The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1129 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 an electro-mechanical device that converts the angular position of a shaft or axle to an analog or digital code, making it an angle transducer...
What name is given to a component typically found in reciprocating engines, pumps and similar mechanisms - it is located within a cylinder and its purpose is to transfer force...
What name is given to a weight suspended from a pivot so it can swing freely...
What name is given to the pivot on which a lever moves…
Thomas Edison created, New Jersey's Menlo Park (opened in 1876) - which he called his " Invention Factory" – True or False
Paul E. Cope is generally recognized as inventing what commonly used joining method…
What metal has the symbol Pb…
What name is given to a mechanical device for moving or controlling a mechanism or system. Typically it converts compressed air, electricity or pressurised fluids into motion...
A Centrifugal Force acts outwards - The name given to the counteracting force with acts inwards is the Centripetal Force – True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1128 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 the path a moving object follows through space as a function of time…
Although largely superseded today - VHS was a consumer-level video standard developed by Japanese company JVC and launched in 1976. VHS stands for -Video High Standard – True or False
VHS stands for - Video Home System
Often used in a generic context to describe ancillary items related to a greater central object, what name is given to equipment which has been put into space orbit by human endeavour...
A Wind Tunnel is a research tool used in aerodynamic research, to study the effects of air moving past solid objects – True or False
What name is given to a rotor which is located inside of a tube or housing and is used to increase the pressure and flow of a liquid...
Pumps located in a pit or similar and designed to pump liquids or slurries are called Stump Pumps – True or False
They are called Sump Pumps
1/16" (one sixteenth of an inch) = how many millimetres …
Which ancient city was said to be built on seven hills...
The Bessemer Process which was first used for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron and was named after the inventor - Henry Bessemer - True or False
In the SI system of units - the Farad (F) is a measure of Illuminance - True or False
it is a measure of electric Capacitance
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1127 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 is the generic name for a mechanical screw activated tool which is used to hold or clamp a workpiece…
Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines - True or False
A gear mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion is also called an Italian Cross - True or False
The correct answer is a Maltese Cross
What is the dominant language of Argentina
Ceramic knives are not seen by conventional metal detectors - True or False
A substance microscopically dispersed evenly throughout another substance is called...
The Toshka project was conceived as a system of canals to feed water to the Sahara desert for irrigation. What country initiated this project...
7/32” (inch) as a fraction = 0.21875” as a decimal – True or False (without a calculator please)
Turbulence is the name given to the irregular motion of fluids – True or False
An Anode is the name given to an electrode through which electric current flows out of a polarized electrical device – True or False
the correct answer is a Cathode
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1126 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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Isotopes are variants of atoms of a particular chemical element which have the same number of neutrons – True or False
They have Differing numbers of neutrons
What is the generic name for a hand held metal rod with a sharp pointed end which is typically used on a workpiece to mark lines or similar…
The Ancient Greek Gastraphetes (or belly releaser) was a hand held what...
Desiccant is the name is given to any hygroscopic substance that induces or sustains a state of dryness in its local atmosphere – True or False
Swiss Engineer George de Mestral invented what in 1941...
What is the most abundant mineral in the earths crust…
The word Lever is derived from the French word Levent - which describes a rigid object used with an appropriate fulcrum or pivot point to multiply the mechanical force that can be applied to another load… True or False
EPDM is a synthetic rubber used in a range of industrial applications – EPDM stands for - Ethylene Propylene Diverse Mutant – True or False
EPDM stands for - Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer
Steve Jobs was the co founder and driving force behind Apple Computers - What was his middle name…
Sir William Lyons was a co founder of which British car company…
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1125 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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A factory which produces Metal Castings is called a…
In calculus, the quotient rule is a method of finding the derivative of a function that is the quotient of two other functions for which derivatives exist - True or False
In Engineering - “Pferdestärke” is German for what...
What is the generic name for a hand tool which is used to hold objects. Typically consisting of a pair of metal levers which rotate at a fulcrum to creating short jaws on one side of the fulcrum, and longer handles on the other side….
A - DTI - is typically used in machine set ups - DTI stands for – Dial Test Indicator – True or False
What are the 3 letters which literally translate from Latin as "which was to be proved" that are traditionally placed at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument…
Quod Erat Demonstrandum
What name is given to an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmits and refracts light, converging or diverging the beam...
What name is given to a circular chart divided into sectors, illustrating proportion of the quantity it represents…
GRP is Commonly used for manufacturing boats, automobiles, baths, hot tubs, water tanks etc . - GRP stands for Glass Rendered Plastic – True or False
GRP stands for Glass-Reinforced Plastic
In a coaxial cable, the word "coaxial" is derived from the latin for transfer. True or False
the term coaxial comes from the inner conductor and the outer shield sharing the same geometric axis
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1124 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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Joseph Whitworth devised the first standard screw thread in 1841 – True or False
Austrian Engineer - Paul Eisler - invented what in 1936...
What metal was discovered in Cornwall, United Kingdom, by William Gregor in 1791 and named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth for the Titans of Greek mythology…
Sony Corporation was founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka and partly derived it's name from sonus , the Latin word for sound – True or False
In Electrical Engineering - The Wetting (or Sealing) Current is the minimum current needing to flow through a newly-closed mechanical switch or relay, in order to break through any film that may have been deposited on the switch contacts while open – True or False
What is the name of the motorcycle manufacturer located in Bologna, Italy which was founded by brothers Adriano, Marcello and Bruno in 1926. It is best known for high performance motorcycles running large capacity four-stroke engines featuring a desmodromic valve design…
In Fluid Mechanics, the dimensionless number which gives a measure of the ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces and thus defines the relative importance of these two types of forces for given flow conditions is called the Rayban Number– True or False
it is the Reynolds Number
Karoshi is a Japanese word which means…
Fillet, Butt, Plug, Bead - are all used to specify details of what metal joining process…
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1123 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 simple device with a wide mouth and a narrow stem which is typically used to channel liquid or fine-grained substances into apertures of a smaller area...
Widely used in Engineering - the term – HVAC stands for - Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning – True or False
What name is given to a device typically used to fasten two loose ends and which comprises of a pin and frame attached to one end and a hole in the material of the other…
Butterfly, Ball, Globe, Diaphragm are all types of what…
In Chemical Engineering - the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by individual particles or suspended solids is called Turbidity – True or False
Titan is a moon of which planet…
UV light is also known as what colour light…
Derived from the Greek word for single and the French word for shell - Monocoque -is the name given to the construction technique typically used in automobiles and aircraft which uses an objects exterior surface for strength rather than an internal chassis – True or False
What name is given to the large beam which generally runs down the centre of a ships hull…
What name is given to a person who studies Volcanoes…
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1122 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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5/64” (five sixty fourths of an inch) = 1.984375 mm – True or False
Hooke's Law states that the force needed to compress or extend a spring is Inversely Proportional to the distance you stretch it – True or False
It is Directly Proportional to the distance you stretch it
The force needed to keep an object moving in a circular motion is called the Centripetal Force – True or False
Kaolinite : Montmorillonite-Smectite : Illite : Chlorite are the four main groups of which mineral…
Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture - True or False
In Roman Numerals, "M" equals what number…
The Noor bicycle developed by Mohammed Saidullah - is designed to also run on railway tracks - True or False
it is designed to also travel across water
In Electrical Engineering, Faradays Law of Induction dates from...
In computer terminology - URL stands for - Uniform Resource Locator – True or False
In Electrical Engineering, what name is given to an electrical device that converts alternating current, which periodically reverses direction, to direct current , which flows in only one direction...
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