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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 !

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  1. In the Roman numeral system, what is the number LXIX
  2. What name is given to Triangles that do not have an angle measuring 90°
  3. In Physics, the concept of an Electrical Field was introduced by – a) Emile Baudot  b) Nikola Tesla  c) Michael Faraday  d) Alessandro Volta
  4. A device mounted on the top of a building and electrically connected to the ground through a wire which protects a building in the event of an atmospheric discharge of electricity, typically caused by thunderstorm activity is called a Lightning Communicator – True or False
  5. German Engineer Felix Wankel is famous for inventing what type of internal combustion engine
  6. Turbulence is the name given to the irregular motion of fluids – True or False
  7. Bamboo is a common building material in many parts of Asia.  Bamboo is a type of grass – True or False
  8. The generic name for an unmanned arial vehicle is also the name for a continuous musical note or chord.  What is it
  9. The chemical symbol for Mercury is Mg - True or False
  10. Investment, Die, Sand, Shell, and Spin are all types of what metal forming process – a) Casting  b) Welding  c) Extrusion  d)  Spark Erosion  

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Category: Engineering Trivia

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. A Dilatant material is one in which viscosity increases with the rate of Shear Strain and is an example of a Newtonian fluid – True or False
  2. Friction is the name is given to the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and/or material elements sliding against each other – True or False
  3. Waste water from sinks, showers, and bathtubs, but not toilets is generally referred to as what colored water
  4. A Suffix is the name of a word or element which is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning – True or False
  5. Chalk, limestone, and marble are common forms of what element which has the chemical symbol CaCO3
  6. Smooth Cut, Second Cut and Bastard Cut refer to what metal working tools
  7. Also used tp describe a short sleep,  what word is used to describe the raised surface or pile on cloth and similar materials
  8. Latex is the name given to the milky sap of the rubber tree, Hevea Brasiliensis – True or False
  9. The cubed root of 1728 = 12     - True or False
  10. A Galvanic Cell is more commonly known as a Sacrificial Anode – True or False

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Category: Engineering Trivia

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. What name is given to a short vertical structure which was originally used on a quay for mooring ships and boats but has now become a generic name for a single barrier – a) Capstan  b) Bollard  c) Boom  d) Barricade
  2. The Waterwheel was the earliest known instance of humans using atmospheric convection to power a machine – True or False
  3. What name is given to a triangle where all interior angles measure less than 90°
  4. A Cathode is an electrode  through which electric current flows into a polarized electrical device - True or False
  5. Cobalt is the chemical element with the symbol Co – True or False
  6. Etymology is the name given to the study of the history of words , their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time – True or False
  7. Who was the Roman God of freshwater and the sea
  8. Turning is the name of the metal cutting process typically used for producing a cylindrical surface with a single point tool. The workpiece is rotated on a spindle and the cutting tool is fed into it radially, axially or both – True or False
  9. Osborne Reynolds is associated with which branch of Engineering - a) Fluid Mechanics  b) Civil Engineering  c) Electrical Engineering  d) Cryogenics
  10. 3 liters equals how many cubic inches - a) 223  b) 203  c) 183  d) 163
    c) 183

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Category: Engineering Trivia

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. N m or N-m is a unit of Torque in the metric system, what does this stand for
  2. Vibration is the name given to mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point – True or False
  3. 5 liters equals how many cubic inches - a) 305  b) 285  c) 265  d) 245
  4. The Chemical symbol for Arsenic is As - True or False
  5. In Electrical Engineering what is the general purpose instrument which measures voltage, current and resistance etc - a) Multimeter  b) VU meter  c) Frequency counter  d) Ohmmeter
  6. A Potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider, current divider or other device – True or False
  7. What oxide has the chemical formula Si02
  8. When measuring or classifying wire, what name beginning with the letter “G” is given to the diameter or cross sectional area of the wire
  9. In mathematics and computer science, Truncation is the term for limiting the number of digits right of the decimal point, by discarding the least significant ones. - True or False
  10. Galvanic Corrosion is the name used to describe the chemical reaction which degrades metals when two similar metals are placed in contact with each other in the presence of an electrolyte
 - True or False

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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 Engineering, what name is given to the twisting of an object due to an applied rotary force perpendicular to the axis  - a) Torque  b) Stress  c) Stretch  d) Deformation
  2. Starting with the letter "C", what name is given to the device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine
  3. In statistics, Standard Deviation is the name is given to a widely used measurement of variability or diversity which shows how much variation there is from an average value – True or False
  4. Dry Ice is the solid form of Carbon Monoxide - True or False
  5. A Rheostat is a two-terminal variable resistor – True or False
  6. A Parapet is wall like barrier at the edge of a roof , terrace , balcony or other structure , primarily used to prevent the spread of fire but was originally designed to defend buildings from military attack – True or False
  7. Honing is the process of working a metal's surface to improve its material properties, usually by mechanical means, such as hammer blows or similar - True or False
  8. Obsidian is the naturally occurring volcanic glass which is formed as an extrusive igneous rock when felsic lava is extruded from a volcano and cools rapidly with minimum crystal growth – True or False
  9.  In production engineering terminology CMMS stands for Combined Maintenance Management Standard - True or False
  10. American pop singer-songwriter Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is better known by which regal name

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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 !

