does the builder do? (a) tracks what is used up (b) runs the tests (c) keeps the design notes (d) puts the model together
12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
13. 13.🦺 How should you carry scissors? (a) points up, open (b) while running (c) by the blades (d) points down, closed
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
16. 16.What does the recorder do? (a) tracks what is used up (b) checks the goals are met (c) cuts and joins parts (d) writes down results
17. 17.🤝 In a design team, who cuts and joins parts? (a) materials manager (b) tester (c) builder (d) recorder
18. 18.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to clamp wood before sawing? (a) safe (b) not safe
19. 19.📋 For a model bridge challenge, is “use only paper and tape” a constraint or a criterion? (a) a criterion (b) a constraint
20. 20.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs electric motors? (a) chemical (b) biomedical (c) civil (d) electrical
22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
23. 23.True or false: an electrical engineer designs hearing aids. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: to skip writing results is poor testing. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧪 A paper bridge was tested three times. It held 220 g, 120 g and 290 g. What is the mean (average) load it held, in grams?
26. 26.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧪 Three prototype bridges were tested with the same method. Design A held 220 g, design B held 120 g and design C held 170 g. Which design was the strongest? (a) design B (b) design A (c) design C
28. 28.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
29. 29.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
30. 30.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
33. 33.🤝 In a design team, who puts the model together? (a) recorder (b) builder (c) team leader (d) materials manager
34. 34.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to use the same load? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
35. 35.🤝 A teammate’s idea seems odd. What should you do first? (a) listen and ask why (b) laugh at it (c) ignore it (d) walk away
36. 36.True or false: to give kind feedback is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤝 In a design team, who keeps the team on track? (a) builder (b) team leader (c) recorder (d) tester
38. 38.🦺 In the workshop, is it safe to carry scissors closed? (a) not safe (b) safe
39. 39.📋 Constraint: the tower must be no taller than 60 cm. The team’s tower is 62 cm tall. Is it within the constraint? (a) Yes (b) No
40. 40.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs artificial limbs? (a) computer (b) biomedical (c) civil (d) chemical

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