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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 ?

  1. In telecommunication - IVR allows customers to interact with a company’s host system via a telephone keypad or by speech recognition – IVR stands for - Integrated Voice Recognition – True or False
  2. The Model 18 was the second automobile built by Ford after the model T – True or False
  3. Theine is the name of caffeine which is in tea – True or False
  4. Rio Tinto is a South African metals and mining corporation with headquarters in Johannesburg South Africa – True or False
  5. Grommet is the name is given to the (typically) cementitious material which is used to fill the space between wall and floor tiles – True or False
  6. Which engineering software uses the .dwg file extension – a) Microstation  b) Autocad  c) Solidworks  d) Catia
  7. Bentley automobiles are produced in which country – a) France  b) Germany  c) United Kingdom  d) Belgium
  8. The International Space Station was launched in which year – a) 1998  b) 2000  c) 2002  d) 2004
  9. Which suburban railway system has the highest passenger density of any urban railway system in the world - a) Mumbai (India) b) Hong Kong c) New York d) Tokyo
  10. Poise, Pascal-second, Stokes, Saybolt Seconds Universal are all measures of Pressure – True or False

quotation of the week :-
Patience is the companion of wisdom


St. Augustine


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ANSWERS

1)  False – IVR stands for - Interactive Voice Response  2) False – the Model A followed the model T  3) True  4) False - Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational metals and mining corporation with headquarters in London, United Kingdom  5) False – the material is called Grout  6) b) Autocad   7) c) United Kingdom  8) b) 2000  9) a) Mumbai (6.1 million commuters per day)  10) False – They are all measures of Viscosity