This Weeks Engineering Trivia

1. In SI base units - 1 Newton = 1000 kg-m/s2     -  True or False
2. What is the capital city of Switzerland
3. What is the name of the versatile hand tool  which is similar to a pickaxe.  It has a long handle, stubby head and is used for digging and chopping  -  a)  Acrow  b) Pinch Bar  c) Mattock  d) Mattoo
4. First deduced experimentally and later shown to have a theoretical justification, what is the name of the equation in electrochemical kinetics  relating the rate of an electrochemical  reaction to the overpotential    -    a) Tafel  b) Total  c) Teflon  d) Tariq
5. What is the more common name of graphite-reinforced polymer,  it has a very high strength to weight ratio and  it is often used in aerospace, motor racing, boats and fishing rods
6. Any current -carrying conductor, including a cable, radiates an electromagnetic field . - True or False
7. In computing, a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients " is called -  a) the seeker b) the servant c) the server  d) the service
8. Who is generally considered to have produced the first commercially successful  typewriter    -   a) Remington  b) IBM  c) Imperial Typewriters  d) Olivetti
9. 100 degrees Fahrenheit equals how many degrees Celsius
10. What name is given to a heat engine  that performs mechanical work  using pressurised water vapour as its working fluid   -  a) steam engine  b) water engine  c)  hydro engine  d) aqua engine