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 ?
- Scientists say there’s now more sea ice packed around Antarctica than they’ve seen since satellites first started observing it - how many years since observation started - a) 25 b) 30 c) 35 d) 40
- A mathematician who does research in algebra is called an algebraist - True or False
- A machine tool which rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform various operations is called a Router - True or False
- In pump terminology - NPSH stands for - Net Positive Suction Head - True or False
- A safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level is called a Safety Switch - True or False
- A DCS is a computerized control system used to control production in various industries- DCS stands for Direct Channel System - True or False
- What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet - a) Zeta b) Delta c) Mu d) Gamma
- A vehicle or craft, that is a means of transport, viable on land as well as on water is called - a) Android b) Amphibious c) Ampharos d) Amphenol
- The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the United States launch site originally built to launch the Saturn V - True or False
- In Electrical Engineering - The Watt is a unit of power defined as one joule per second - True or False
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ANSWERS
1) c) 35 2) True 3) False - a machine tool which rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform various operations is called a Lathe 4) True 5) False - A safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level is called a Fuse 6) False - DCS stands for Distributed Control System 7) d) Gamma 8) b) Amphibious 9) True 10) True
