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 ?
- Hino, Lexus, Ranz and Scion are all brands of vehicles produced by which Japanese auto manufacturer - a) Toyota b) Nissan c) Subaru d) Honda
- A NFL or Ruby football is an Oblate Spheroid - True or False
- Sukhoi Company is a major aircraft manufacturer based in which country - a) India b) China c) France d) Russia
- In what country is the Aswan Dan - a) Egypt b) China c) India c) Israel
- W.T.G.Morton was the Boston dentist credited with first using Ether as a surgical anaesthetic - True or False
- Acetylsalicylic acid is better known as Aspirin - True or False
- What was invented by Edward E. Simmons and Arthur C. Ruge in 1938 - a) Accelerometer b) Strain Gauge c) Depth Meter d) Wind Profiler
- The amount of force amplification which is achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system is called the - a) Leverage Force b) Mechanical Advantage c) Added Torque d) Magnified Force
- The logarithm of 1000 to base 10 is 5 - True or False
- A positive displacement pump which utilises a flexible tube and a rotor with lobes (or similar) to pinch the tube and move the fluid inside the tube is called a - a) Lobe Pump b) Diaphragm pump c) Pressure Pump d) Peristaltic Pump
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ANSWERS
1) b) Toyota 2) False - A NFL or Ruby football is a Prolate Spheroid (an elliptical section rotated about its major axis - an Oblate Spheroid is an elliptical section rotated about it's minor axis e.g. M&M candy ) 3) d) Russia 4) a) Egypt 5) True 6) True 7) b) Strain Gauge 8) b) Mechanical Advantage 9) False - The logarithm of 1000 to base 10 is 3 (10 to the power 3 = 1000) 10) d) Peristaltic Pump
