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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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1121 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 reflective lens used in the original Catseye reflective road markers was originally invented for use in advertising signs - True or False
Invented in 1928 by Richard Hollins Murray of Herefordshire in England
An Extinction Meter is an early name for what…
What is the name of the term for adjusting measurements or settings against a "certified" unit or object…
It is possible for a square wheel to roll smoothly – True or False
If the base surface consists of evenly shaped inverted catenaries of the correct size and curvature to suit the dimensions of the square wheel
A bridge like overhead structure with a platform supporting equipment such as a crane, signals, or cameras is called a Catenary - True or False
The correct answer is a Gantry - A Catenary is the natural curve assumed by a cable or chain when fixed at either end
What is name of the white crystalline chemical commonly used as a fertiliser which has the chemical symbol NH4NO3...
A Thermocouple is a device consisting of two different conductors that produce a voltage proportional to a temperature difference between either end of the pair of conductors. They are a widely used type of temperature sensor for measurement and control – True or False
A Rhombus is a parallelogram with how many equal sides…
With origins going back to the ancient Greeks, what is the generic name of an instrument which is typically used for measuring. Variants can be designed specifically for internal or external surfaces...
The Power Factor in an AC electric power system is defined as the ratio of the real power flowing to the load over the apparent power in the circuit, it is a dimensionless number between 0 and 1 and often expressed as a percentage – True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1120 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 Bimetallic Thermometer comprises of 2 strips of similar metals soldered together - True or False
The correct answer is 2 strips of “dissimilar” metals
What is the unit of measure widely used in chemistry, instead of units of mass or volume, as a convenient way to express the amounts of reactants and products of chemical reactions...
In SI base units - 1 Newton = 1000 kg-m/s2 - True or False
1N=1kg-m/s2
Zurich is the capital city of Switzerland – True or False
Berne is the capital city of Switzerland
Embryology is the science which studies the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time - True or False
Embryology is about the development of an embryo from the fertilization of the ovum to the fetus stage - Etymology is the study of words
The term Membrane is commonly used to describe a thin, film-like structure that separates two fluids - True or False
What name is given to an electrical circuit used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component...
In Chemical Engineering terms, a Fume Cupboard is a device designed to coagulate vapours - True or False
A Fume Cupboard it is designed to remove hazardous fumes
A Brace and Bit is a hand tool used to drill holes, usually in wood - True or False
Faraday's law of Induction is a basic law of Mechanical Strain Energy - True or False
it is a basic law of Electromagnetism
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1119 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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19/32” (nineteen thirty seconds of an inch) = how many millimeters…
In Engineering, what name is given to the twisting of an object due to an applied rotary force perpendicular to the axis...
Mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point are generally referred to as what…
A Carburetor is the name given to the device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine – True or False
The highest hardness of a hardened steel having a martensitic microstructure is obtained when its carbon content is Low – True or False
The correct answer is High - around 0.8 weight% C
Elias Howe, Whitcomb Judson, Colonel Lewis Walker and Gideon Sundback are people who (at various times) worked on which well known invention for temporarily joining 2 edges of fabric…
Muscat is the name given to a smooth bore long gun fired from the shoulder – True or False
A Musket is a gun fired from the shoulder – Muscat is the capital city of Oman – Liqueur Muscat is a fortified wine
Biomass is the name is given to a renewable energy source which uses living, or recently living organisms such as plant matter, wood, waste, (hydrogen) gas, alcohol fuels etc to generate electricity or heat – True or False
Pteromechanophobia is also known as aerophobia, aviatophobia and aviophobia and is a fear of what…
What is the name of the stone used to grind and hone the edges of knives and steel tools...
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1118 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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Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore in order to extract a base metal – True or False
1/64” (one sixty fourth of an inch) = 0.396875 mm – True or False
Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law states that: In any closed loop network, the total voltage around the loop is equal to the sum of all the voltage drops within the same loop, which is also equal to zero. In other words, the algebraic sum of all voltages within the loop must be equal to zero – True or False
The transfer of energy in a liquid or gas due to different temperatures causing circulation within the fluid is called Convection – True or False
Carbon ( C ) is also known as …
An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure is called a...
Historically, Wind Electric Generators have been attached to Asynchronous loads - True or False
In Structural Engineering - A measure of the resistance to rotation offered by a member’s geometry and size is called the Live Load - True or False
the resistance to rotation offered by a member’s geometry and size is called the Moment of Inertia
CIP is widely used in Process Engineering. CIP stands for Closed Inspection Process - True or False
CIP stands for Clean In Place
HDMI is a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting data - HDMI stands for Higher Data Media Interchange - True or False
HDMI stands for High-Definition Multimedia Interface
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1117 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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PCD is a commonly used in Mechanical Engineering – PCD stands for Positive Circle Dimension – True or False
PCD stands for Pitch Circle Diameter
A crankshaft is the part of an engine or machine which translates reciprocating linear motion into rotation – True or False
A Ramjet is a form of jet engine which uses the engine's forward motion to compress incoming air, without a rotary compressor. A Ramjet can move an aircraft from standstill – True or False
Ramjets cannot produce thrust at zero airspeed
The March Number is the name of the scale commonly used to represent the speed of an object when it is traveling close to or above the speed of sound – True or False
The Mach Number is the correct name
Derived from the Latin for "a sound", the word Sonic is commonly used to describe rapidly moving noise – True or False
Thunder is caused by the atmospheric inversion of the partial droplets in non similar cloud formations - True or False
It is caused by the sudden increase in pressure and temperature from lightening
A Router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks – True or False
1 horse power equals how many kilowatts…
In 2001, Dr Jeffrey Liker published a book called "The Toyota Way". It is a set of principles and behaviors that underlie the Toyota Motor Corporation's managerial approach and production system. How many principles are there...
In Electrical Engineering, a Contactor is the name is given to a large relay usually used to switch current to an electric motor or other high-power load - True or False
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