The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1144 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 !
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When granular free flowing material’s are allowed to pile on a flat surface, there is a unique angle naturally formed by the external surface of the material - relative to the horizontal plane. This is called the Angle of Respond – True or False
This is called the Angle of Repose
The word laser started as an acronym for - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation - True or False
H3PO4 is the chemical symbol for which acid…
A Volute Spring is a compression spring in the form of a cone under compression with the coils sliding past each other – True or False
A Diode acts like a one-way valve that allows an electrical current to flow in only one direction – True or False
Irish Moss is a type of…
In Electrical Engineering – What name is given to an electronic instrument usually used to measure the number of cycles of oscillation, or pulses per second in a periodic electronic signal...
Toxic gas escaped from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India in December 1984 - resulting in several thousand deaths. The plant was operated by which multinational chemical company…
The gas voltaic battery or "fuel cell"was invented by Sir William Grove in 1839 True or False
The letters in the German automobile company BMW stand for - Bonn Munitions Works - True or False
BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1143 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 !
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What name is given to a single pin-shaped, sharp object of hard metal or alloy which has been used for centuries as a fastener. It is applied by using direct force from a blunt object…
CH3COOH is the chemical symbol for which acid…
A Rectifier is an electrical device composed of one or more diodes that converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) – True or False
The Angle of Reflection may be defined as – The Angle between a normal and reflected ray - True or False
In steel piping terminology, what does the nominal bore (NB) refer to...
as the name suggests, it is a "nominal" dimension and not a specific dimension
How may players per team on court in an ice hockey game…
In process control, the term HMI stands for - Hand Machine Interface – True or False
HMI stands for Human Machine Interface
What century saw the invention of the shoelace…
In 1908, which city became the first in the United States to institute chlorination of its water...
Starfish do not have brains - True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1142 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 !
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Seismic waves are the vibrations from earthquakes that travel through the Earth - they are recorded on instruments called Seismographs – True or False
In the early 1930's - German airships known as Zeppelins made regular transatlantic commercial flights. They were designed to be filled with Helium but because of export restrictions by the USA against Nazi Germany – they where actually filled with which gas…
Lake Mead in the USA was created by which man made barrier...
In Process Engineering - SCADA stands for - Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition – True or False
In mathematics the Fibonacci Sequence is named after the town of Fibonacci in Italy - True or False
The Fibonacci Sequence is named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa who was also known as Fibonacci
Steam Engines are classified as External Combustion Engines - True or False
HNO3 is the molecular formula for which acid...
In Electrical Engineering - The symbol for an ohm is the Greek letter – capital Omega – True or False
In Electrical Engineering - A Thermistor is defined as a type of resistor whose electrical resistance varies with changes in temperature. - True or False
Decimal time is not a practical concept and has never been used - True or False
Decimal time was used by the Chinese and the French during the French Revolution
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1141 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 !
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In Electrical Engineering – A Rheostat is a variable Resistor - True or False
HCl is the molecular formula for which acid…
With which American auto maker would you associate the name Challenger…
A Vernier is the name given to a device typically shaped like a G clamp which incorporates a calibrated screw and was widely used for precise measurement of small distances in mechanical engineering and machining - True or False
The correct answer is a Micrometer – a Vernier is based on the principle of two scales whose divisions differ by a small amount
A Portmanteau word is used to blend 2 or more words and the meanings into one new word. True or False
Cathodic Protection is a process to protect computer systems from viruses - True or False
It is a technique used to inhibit corrosion
The Bitter electromagnet or Bitter solenoid was invented and built in 1933 by American physicist Francis Bitter and therefore the plates are known as Bitter plates - True or False
In Physics and Engineering - What name is given to energy that is stored within a system. It exists when there is a force that tends to pull an object back towards some lower energy position…
Which country first adopted the metric system…
Scottish-born Robert Gair invented what common packaging container in 1890...
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1140 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 !
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The Delorean sports car was originally manufactured in which country...
A Geissler tube is an early gas discharge tube used to demonstrate the principles of electrical glow discharge - True or False
A Desiccant is a hygroscopic substance that induces a state of dryness in its local vicinity in a sealed container. - True or False
What common name is given to a series of connected links...
