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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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1136 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 Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1135 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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Honing is the process of working a metal's surface to improve its material properties, usually by mechanical means, such as hammer blows or similar - True or False
Honing is an abrasive machining process that produces a precision surface on a metal workpiece by scrubbing an abrasive stone against it along a controlled path
A Parapet is a wall like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure, primarily used to prevent the spread of fire. It was originally designed to defend buildings from military attack – True or False
A Potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider, current divider or other device – True or False
In Engineering, we often refer to 3D models - 3D stands for – Third Distance – True or False
3D stands for - Three Dimensional
In Statistics, Standard Deviation is the name is given to a widely used measurement of variability or diversity which shows how much variation there is from an average value – True or False
A PIR sensor measures infrared light radiating from objects in its field of view. PIR stands for Protected Internal Sensor – True or False
PIR stands for Passive Infrared Sensor
An IP address is a numerical label assigned to devices participating in a computer network and stands for International Protocol – True or False
the correct answer = Internet Protocol
In Mechanical and Process Engineering the words Tube and Pipe are interchangeable and describe exactly the same item – True or False
Tube is thin walled hollow section usually specified by the outside dimension – Pipe is thicker wall (generally round) hollow section usually specified by the nominal bore
Teflon is the brand name of the PTFE fluorocarbon solid - which is often used as a non-stick coating for pans and other cookware – True or False
The Renminbi (RMB) is the official currency of which country…
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1134 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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Pyrolysis is a thermochemical decomposition of organic material at elevated temperatures in the absence of oxygen - True or False
In structural Engineering - a single structural member, usually horizontal, who’s main function is to carry loads perpendicular to its longitudinal axis is called...
The fuel efficiency of a Prime Mover may be specified was a measure of BSFC - BSFC stands for - Brake Specific Fuel Consumption - True or False
Platinum is an alloy of Aluminium and Gold - True or False
Platinum is a pure elemental metal
Ethyl Methyl Ketone ( CH3COC2H5 ) is also known as Oil of Vitriol - True or False
Ethyl Methyl Ketone is also known as MEK
Boiler Draught is the name given to the Pressure Difference between the atmosphere and the pressure inside a boiler – True or False
The Stoichiometric Ratio is the chemically correct air-fuel ratio by volume which will theoretically burn all of the combustible elements in a fuel – True or False
The cubed root of 512 = 8 – True or False – (without a calculator please)
What is a Sythe …
Born in London in 1791, Charles Babbage is generally regarded as the father of what …
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1133 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 first man made space satellite, Sputnik was launched in which year...
The square root of one (1) is one (1) – True or False
Which metal has the highest strength to weight ratio…
Although there are exceptions – In general - Inert substances will not react with other substances – True or False
A Secchi Disk measures the density of Colours in a Spectrum – True or False
A Secchi Disk measures Turbidity in open water such as lakes or oceans
In Physics, a Fluid is the name given to a substance which continually deforms or flows when subject to an applied shear stress, regardless of how small. It is a subset of the phases of matter and includes liquids, gases, plasmas etc – True or False
What does Volkswagen (the automobile ) mean in English…
The word "Concrete", comes from which language...
A Spire is the name given to a perfectly round geometrical object in three-dimensional space , such as the shape of a round ball – True or False
it is a Sphere
Isotopes are variants of atoms of a particular chemical element, which have differing numbers of neutrons – True or False
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