The Coffee Break Quiz - A challenging selection of General Engineering 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 ?
- In thermodynamics, the Triple Point of a substance is the point at which the three phases - gas, liquid, and solid of that substance coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium - True or False
- Who painted the masterpiece "The Last Judgement" - a) Donatello b) Michelangelo c) Raphael d) Leonardo da Vinci
- In general terms and ignoring the effects of wind and similar - When an object or projectile is fired or thrown up into the air - the path it follows during its rise and fall is called a - a) Catenary b) Parabola c) Ellipse d) Locus
- Which country first manufactured "Razor wire" - a) Great Britain b) USA c) Germany d) Rusia
- The Elgin Marbles were taken from ruins in which country - a) Mexico b) Greece c) China d) Egypt
- In computer engineering WAN stands for World Accessed Notification - True or False
- A profiled wheel with teeth on the circumference which are designed to mesh with a chain, track or similar is more combonly known as a - a) Gear b) Pinion c) Spline d) Sprocket
- In manufacturing/engineering terms BOM stands for Bill Of Material - True or False
- In electrical engineering DOL stands for Drive On Line - True or False
- What is the geographical feature K2 - a) The Pacific Ocean b) The Panama Canal c) The Mariana Trench d) the second highest mountain in the world located in the Himalayan mountain range
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ANSWERS
1) True 2) b) Michelangelo 3) b) Parabola 4) c) Germany - during WW1 5) b) Greece 6) False - WAN stands for Wide Area Network 7) d) Sprocket 8) True 9) False - DOL stands for Direct On Line and is a type of motor starter for induction motors 10) d) the second highest mountain in the world located in the Himalayan mountain range
