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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Jan 7, 2012

 

This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz


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 Mechanical Engineering - to smooth or polish by rolling or sliding a tool under pressure is called - a) Burnish  b) Furnish  c) Flame  d) Flash
  2. In Mechanical Engineering a Clevis could be described as a fastening device which allows rotational motion between two separate machine parts - True or False
  3. In the SI system of units - the Weber (Wb)  is a measure of Frequency - True or False
  4. It is generally accepted that the returning boomerang was invented by the Egyptians, several thousands of years ago - True or False
  5. A system of raised dots which is read with the fingers, typically by the sight impaired,  is called Semaphore - True or False
  6. 1 pound equals how many kilograms – a) 0.0454  b) 0.454  c) 4.54  d) 45.4
  7. Ultrasound is a cyclic sound  pressure wave with a frequency less than than the upper limit of the human hearing range  - True or False
  8. Sintering is a method used to create objects from powders . - True or False
  9. A "Slurry"  is a solid mass - True or False
  10. Corrosion is the energy needed to raise the temperature of one unit of material 1 degree - True or False

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1) a) Burnish  2) True  3) False - it is Magnetic Flux  4) False - it was the Australian Aborigines  5) False - It is Braille  6) b) 0.454 kg  7)  False - it is greater than the upper limit of the human hearing range  8)  True  9) False - it is used to describe a state of a substance being "thin/paste or thick fluid"  10)  False - it is the gradual destruction of material, usually metals, by chemical reaction with its environment
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