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 ?
- What does a Secchi Disk measure – a) Sound b) Light c) Distance d) Turbidity
- In Electrical Engineering what instrument measures both the amplitude and the modulation of a RF signal - a) Sweep generator b) Signal analyser c) Multimeter d) Ammeter
- Which international automobile company is headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany – a) Audi b) Volkswagen c) BMW d) Mercedes-Benz
- In the Roman numeral system, what is the number LXXX – a) 30 b) 80 c) 130 d) 180
- Dr Jeffrey Liker published a book called "The Toyota Way". It is a set of principles and behaviours that underlie the Toyota Motor Corporation's managerial approach and production system. How many principles are there – a) 7 b) 10 c) 12 d) 14
- Construction for the Golden Gate Bridge began in what year - a) 1931 b) 1933 c) 1935 d) 1937
- In mathematics the first 2 numbers in a Fibonacci Sequence are either 2 and 2 or 0 and 2 - True or False
- A Velocipede is an early form of Human Powered flying machine - True or False
- A regular polygon with all angles measuring 60° is also called an Equilateral Triangle – True or False
- The chemical symbol for Manganese is Hg - True or False
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ANSWERS
1) d) Turbidity (in open water such as lakes or oceans) 2) b) Signal analyser 3) b) Volkswagen 4) b) 80 5) d) 14 principles 6) b) 1933 7) False - the first 2 numbers in a Fibonacci Sequence are either 1 and 1 or 0 and 1 8) False - A Velocipede is an early form of human powered land vehicle with one or more wheels 9) True 10) False - the chemical symbol for Manganese is Mn
