The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1148 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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Were is the Hang Seng stock market index located…
What is the name given to the process of making helical grooves in the barrel of a gun or firearm, which thus gives the shell a spin and improves its aerodynamic stability and accuracy…
What name is given to the process which joins materials usually metals or thermoplastics, by coalescence…
What is the third most common gas in the Earths atmosphere…
Isaac Newton introduced the concept of moment of inertia, which is is a measure of an object's resistance to changes to its rotation - True or False
The concept was introduced by Leonhard Euler in his book Theoria motus corporum solidorum seu rigidorum in 1765
The process of physically cutting a design or similar onto a very hard surface is called …
A League is an ancient Celtic unit of length and was the distance a person could walk in about one hour – True or False
Pteromechanophobia is also known as aerophobia, aviatophobia and aviophobia and is a fear of what…
Saturated Steam is the name given to steam at equilibrium with liquid water. It defines the boundary between wet steam and superheated steam on the temperature-enthalpy diagram – True or False
American multinational technology company Cisco Systems was founded in 1984 by Sandy Lerner and Len Bosack – True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1147 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 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen invented the use of electromagnetic radiation to take images of bones and organs inside the human body, which later led to the invention of the X-Ray Machine – True or False
Lake Mead in the USA was created by which man made barrier...
In process Engineering - SCADA stands for - Standard Central Data Application– True or False
SCADA stands for - Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
Heat flows from Hot to Cold – True or False
In Web Design - the theory that users will abandon a website if they are unable to complete their task within 3 mouse clicks is generally called the Triple Touch Rule – True or False
It is called the 3-click Rule
HNO3 is the chemical symbol for which acid…
A Rectifier Diode is a two-lead semiconductor that allows current to pass in either direction – True or False
It allows current to pass in only one direction
The number 10 to the power of minus nine (-9) has the unit name…
Obsidian is the naturally occurring volcanic glass which is formed as an extrusive igneous rock when felsic lava is extruded from a volcano and cools rapidly with minimum crystal growth – True or False
Turning- is the name of the metal cutting process typically used for producing a cylindrical surface with a single point tool. The workpiece is rotated on a spindle and the cutting tool is fed into it radially, axially or both – True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1146 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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Automobile manufacturer Fiat was founded (and is based) in which European country…
Turin, Piedmont region
What name is given to a machine which spins at high speed in order to separate substances which are in solution..
Introduced around 1750 by Joseph Black and derived from the Latin word “latere” – The expression which describes the amount of energy released or absorbed by a chemical substance during a change of state that occurs without changing its temperature is called – Latent Heat – True or False
A digital image format written in XML is called SVG – SVG stands for Standard Viewable Graphics – True or False
SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics
An aircraft nicknamed "the tin goose" was produced by which automobile company…
the actual name was the Ford 4AT Trimotor
Bastard Cut, Second Cut and Smooth Cut are types of which tools…
Scottish comedian Billy Connelly was a plumber before he became a professional comedian – True or False
he was a Welder
The temperature 0 degrees K equals how many degrees C…
What name is given to the residue generated in the combustion of coal which is often used to supplement Portland cement in concrete production…
Anhydrous describes a chemical or other solid substance whose water of crystallization has been removed - True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1145 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 positive side of a Diode is called the Cathode and the negative side of the Diode is called the Anode – True or False
The positive side is the Anode and the negative side is the Cathode
An instrument for measuring Acceleration or Vibration is called an Accelerometer – True or False
ARPANET was the first - wide-area packet-switching network with distributed control and one of the first networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite. Both technologies became the technical foundation of the Internet. - ARPANET stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork – True or False
In the Roman numeral system - the number XCIII is equal to 83 – True or False
XCIII = 93
Compounds which lower the surface tension of a liquid are called Mutants– True or False
the correct answer is Surfactants
The word cement traces its origins back to which culture...
A mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction is called a Spline – True or False
the correct answer is a Ratchet
In what year was the Polaroid instant camera released...
The first Polaroid camera, called the Model 95, and its associated film went on sale in 1948 at a department store in Boston.
The shape of an aircraft wing or propeller blade - as seen in cross section is called Airfoil (or Aerofoil in the UK) – True or False
Early ceiling fans used during the 1860's and 1870's in the United States were powered by water - True or False
True, A stream of water was used in conjunction with a turbine
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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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