Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1117
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 !
Challenge your colleagues – can they answer more than you ?
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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