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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. The Millau Viaduct,  the highest bridge in the world is in which country  -  a) Brazil  b) China  c) Japan  d) France
  2. What is the name of the engineering tool typically used to measure the outside diameter of tube, bar and similar - a)   Dividers  b) Outside Calipers  c) Gauge Blocks  d) Diameter Indicators
  3. What is the capital of Argentina
  4. The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is - a) a military attack helicopter  b) a multirole jet fighter aircraft  c) a surface to air missile  d) a tracked armoured fighting vehicle
  5. Which of these  Engineering processes would be called "Subtractive Manufacturing" - a) Casting  b) Welding  c) Machining  d) Riveting
  6. What is the name of the coordinate system which specifies points on a plane using a pair of numerical  coordinates - a) Cartier  b) Cartesian  c) Cartridge  d) Carters
  7. In mechanical engineering , what name is used to describes machines that transfer energy  between a rotor  and a fluid  - a) Turbidmachinery  b) Turbomachinery  c) Turgidmachinery  d) Terbynemachinery
  8. What is the name of the force  resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other - a) Torsion  b) Strain  c) Friction  d)  Tension
  9. Inventor Osborne Reynolds is closely associated with the development of the electric motor - True or False
  10. What is the letter of the Greek alphabet which is typically used as the standard engineering symbol for stress - a) Alpha  b) Beta  c) Mu  d) Sigma

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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. What is the transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu - a) Hydrogen  b) Zirconium  c) Strontium  d) Plutonium
  2. In Electrical Engineering, what name is given to an electrical device that converts alternating current , which periodically reverses direction, to direct current, which flows in only one direction - a) Alternator  b) Rectifier  c) Inverter  d) Switch
  3. Sand, Shell, Plaster, Investment, Die, Centrifugal are all types of what metal forming process - a) Casting  b) Welding  c) Machining  d) Stamping
  4. Ziang Jie Jie, in Hunan Province, China is famous for what engineering marvel - a) A suspension bridge  b) An elevator ride on the side of a mountain  c) A subterranean cavern  d) A flood protection mechanism
  5. When using a scriber to mark out a metal workpiece, it may be coated with a surface coloring in order to make the scribed lines more prominent.  What color is typically used  -  a) Black  b) Red  c) Green  d) Blue
  6. Who invented the first web browser
  7. The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is - a) a military attack helicopter  b) a multirole jet fighter aircraft  c) a surface to air missile  d) a tracked armored fighting vehicle
  8. A manufacturing process which makes three dimensional  solid objects from a digital file is called - a) 3D Printing  b) 3D Extrusion  c) 3D Molding  d) 3D Sculpting
  9. What is the distilled alcoholic beverage made from grain mash whose name is derived from a Gaelic word which means "water of life"
  10. A gas turbine is a type of internal combustion engine . - 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. The word "ceramic" comes from the Greek  word for "Crystalline" - True or False
  2. Electronically commutated motors are also known as - a) Brushless DC motors  b) Bristle-less DC motors  c) Swept DC motors  d) Broom less DC motors
  3. What is the dominant language of Argentina
  4. The combination of two or more parts, to make an artificial entity which is in contrast to a natural entity is called - a) Synthetic  b) Synthol  c) Syntax  d) Synergy
  5. A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor  capable of generating less fissile material  than it consumes  - True or False
  6. The oldest surviving casting is a copper frog from 3200 BC - True or False
  7. The Richter Magnitude Scale measures - a) Mechanical stress  b) The energy contained in an earthquake   c) Viscosity  d) Radiation
  8. A steam turbine generates what type of motion - a) Rotary   b) Reciprocating  c) Vibratory  d) Induced
  9. The MOSE Project is intended to protect which European city from floods - a) London  b) Paris  c) Venice  d) Amsterdam
  10. What name is given to a hand tool  used in metalworking  to mark lines on workpieces


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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. Hydrated magnesium sulphate is better known by which name
  2. A fathometer measures the depth of what
  3. On what would you find a gunwale
  4. The first man made space satellite, Sputnik was launched in which year - 1955, 1956,  or 1957
  5. What is the square root of 1
  6. Which car company introduced the  Edsel model
  7. What does the term HMI stand for in process control
  8. What is the deepest point on earth
  9. What computer company was named after a founder's memories of spending a summer in an Oregon orchard
  10. What process involves treating rubber with sulfur to harden it

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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 gear mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion is also called an Italian Cross - True or False
  2. Piquet is - a) a card game, b) a weapon c) a dance step  d) a wine
  3. Typically made out of light, strong cloth such as nylon,  what name is given to a device which is used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere  by creating drag
  4. What word is used to describe a container or similar which is completely sealed, especially against the ingress or egress of a gas - a) Heritage  b) Hertz  c) Hermetic d) Hermes
  5. A transformer is a device that facilitates a chemical reaction from the solid to gaseous state - True or False
  6. In Roman numerals, what does the letter "M"equal  a) 1000  b) 500 c) 100  d) 50
  7. First proposed in 1859 and with the symbol R, what is the thermodynamic temperature scale named after a Glasgow (Scotland) university engineer and physicist  -  a) Romer  b) Reaumer  c) Rankine  d) Rennie
  8. Amplitude is the magnitude  of change in the oscillating variable with each oscillation within an oscillating system - True or False
  9. Intrinsic safety is a protection technique for safe operation of electronic equipment in explosive atmospheres and under irregular operating conditions - True or False
  10. What is the name of the process of working a metal's surface to improve its material properties, usually by mechanical means such as hammer blows or by blasting with shot - a) Planing b) Planking  c) Peening  d) Peeping

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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 an electro mechanical machine that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by PLC control  -  a) Personbot  b) Roblox  c) Manbot  d) Robot
  2. The Mobius Band is a surface  with only one side and only one boundary component . - True or False
  3. What is the currency of Argentina
  4. V Belt drives where invented in 1917 by - a) John Gates  b) John Fenner  c) John Fence  c) John Doors
  5. The word Hermetic, used to describe an airtight seal was created by the Heinz food company who first developed air tight sealed food packaging - True or False
  6. Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines - true or false
  7. What name is given to a gear  mechanism that translates a continuous rotation  into an intermittent rotary motion -  a) Geneva Drive  b) Monaco Drive  c) Paris Drive  d) Vienna Drive
  8. In electrical engineering - what does emf stand for
  9. Threaded pipes used in plumbing or piping installations for the delivery of gases or fluids under pressure never have a threaded section that is tapered - True or False
  10. 60 degrees Fahrenheit = approx 16 degrees Centigrade - True or False

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