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 ?
- Lobe, Centrifugal, Piston, Peristaltic are all types of what - a) Motors b) Cylinders c) Bearings d) Pumps
- A rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage, typically used to transfer rotary motion into linear motion or vice-versa is called - a) a Dam b) a Cam c) a Pam d) a Sam
- A beam or similar bar which is normally used between 2 or more mechanical items to enable them to pull together on a load is called - a) a Poke b) a Soak c) a Yoke d) a Moke
- The ability to maintain the line of gravity of a body within the base of support with no or minimal sway is called - a) Turbulence b) Balance c) Insolence d) Truculence
- In the petroleum industry - the US/Canadian Oil Barrel is defined as 42 US gallons. The original capacity of the barrel was 40 gallons but the early oil suppliers always added 2 extra gallons to ensure that their customers where never short supplied against the specified 40 gallons - True or False
- There are 36,630 inches in a mile - True or False
- The chemical element with the symbol Na is Nitrogen - True or False
- The Miller cycle is the basis of a thermodynamic internal combustion engine which is named after its inventor – Ralph Miller – what nationality was Ralph Miller – a) Australian b) American c) English d) South African
- In computer engineering - DRAM stands for Dynamic Random-Access Memory - True or False
- The Karakoram Highway between Pakistan and China is the highest paved road in the world - True or False
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ANSWERS
1) d) Pumps 2) b) a Cam 3) a Yoke 4) b) Balance 5) True 6) False - There are 63,360 inches in a mile 7) False - Na is Sodium
8) b) American 9) True 10) True - 808 miles long and with an elevation of approx 3 miles above sea level at it's highest point
