Structures and Forces
Engineering communication
Engineering tools and technology
Problem solving
Engineering teachers/misc
100

The force that pulls objects toward the Earth

What is “Gravity”?

100

This step involves creating physical or digital versions of your design.

What is prototyping?

100

This type of software is commonly used for 3D modelling

What is “CAD” or “Computer-Aided Design”?

100

A circuit has a resistance of 10 ohms and a current of 2 A. What is the voltage?

What is 20 V?

100

The names of all of the senior engineering teachers at Mansfield SHS

Mr Duong, Mr Dreise, Mr Romero, Mr Kilpatrick

200

This triangular structure is commonly used for stability in structures such as bridges

What is a truss?

200

Brainstorming should be judgment-free

True

200

This tool checks whether a surface is perfectly horizontal or vertical (full name required)

What is a spirit level (or bubble level)?

200

A rectangular block has dimensions 4 cm × 5 cm × 2 cm. What is its volume?

What is 40 cm³?

200

The senior engineering teacher who was not born in Australia

Mr Duong (New Zealand)

300

The internal force that resists the sliding of one part of a structure past another.

What is shear force?

300

The first phase of the QCAA engineering design process

What is the explore phase?

300

What does CNC stand for in manufacturing?

What is “Computer Numerical Control”?

300

If a gear has 20 teeth and meshes with another gear with 40 teeth, what is the gear ratio?

1:2 (or 2:1)

300

The senior engineering teacher who had a previous career as a boilermaker

Mr Romero

400

The term for a force that causes an object to dynamically rotate around a pivot point

What is torque (moments are static)?

400

Engineers use this document to communicate the final version of a product

What is “Technical drawing” or “Blueprint”?

400

This measuring tool is used to accurately find the distance of a smallish objects 

What is a vernier caliper?

400

If a 4:1 pulley system is lifting a 40 kg object, how much force is needed (ignore friction)?

What is 100 N?
(Explanation: Weight = 40 × 9.8 = 392 N → 392 ÷ 4 ≈ 98 N)

400

The first year that any QCAA Engineering syllabus was used in QLD schools

What is 2019?

500

The shape of the bending moment diagram for a simply supported beam with a uniform distributed load

What is a parabolic curve (in beam theory)?

500

This inventor created over 1,000 patents, including the first electrical illumination device

Who is “Thomas Edison”?

500

This type of 3D printer uses melted plastic to build objects layer by layer

What is Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM)?

500

A truss has 5 joints and 7 members. Is it statically determinate? Use the formula m = 2j – 3.

Yes
(m = 7, 2j – 3 = 7 → 7 = 7)

500

In the 2025 QCAA Engineering syllabus, the ISMG descriptor that isn't "symbolising and communicating" or "determining and generating".


What is Synthesising and Evaluating?

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