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. Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician  - True or False
2. A cold chisel would typically be used in - a) horticulture  b) metal working  c) decorating d) carpet laying
3. UHMWPE is a common engineering plastic - what does UHMWPE stand for ?
4. Decimal time is not a practical concept and has never been used - True or False
5. In Electrical Engineering what instrument measures the level of AF signals in Volume units - a) VU meter  b) Vectorscope  c) Signal Analyser  d) Tube Tester
6. A Barostat is a device used to provide variable pressure in a closed chamber - True or False
7. Acoustics is the science of mechanical waves in gases, liquids and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound  and infrasound  - True or False
8. Pewter is a malleable metal alloy, with a majority of its composition Zinc.  True or False
9. The international standards organization that develops and publishes technical standards for a wide range of areas is ASTM - What does ASTM stand for
10. Mainly used for surveying  applications, what name is given to a precision instrument for measuring angles in the horizontal and vertical planes - a) Theodore  b) Theodolite  c) Theon  d) Theonion

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ANSWERS

1) True  2) b) metal working  3) Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene  4)  False - Decimal time was used by the Chinese and the French during the French Revolution  5) a) VU meter  6) False - it is used to maintain constant pressure  7) True  8) False - the majority composition is Tin  9) American Society for Testing and Materials  10) b) Theodolit