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 ?
- In Electrical Engineering what is the general purpose instrument which measures current - a) LCR meter b) VU meter c) Ammeter d) Oscilloscope
- The mathematical term "fraction" is derived from the old English word for "action" meaning to divide - True or False
- Decimal time is not a practical concept and has never been used - True or False
- What name is given to a machine or mechanism used to reduce the volume of a material through a squeezing process - a) Reducer b) Extruder c) Presser d) Compactor
- What name is given to a tool designed specifically to remove a cylinder of material from a surface - a) Cylinder Extractor b) Core Drill c) Hole Cylinder d) Centre Marker
- UHMWPE is a common engineering plastic - what does UHMWPE stand for ?
- A manufacturing process which produces a desired shape by using electrical discharges or sparks to remove material from a workpiece is often called - Magic Machining - True or False
- The Wärtsilä RT-flex96C is a diesel engine designed to power large container ships . The Wärtsilä company is located in which country - a) Denmark b) Germany c) Austria d) Finland
- A Borescope is used for non destructive testing of metals - True or False
- The Toshka project was conceived as a system of canals to feed water to the Sahara desert for irrigation. What country initiated this project - a) Libya b) Israel c) Egypt d) Iran
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ANSWERS
1) c) Ammeter 2) False - It is derived from the Latin "fractious"or broken 3) False - Decimal time was used by the Chinese and the French during the French Revolution 4) d) Compactor 5) b) Core Drill 6) Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene 7) False - it may be called any of the following - electric discharge machining, spark machining, spark eroding, burning, die sinking or wire erosion 8) d) Finland 9) False - it is used for visual inspection 10) c) Egypt
