Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1147
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 !
Challenge your colleagues – can they answer more than you ?
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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