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 !

Challenge your colleagues - can they answer more than you ?

1. An ISP is a company that provides access to the Internet, what does ISP stand for
2. What is the brand name of the PTFE fluorocarbon solid which is often used as a non-stick  coating for pans and other cookware
3. Miscibility is the name given to the property of liquids to mix in all proportions thus forming a homogeneous  solution - True or False
4. The Renminbi (RMB) is the official currency of India - True or False
5. Which American automobile company was founded by Henry Leland in 1902 - a) Cadillac  b) Columbus Motor Vehicle Company  c) Daimler Manufacturing Company  d) Packard Motor Company
6. Decline is the name given to the reaction  force  described quantitatively by Newton 's second and third laws  whereby a system expels or accelerates  mass  in one direction and the accelerated mass will cause a proportional but opposite force - True or False
7. GD&T is a symbolic language used on engineering drawings and computer generated three-dimensional solid models (CAD) for explicitly describing nominal geometry and its allowable variation.  GD&T stand for Geometric Design and Transfer - True or False
8. Tautology is the name given to the branch of Mechanical Engineering which studies interacting surfaces in relative motion including the study and application of the principles of friction , lubrication  and wear - True or False
9. A Dichroic filter is a very accurate gas filter used to selectively pass a small range of hydrocarbons - True or False
10. Octane Rating is the name given to a standard measure of the anti-knock  properties of a motor or aviation fuel. The higher the number, the more compression a fuel can withstand before detonating - True or False

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ANSWERS

1) Internet Service Provider  2) Teflon  3) True  4) False - The Renminbi (RMB) is the official currency of The Peoples Republic of China  5) a) Cadillac  6) False - Thrust is the name given to the reaction  force  described quantitatively by Newton 's second and third laws    7) False - GD&T stands for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing  8) False - Tribology is the name given to the branch of Mechanical Engineering which studies interacting surfaces in relative motion  9) False - A dichroic filter is a very accurate color filter used to selectively pass light of a small range of colors while reflecting  other colors.  10) True