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 ?
- An expansion joint is designed to safely allow a degree of movement in adjacent materials or components - True or False
- What name is given to a wooden beam used as a support within a mine shaft or tunnel - a) Stalk b) Pit Prop c) Crunch d) Lanyard
- A radio telescope is a form of directional radio antenna used in radio astronomy - True or False
- In Civil Engineering - A "Bolster" is a structural member on which one end of a bridge truss rests - True or False
- Metric and imperial units are never mixed - True or False
- What name is given to an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes - a) Protection Device b) Surge Protector c) Electrical Box d) Spike Fence
- A drafting machine is a device which is mounted to a drawing board and has a fan which was used to dry the inks used in technical drawing - True or False
- Marine Salvage is a process for saving and rehabilitating distressed sea animals - True or False
- Aerospace engineering is the branch of structural engineering which focuses on large, multi story structures - True or False
- A nuclear reactor is a device designed to stop a nuclear reaction - True or False
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ANSWERS
1) True 2) b) Pit Prop 3) True 4) True 5) False e.g A hybrid standard quantity used in mining is the assay ton 6) b) Surge protector 7) False - it is a device which is mounted to the drawing board and is a mechanism which allow straight lines to be drawn 8) False - it is the process of recovering a ship and/or its cargo after a ship wreck 9) False - it focuses on the design, construction, and science of aircraft and spacecraft 10) False - it is a device to initiate and control
