The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1116 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 Rheostat is a two-terminal variable resistor – True or False
A Parapet is wall like barrier at the edge of a roof , terrace , balcony or other structure , primarily used to prevent the spread of fire but was originally designed to defend buildings from military attack – True or False
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
When measuring or classifying wire, what name is given to the diameter or cross sectional area of the wire…
Typically used to hold a workpiece or a tool - What name is given to a subtype of chuck that forms a collar around the object being held and exerts a strong clamping force on the object when it is tightened, usually by means of a tapered outer collar…
A Capnometer is an instrument which compares pressures, it is typically a glass U-tube containing mercury, in which pressure is indicated by the difference in levels in the two arms of the tube – True or False
A Capnometer is a device that measures carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in respired gases – A Manometer compares pressures
OEE is a method of measuring and then optimising the efficiency of a Machine or a Manufacturing Plant . OEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness – True or False
The word "Cryogenics" is derived from which language...
In Engineering – A Spigot is a valve for controlling the release of a gas or liquid. - True or False
Methyl Alcohol (CH3OH) is also known as ...
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1115 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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An Electron is a subatomic particle carrying a negative electric charge which has no known components or substructure, and is believed to be an elementary particle, it has a mass that is approximately 1/1836 that of a proton – True or False
In Electrical Engineering a Tong Test measures induced heat in a closed circuit – True or False
A Tong Test measures Electrical Current in a circuit (measured in amperes)
A machine tool which rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis is called a Milling Machine – True or False
This type of machine tool is called a Lathe – A milling Machine is typically either vertical or horizontal and moves the workpiece radially against the rotating cutter
SAIC Motor Corp is the largest automaker in which country…
SAIC stands for - Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation
Stanford University in Standford, California was founded by Leland Stanford, a wealthy businessman. What industry did he make his fortune from...
Cadillac was the first American car to win the prestigious Dewar Trophy from the Royal Automobile Club of England in 1908 – True or False
What word is used to describe the process of pressing metals (or other solids) through a die…
In Chemical Engineering, The Saturation Temperature is more commonly called the what …
The locus of a point that moves on the surface of a cylinder so that the ratio between its angular motion around the cylinder and its linear motion along the cylinder is constant is called the Helix – True or False
Dendrophobia is a fear of what…
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1114 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 Clout is typically used to fix two sheets of a material together – Clouts are a type of…
1/32” (one thirty second of an inch) = 1.190625mm – True or False
1/32” = 0.793750
What material is typically drilled using a Spade Bit…
Watts Law states that: Power (in Watts) = Voltage (in Volts) x Current (in Amps) P = V I – True or False
Heat treatments can be used to homogenize cast metal alloys to improve their hot workability – True or False
An Ammeter is a device used to measure electric current in amps – True or False
The first lighthouse in America was at which location...
Which country developed the armored fighting vehicle known as a Tank…
What name is given to a fluids internal resistance to flow…
Nephology is a study of what…
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1113 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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If I am drilling with a Brad Point drill bit – What material am I most likely to be drilling…
3/64” (three sixty fourths of an inch) = 1.190625 mm – True or False
The Karnaugh map (KM or K-map) is a method of simplifying Boolean algebra expressions – True or False
Logarithms where first introduced in the 17th century by who...
Vertigo is the common name for a green pigment formed when copper, brass or bronze is weathered and exposed to air or seawater over a period of time. - True or False
Verdigris is the correct name for this condition
A Transformer is a device that facilitates a chemical reaction from the solid to gaseous state - True or False
it is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled conductors
Reaumer is a thermodynamic temperature scale named by the Glasgow University engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine - True or False
Rankine - is the name of the temperature scale
Several Thermocouples connected (usually) in series which convert thermal energy into electrical energy are called a Thermodrive - True or False
the correct name for the device is - Thermopile
The characteristic of a fluid in which the viscosity is a function of a mechanical variable such as shear stress or time is called what...
The Central Artery/Tunnel Project, known unofficially as the Big Dig was a civil engineering project in which US city...
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1112 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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Derived from the Latin for "loosen" – what is the generic name for a liquid, solid, or gas that dissolves another liquid, solid, or gaseous solute - resulting in a solution that is soluble…
What name is given to a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train...
