Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1028

The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1028 is a challenging selection of General Engineering Trivia questions and answers -
 sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know, but you’re sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !

Challenge your colleagues – can they answer more than you ?

Previous Quiz – No.1027     Next Quiz – No.1029       For a full list of all quizzes go to – List Of Engineering Quizzes

Looking For A Better Way

Looking For A Better Way

Looking For A Better Way ….

Go to – Engineering the 3R Way for an overview of the 3R Philosophy and link to the full list of topics

Then Take A Break ….

With the List Of Pages – Engineering Nostalgia for pages of Old Engineer Memories from Engineering practice in the 1960’s/70’s/80’s – with a bit of armed forces and medieval trivia thrown in
Or check out Engineering Odd Bits for odd subject matter – including humor and comment

 

In electronics, a switch may be abbreviated to DPCO – which stands for Double Pole Change Over or Double Pole, Centre Off – True or False

Zero degrees Celsius equals 23 degrees Fahrenheit – True or False

Zero degrees Celcius equals 32 degrees Fahrenheit

The Reaumur Scale is used to measure…

The phenomena known as the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights is named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora , and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas  - True or False

In a mechanism where the rotation of a shaft could cause a conventional nut to unscrew on the thread, an opposite handed nut may be used - what name is given to this arrangement…

A Scalene triangle is defined as a triangle with 2 equal sides - True or False

A scalene triangle has each of its sides a different length

The Dewey Decimal Classification is a proprietary system of classification which is used for…

The sine wave is a mathematical function  that describes an unpredictable erratic oscillation . - True or False

It describes a smooth repetitive oscillation

An inorganic , nonmetallic  solid  prepared by the action of heat  and subsequent cooling is called…

In chemical engineering terms, a fume cupboard is a device designed to coagulate vapors - True or False

It is designed to remove hazardous fumes