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  1. In computer science a Macro is the name given to a rule or pattern specifying how an input sequence is to be mapped to an output sequence according to a defined procedure – True or False
  2. A bridge-like overhead structure with a platform supporting equipment such as a crane, signals, or cameras is called a Catenary - True or False
  3. Beginning with the letter F - what is the "imperial" unit of length which was used to measure the depth of water
  4. Acme, Knuckle and Buttress are all types of screw thread - True or False
  5. Osborne Reynolds is associated with which branch of Engineering - a) Fluid Mechanics  b) Civil Engineering  c) Electrical Engineering  d) Cryogenics
  6. Beginning with the letter "A", what name is given to a central shaft typically used for rotating  wheels , or gears
  7. In the manufacturing and engineering sense, what does PLM stand for
  8. What century saw the invention of the shoelace – a) 16th  b) 17th  c) 18th  d) 19th
  9. Who founded The General Electric Company ( or GE)
  10. From what company's plant did toxic gas escape in December 1984 at Bhopal in India, with devastating results

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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 !

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  1. What American automobile company was founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland – a) Plymouth  b) DeSoto  c) Pontiac  d) Lincoln
  2. Sc is the chemical symbol for Silicon – True or False
  3. A “Clap-O-Meter “ is a measurement instrument designed to measure the frequency of thunderstorms - True or False
  4. The Renminbi (RMB) is the official currency of which country – a) India  b) Pakistan  c) Bangladesh  d) China
  5.  Immiscibility is the name given to the property of liquids to mix in all proportions thus forming a homogeneous solution – True or False
  6. Analgesics is the name given to the family of drugs which  relieve pain – True or False
  7. An Astrolabe is an instrument used to determine the altitude of objects in the sky such as the sun or stars - True or False
  8. A network security system designed to prevent unauthorised access to or from a computer system  is called a Flame Barrier – True or False
  9. The cubed root of 64 = 8    True or False
  10. A towel is the name given to a hand tool often used for digging, smoothing, or moving around small amounts of viscous materials, typically this tool is used in concrete construction, gardening and archeology
 - True or False

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Category: Engineering Trivia

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. The ability of a body or substance to resume its original shape or size when a distorting force is removed is called – a) Elasticity  b) Rebound  c) Reflex  d) Return
  2. A Dichroic filter is a very accurate gas filter used to selectively pass a small range of hydrocarbons - true or false
  3. A device (usually a membrane or layer) that is designed to physically block certain objects or substances while letting others through is called a – a) Fritter  b) Filter  c) Frittata  d) Flue
  4. Aerosol is the  name is given to a colloidal system consisting of very finely divided liquid or solid particles dispersed in and surrounded by a gas.  The name is typically used to also describe the container – True or False
  5. Tribology is the  branch of Mechanical Engineering which studies historical engineering evolvement  – True or False
  6. What name is given to the second major layer of the Earth's atmosphere , it is just above the troposphere , and below the mesosphere
  7. An ISP is a company that provides access to the Internet, what does ISP stand for
  8. PVC, is a thermoplastic  polymer, what does PVC stand for
  9. Peening is the process of stretching a fabric or similar material over a frame to create a tight surface  – True or False
  10. Caoutchouc is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, 
 but it is more commonly known as Natural Rubber or China Rubber – True or False

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Category: Engineering Trivia

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. A cathode is the electrode from which a conventional current leaves a polarized electrical device – True or False
  2. Calculus is the mathematical study of operations and their application to solving equations – True or False
  3. Additive Manufacturing is also known as - a) Casting  b) Forming  c) Moulding d) 3D Printing
  4. CV joints are typically used to allow a drive shaft  to transmit power through a variable angle at constant rotational speed, what does CV stand for
  5. A Router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks – True or False
  6. An inorganic, nonmetalic solid material comprising metal, nonmetal or metaloid atoms primarilyheld in ionic and covalent bonds is called  – a) Cryogenic b) Ceramic  c) Amalgam  d) PVA
  7. A Centripetal Force describes the resultant force acting on tree foliage perpendicular to the direction of the wind - True or False
  8. What is the official currency of the Eurozone
  9. A railway vehicle  that provides the motive power for a train is called – a) a Prime Mover  b) a  Transformer  c) a Locomotive  d) a Shunt
  10. What name is given to the reaction force  described quantitatively by Newton 's second and third laws  whereby a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction and the accelerated mass will cause a proportional but opposite force – a) Acceleration  b) Deceleration c) Momentum  d) Thrust

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Category: Engineering Trivia

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. An automatic device for stopping the flow of current in an electric circuit as a safety measure and which can then be manually reset is called a – a) Current Trip  b) Circuit Breaker  c) Fuse  d) Diode
  2. The structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants is an organic compound with the formula  (C6H10O5)n and is called Cellulose – True or False
  3. A Kern is a heated, thermally insulated chamber or oven in which a controlled temperature is produced. Typically it is used for hardening, burning or drying materials – True or False
  4. Octanes are a family of hydrocarbon that are typical components of gasoline  - True or False
  5. A Calorimeter is an instrument for measuring absorbed or evolved heat - True or False
  6. In mathematics a ring shaped object or a region bounded by two concentric circles is called – a) an Annulus  b) a Vortex  c) a Parabola  d) a Centrex
  7. GD&T is a symbolic language used on engineering drawings and computer generated three-dimensional solid models.  GD&T stands for General Drawing & Terminology – True or False
  8. When considering Acoustics and Sound Insulation - Reverberation may be defined as – The time in seconds of the duration of sound in a room after the source of the sound has ceased -  True or False
  9. In Mechanical and Process Engineering the words Tube and Pipe are interchangeable and describe exactly the same item – True or False
  10. An IP address is a numerical label assigned to devices  participating in a computer network. What does IP stand for


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