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Engineering lesson 8: Part 1 test: what engineers do · Set 970 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) clamp wood before sawing (b) cut towards your hand (c) cut away from your body (d) let adults use hot glue
  2. 2.🤝 A team of 4 shares 8 equal jobs fairly. Each job takes 6 minutes. How many minutes does each person work?
  3. 3.True or false: to agree before changing is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.What does the tester do? (a) keeps the design notes (b) runs the tests (c) collects the supplies (d) cuts and joins parts
  5. 5.True or false: to measure the same way is poor testing. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  9. 9.True or false: to agree before changing is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which job does a mechanical engineer do? (a) designs school networks (b) designs satellites (c) builds hospital scanners (d) designs bicycle gears
  12. 12.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  13. 13.Which job does a biomedical engineer do? (a) designs a flyover (b) designs car engines (c) designs artificial limbs (d) designs satellites
  14. 14.🤝 In a design team, who collects the supplies? (a) tester (b) materials manager (c) recorder (d) builder
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  16. 16.True or false: “float for 1 minute” is a constraint (a limit). (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keep ice for 1 hour (b) roll at least 2 metres (c) finish in 40 minutes (d) carry 10 coins
  18. 18.True or false: to guess, do not measure is poor testing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a civil engineer designs car engines. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.🦺 How should you carry scissors? (a) points up, open (b) while running (c) by the blades (d) points down, closed
  23. 23.True or false: an aerospace engineer writes app software. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧪 Is it good or poor testing to record every result? (a) poor testing (b) good testing
  25. 25.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  26. 26.Which job does a mechanical engineer do? (a) designs a flyover (b) designs satellites (c) designs factory machines (d) builds rockets
  27. 27.🧪 Why do engineers make prototypes? (a) to sell them at once (b) to decorate a room (c) to avoid testing (d) to test ideas cheaply
  28. 28.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📋 A constraint is … (a) a final test (b) a kind of glue (c) a goal for success (d) a limit you must keep to
  30. 30.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🤝 In a design team, who cuts and joins parts? (a) builder (b) team leader (c) materials manager (d) tester
  32. 32.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer builds hospital scanners? (a) biomedical (b) computer (c) chemical (d) civil
  33. 33.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
  35. 35.🤝 A team plans for 35 minutes, builds for 60 minutes and then tests for 5 minutes, one after another. How many minutes is that in all?
  36. 36.🧪 The first prototype held 50 g. After the team improved it, the new prototype held 100 g. How many more grams did it hold?
  37. 37.True or false: to help a stuck teammate is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🤝 A teammate’s idea seems odd. What should you do first? (a) walk away (b) ignore it (c) laugh at it (d) listen and ask why
  39. 39.Which job does an electrical engineer do? (a) designs factory machines (b) designs a metro tunnel (c) plans a power grid (d) writes app software
  40. 40.🧑‍🔧 Which kind of engineer designs satellites? (a) civil (b) biomedical (c) electrical (d) aerospace

Answer key

  1. cut towards your hand
  2. 12
  3. False
  4. runs the tests
  5. False
  6. False
  7. Imagine
  8. define the problem
  9. True
  10. Plan
  11. designs bicycle gears
  12. talk to someone far away
  13. designs artificial limbs
  14. materials manager
  15. a ceiling fan
  16. False
  17. finish in 40 minutes
  18. True
  19. False
  20. Improve
  21. made by engineers
  22. points down, closed
  23. False
  24. good testing
  25. no, it repeats
  26. designs factory machines
  27. to test ideas cheaply
  28. True
  29. a limit you must keep to
  30. True
  31. builder
  32. biomedical
  33. False
  34. reach a top floor fast
  35. 100
  36. 50
  37. False
  38. listen and ask why
  39. plans a power grid
  40. aerospace

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