An internal combustion engine typically uses a four stroke combustion cycle - this is also called an Otto Cycle - True or False
A vehicle or craft, that is a means of transport, viable on land as well as on water is called what...
In Electrical Engineering - A voltage divider is a resistor circuit which turns a small voltage into a larger one – True or False
A voltage divider is a resistor circuit which turns a large voltage into a smaller one
In Engineering - A Deep-Dive is a team effort to work together on what…
A "Feed Screw" is a type of clamp which is typically used to hold a round object such as drill bit in a power tool - True or False
a Feed screw is a screw which imparts feed motion such as in a lathe -
A "Chuck" is typically used to hold round objects
In the study of the mechanical properties of materials - a sample having identical values of a property in all directions. is called...
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1139 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 !
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In Electrical Engineering - A Diode is a semiconductor device that essentially acts as a one-way switch for current. - True or False
CH3COOH is the molecular formula for which acid…
A Galvanometer is an electromechanical instrument used for detecting and indicating an electric current – True or False
A Turbocharger is a smaller secondary internal combustion engine attached to a larger primary engine which creates an increase in power - True or False
It is a forced induction device used to allow more power to be produced for an engine of a given size
The diagonal side of a right angle triangle, the side opposite the 90 degree right angle is also called the Hypothesis– True or False
it is called the Hypotenuse
Depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and a laurel wreath, who was the Greek God of music, healing, plague, prophecies, poetry, and archery...
The structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants is an organic compound with the formula (C 6H 10O 5)n and is called Cellulose – True or False
The ability of a body or substance to resume its original shape or size when a distorting force is removed is called ...
What American automobile company was founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland...
The Stratosphere is the name given to the second major layer of the Earth's atmosphere, it is just above the Troposphere, and below the Mesosphere – True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1138 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 !
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Big Ben – located in the UK Houses of Parliament - is the earliest known striking clock which is still working today – True or False
the earliest known striking clock which is still working today is in Salisbury Cathedral (in the UK) - the clock was installed in 1386 and tells the time only by striking the hours).
What nationality was Archimedes...
What is the capitol city of New Zealand...
What is the name of the electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field which was invented at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1936...
In Roman Numerals, "CM" equals what number...
Deliquescent materials are substances which have a strong affinity for odour and will absorb relatively large amounts if exposed to ambient odours - True or False
they have a strong affinity for moisture
Hans Renold is generally credited with inventing the roller chain in 1880, however, Leonardo da Vinci produced drawings in the 16th century which appear to show a chain with roller bearing - True or False
The Geissler Tube is a fore runner of the common garden hose pipe - True or False
The Geissler Tube was instrumental in the development of many products which use vacuum and electron discharge principles e.g. neon lighting
What generic name is given to a mechanism which controls the flow of a fluid by constriction or obstruction...
The "motion sensing" feature on most lights and security systems is a passive system that detects infrared energy - True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1137 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 !
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When installing electrical cabling - A Strain Relief is used to provide a transition from flexible cable to a rigid connector or connection point – True or False
In Chemical Engineering - A Valence Electron is an electron that is the most likely to be NOT involved in a chemical reaction – True or False
A valence electron is an electron that IS the most likely to be involved in a chemical reaction
The word Reflection is derived from the Greek word meaning "alteration" - the word used to describe a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight – True or False
Parallax is the correct answer
What two word name is given to a flexible elastic object that stores mechanical energy when it is twisted…
What name is given to the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before "necking"…
The Buttress Thread form is often used in vices or artillery. It has two different thread profiles and is designed to handle very high axial thrust in one direction with a square thread form and has a sloping thread form (typically at 45 deg) on the other sider – True or False
What name is given to a lawn game, played both as a recreational pastime and as a competitive sport. It involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing court…
Lenovo Group Ltd manufactures personal computers and similar technological devices. Lenovo is headquartered in which country…
The Trident Missile is a submarine launched ballistic missile. Which company manufactures the Trident Missile…
What name is given to a mechanical linear actuator that translates rotational motion to linear motion with minimal friction. A threaded shaft provides a spiral raceway for spherical bearings which act as a precision screw. They are able to apply or withstand high thrust loads with very low internal friction…
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