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 ?
- A natural light display in the sky, in the high latitude Arctic and Antarctic regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere is called an - a) Aeon b) Aeolian c) Aurecon d) Aurora
- Genealogy is the science comprising the study of solid Earth , the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves - True or False
- What is an Anechoic Chamber - a) a room designed to completely absorb reflections of either sound or electromagnetic waves b) a decompression room for deep sea divers c) a room designed to measure the effects of progressively applied vacuum d) a room designed to allow the manual manipulation of radio active components
- Pliers which can be locked into position, using an over toggle lever are also known as - a) Squirrel grips b) Mole Grips c) Beaver Grips d) Badger grips
- Steel that has been heated above its upper critical temperature and then cooled in standing air is called normalized-steel. - True or False
- A thermopile is an electronic device that converts thermal energy into electrical energy . - True or False
- Freezing point on the Fahrenheit temperature scale = 23 degrees - true or false
- A howitzer is a type of artillery characterized by - a) it's long barrel b) it's short barrel c) it's wide barrel d) it's narrow barrel
- Bar, Pascal, Pieze, Torr are all measures of what - a) pressure b) work c) power d) radiation
- 3/4" equals how many millimetres
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ANSWERS
1) d) an Aurora 2) False -Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history - Geology is the study of solid earth 3) a) a room designed to completely absorb reflections of either sound or electromagnetic waves
4) b) Mole Grips 5) True 6) True 7) false = 32 degrees 8) b) it's short barrel 9) a) pressure 10) 19.05
