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Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork

Robotics lesson 28: Competitions and teamwork · Set 828 · 40 questions
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Robot tip (Rules, roles, retries): Score = items × points each + bonus − penalties. Best round = the highest score; average = total ÷ number of rounds. Roles: builder, programmer, tester, team captain, note-keeper. Play fair and learn from every run.

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  1. 1.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “read the rules” or “build and program”? (a) read the rules (b) build and program
  2. 2.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) find the cause, retry (b) blame a teammate (c) break the robot (d) give up at once
  3. 3.True or false: to follow the event rules is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏆 A team’s robot scores 25, 22 and 89 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  5. 5.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 20 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 10 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
  6. 6.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 10 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  7. 7.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps the design diary? (a) builder (b) programmer (c) note-keeper (d) tester
  8. 8.🏆 In a robot team, who changes the program? (a) team captain (b) note-keeper (c) tester (d) programmer
  9. 9.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “test and improve” or “read the rules”? (a) read the rules (b) test and improve
  10. 10.True or false: to follow the event rules is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to do all the work alone? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  12. 12.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to share the tools? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  13. 13.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) the menu (b) a comic (c) the rules (d) nothing
  14. 14.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to show off (b) to fill pages (c) to slow the team (d) to learn what works
  15. 15.🏆 A robot scores 26, 32 and 41 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  16. 16.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to blame one person? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  17. 17.🏆 A robot scores 18, 25 and 18 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  18. 18.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) learning and fair play (b) hiding mistakes (c) winning at any cost (d) copying others
  19. 19.🏆 A robot scores 33, 10 and 57 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  20. 20.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) builder (b) note-keeper (c) tester (d) programmer
  21. 21.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 7 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  22. 22.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to praise a teammate? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  23. 23.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “compete and learn” or “test and improve”? (a) test and improve (b) compete and learn
  24. 24.🏆 In a robot team, who shares out the jobs? (a) team captain (b) note-keeper (c) tester (d) builder
  25. 25.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “build and program” or “plan the design”? (a) plan the design (b) build and program
  26. 26.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps everyone on task? (a) programmer (b) team captain (c) note-keeper (d) tester
  27. 27.True or false: to say sorry for mistakes is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “build and program”? (a) test and improve (b) read the rules (c) plan the design (d) compete and learn
  29. 29.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to follow the event rules? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  30. 30.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to say sorry for mistakes? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  31. 31.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 25 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 6 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
  33. 33.🏆 A team’s robot scores 33, 83 and 94 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  34. 34.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to praise a teammate is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to do all the work alone is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏆 A robot scores 20, 28 and 24 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  38. 38.True or false: to share the tools is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “build and program” or “test and improve”? (a) test and improve (b) build and program
  40. 40.🏆 A team’s robot scores 47, 84 and 27 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?

Answer key

  1. read the rules
  2. find the cause, retry
  3. True
  4. 89
  5. 190
  6. 100
  7. note-keeper
  8. programmer
  9. read the rules
  10. False
  11. poor teamwork
  12. good teamwork
  13. the rules
  14. to learn what works
  15. 99
  16. poor teamwork
  17. 61
  18. learning and fair play
  19. 100
  20. tester
  21. 160
  22. good teamwork
  23. test and improve
  24. team captain
  25. plan the design
  26. team captain
  27. True
  28. test and improve
  29. good teamwork
  30. good teamwork
  31. False
  32. 145
  33. 94
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. 24
  38. False
  39. build and program
  40. 84

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