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 !

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1. In computer terminology API stands for "Application Program Interface," - True or False
2. A Nebula is a very large cloud of dust and gas which exists in outer space - True or False
3. In metal forming - Forging can typically produce a piece that is stronger than an equivalent cast  or machined  part because the metal is shaped during the forging process and its internal grain deforms to follow the general shape of the part - True or False
4. "Tines" are protruding ridges or teeth which are typically on a drive shaft and mesh with grooves in a mating piece in order to transfer rotation or a turning force - True or False
5. One US ton (weight) equals 32,000 ounces - True or False
6. In the petroleum industry - the practice of recording the volume of oil as the number of "oil barrels" was first used in the Pennsylvania oil fields - True or False
7. In Electrical Engineering - a Battery is a passive  two-terminal  electrical component  used to store energy  electrostatically  in an electric field  - True or False
8. Typically found on firearms such as rifles, Telescopic Sights are based on an optical refracting telescope - True or False
9. The Watt is the SI derived unit of Power and Radiant Flux - True or False
10. In the study of the  mechanical properties of materials  - a sample having identical values of a property in all directions. is called a) Iconic  b) Ironic  c) Isotropic  d) Idiotic

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ANSWERS

1)True  2) True  3) True  4) False - This type of join is called a "Spline"  5) True  6) True  7) False it is a Capacitor ( a battery stores energy via a chemical reaction)  8) True  9) True  10) c) Isotropic