GD&T is a symbolic language used on engineering drawings and computer generated three-dimensional solid models (CAD). GD&T stands for General Drawing & Terminology – True or False
GD&T stands for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Tribology is the branch of Mechanical Engineering which studies historical engineering evolvement – True or False
Tribology studies interacting surfaces in relative motion including the study and application of the principles of friction , lubrication and wear
What name is given to a pole weapon consisting of a shaft and pointed end. Typically this weapon may be used for thrusting or for throwing…
What name is given to the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line…
Aerosol is the name is given to a colloidal system consisting of very finely divided liquid or solid particles dispersed in and surrounded by a gas. The name is typically used to also describe the container – True or False
What name is given to a device (usually a membrane or layer) that is designed to physically block certain objects or substances while letting others through…
Called "Oil of Vitriol" by medieval European alchemists, this strong mineral acid is better known as what…
Heptane Rating is the standard measure of the anti knock properties of a motor or aviation fuel – True or False
it is called the Octane Rating
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1111 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 three terms represented in Newton's second law of motion F = MA - are Force = Moment x Area – True or False
The correct answer is - Force = Mass x Acceleration
In 1789, the first U.S. patent for a steam-powered land vehicle was granted to...
Joseph Bramah invented what, in 1795...
Pascal's law states that "pressure exerted anywhere in a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted equally in all directions throughout the fluid." - True or False
What name is given to a device that regulates the flow of a fluid by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways…
What name is given to a polymer with the property of "elasticity", generally having notably low Young's modulus and high yield strain compared with other materials...
In 1913 Scottish physician Margaret Todd, gave the name “Isotopes” to different types of atoms of the same chemical element, with each having a different number of neutrons – Trrue or False
Sn is the chemical symbol for Silicon – True or False
Si is the chemical symbol for Silicon, Sn is the chemical symbol for Tin
A Tack is the name is given to a fastener often used in upholstery, traditional shoe making and saddle manufacture – True or False
A Megohmmeter (or Megger) is a type of ohmmeter used to measure the electrical resistance of insulators – True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1110 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 current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points - is the definition of which fundamental Law of Electricity...
The Angle of Incidence may be defined as – The Angle between a normal and incident ray True or False
Pillow Block/Plummer Block is the name for a mounted plain or roller bearing used to provide support for a rotating shaft with the mounting surface on a parallel line with the axis of the shaft – True or False
Alcohols are often used as the fluid in Spirit Levels - True or False
What is the name of the hand tool used by woodworkers for smoothing or carving rough-cut wood. Typically, the user stands astride a board or log and swings the tool downwards towards the feet, chipping off pieces of wood, moving backwards and leaving a relatively smooth surface behind...
The word electricity was derived from the Greek word Elektron which is a color. What color ? ...
What name name is given to a diagram with rectangular graphics which has lengths proportional to the values that they represent. The graphics can be plotted vertically or horizontally…
Produced by Du Pont, Rayon is the trade name for Polyamide – True or False
Nylon is the trade name for Polyamide
In Engineering, what name is given to a sheet of a semi-flexible material which is fixed at its periphery and usually circular. Typically it is used as a flexible barrier between two chambers…
What name is given to a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, that is suspended from a string and used as a vertical reference line…
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1109 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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Thermal treatments of metallic alloys can be used to alter the surface chemistry of a material. This is achieved by diffusing Carbon, Nitrogen and other gaseous or solid material in to the surface of the component – True or False
An Arachnid is …
The word arachnid comes from a Greek word meaning spider.
The Centre Of Mass may be defined as - The point on an object through which the forces acting on an object seem to act. - True or False
7/32” (inch) as a fraction = 7.14375mm – True or False (without a calculator please)
7/32” = 5.55625mm
Tesselaar is the name given to the process of tiling when a small regular shape is being repeated over and over again in order to cover an area with no gaps or overlaps – True or False
The correct name is Tessellate
What name is given to the black sticky highly viscous liquid or semi solid which is primarily used in road construction as a binder for the aggregate particles…
Shingle is the name given to a (normally) flat rectangular shaped element, typically made from wood and typically laid in rows as a roof or external wall covering… True or False
What name is given to a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force...
Genealogy is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves - True or False
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history - Geology is the study of solid earth
The word "Permeable" describes a material through which substances, such as liquids or gases, cannot pass - True or False
