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The Coffee Break Quiz - A challenging selection of General Engineering 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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  1. A large track driven earth moving machine with a large front blade which is typically used to push soil or debris on road or construction sites is known as - a) an Excavator  b) a Backhoe  c) a Pile-driver  d) a Bulldozer
  2. The process of removing minerals or geological materials from beneath the earths surface is called a) Reclamation  b) Mining  c) Sequestration  d) Extraction
  3. A loss of containment (typically of a fluid) from a pipeline or vessel is called a - a) Leak  b) Ling  c) Lip  d) Leek
  4. In computer terminology - a Batch File is a type of script that contains a list of commands - True or False
  5. There are 36,630 inches in a mile - True or False
  6. "Oil Barrel" is a unit of measurement used in the petroleum industry to measure oil volumes.  The practice originated in the Pennsylvania oil fields in the 1860's.  The original barrels used to measure the oil where discarded "salted pork" barrels - Is it True or False that the barrels originally transported salted pork
  7. Sodium carbonate is also called soda ash - True or False
  8. A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely - True or False
  9. The Euro Tunnel between England and France is the second longest stretch of underwater tunnel in the world - True or False
  10. In Civil Engineering - The process of wearing away by friction is called - a) Abrasion  b) Batter c) Aligning  d) Binding
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ANSWERS

1 )d) a Bulldozer  2) b) Mining  3) a) Leak  4) True  5) False - There are 63,360 inches in a mile  6) False - the original barrels where discarded whiskey barrels  7) True  8) True  9) False - it is the longest - it is 31.35 miles long in total and 23.5 miles  is underwater  10) a) Abrasion