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The most important thing is to keep the most important thing the most important thing

From the book "Foundation design", by  Donald P. Coduto

Engineering Trivia Quiz - Nov 18, 2013

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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. A bevel or angular surface cut on an edge or corner  - typically on a machined part - is called a Chamfer - True or False
2. What name is given to the amount of movement between the faces of meshing gears or threads - a) Backlash  b) Grindspace  c) Freeboard  d) Clearance
3. An Anemometer  is the name of the instrument for measuring electrical current - True or False
4. The Hague is the capital of The Netherlands - True or False
5. What name is given to the study of the deformation and flow of matter under the influence of an applied stress - a) Resolution  b) Rheology  c) Reola  d) Reduction
6. The Affinity Laws is the name given to the Laws which are used in Hydraulics and HVAC calculations to express the relationship between the variables involved in pump or fan performance - True or False
7. In HVAC - BTU - stand for Boiling Test Unit - True or False
8. What is the name of the textile made from rough unbleached cotton - a) Tweed  b) Calico  c) Gingham  d) Corduroy
9. Emile Gagnan & Jacques Cousteau are associated with which sport - a) Gliding  b) Mountain Climbing  c) Scuba diving  d) Golf
10. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster happened in which year - a) 1982  b) 1984  c)1986  d) 1988
     

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Nov 11, 2013

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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. An aircraft nicknamed "the tin goose" was produced by which automobile company - a) General Motors  b) Ford  c) Chrysler  d) Jeep
2. In Control Engineering - RFID stand for Radio-frequency Identification - True or False
3. What is the name of the metallurgical process which coats iron or steel with zinc, in order to prevent corrosion
4. In metalworking -  Bastard Cut, Second Cut and Smooth Cut are types of Cold Chisels - True or False
5. John F Kennedy was the 32nd President of the United States. - True or False
6. Model T Fords where painted black because -  a) that was the cheapest color to buy b) it was Henry Fords favorite color c) it was the quickest drying color d) statistically more people buy black automobiles
7. Miscible or Miscibility is the term used in chemistry which refers to the property of liquids to mix in all proportions thus forming a homogeneous solution - True or False
8. Anthony Burgess was the author of  the novel - "A Clockwork Orange" - True or False
9. Albert Einstien compiled The Periodic Table (the tabular method of displaying the chemical elements based on atomic mass) - True or False
10. The nerve agent Sarin Gas has been classified as a Weapon Of Mass Destruction - True or False

Quoteable Engineering Quote

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible

Theodore Roethke

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Nov 04, 2013

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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. Eggstraction is the process of pressing metals (or other solids) through a die to form a specific continuous cross sectional solid   - True or False
2. Earthquake intensity is measured on a base 10 logarithmic scale - What is the name of the scale - a) Bortle Scale  b) Ulmer Scale  c) Hynek Scale d) Richter Scale
3. Leonardo Da Vinci invented a version of the Hygrometer to check humidity while he worked on the Last Supper fresco in the 1400's - True or False
4. Diego Garcia is a French -US navel base is on the Chagos Archipelago - True or False
5. Black Diamond was the shipping line which owned the Titanic - True or False
6. Copper is the worlds most widely used Non Ferrous metal - True or False
7. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group - True or False
8. In the early 1930's German airships made regular transatlantic commercial flights - Hydrogen was the gas used to inflate these air ships - True or False
9. In electrical terminology UPS stands for Ultra Portable Storage - True or False
10. Sarin Gas, the nerve agent was discovered in 1938 by German scientists who where attempting to create Synthetic Fibres to replace Germany's reliance on rubber which was sourced from the far east - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Oct 21, 2013

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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 speed of light in a vacuum is precisely 299,792,458 metres per second - True or False
2. Lake Mead is the largest water reservoir in the United States - True or False
3. Ozone is named after the Roman God of Light - True or False
4. Harley Davidson Motorcycles were originally manufactured by the Hendee Manufacturing Company - True or False
5. Which former Russian president had a degree in Civil Engineering (1955 - Ural Kirov Polytechnic) - a) Boris Yeltsin  b) Nita Khrushchev  c) Mikhail Gorbachev  d) Leonid Brezhnev
6. The M60 AVLB is a combat engineering vehicle in service with the US military - what does AVLB stand for a) Armored Vehicle Launcher Bridge  b) All Vehicles Long Bridge  c) Anti Velocity Light Barrier  d) Any Vehicle Lynch Bridge
7. BIOS is found on windows computers and stands for "Bootup Interdependent Overload Status" - True or False
8. In Gear terminology, the name given to the depth of a tooth space below the pitch line is - Dedendum - True or False
9. Thomas Edisons middle name was Arnold - True or False
10.  In Physics "Resonance" is the tendency of a system to oscillate  at a greater amplitude  at some frequencies  than at others - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Oct 15, 2013

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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. Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering aspects of designing to withstand Cyclones - True or False
2. In the armed forces an "Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle" is more commonly called a - a) Blimp  b) Moth  c) Drone  d) Wasp
3. MIT is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts traditionally known for research and education in the physical sciences and engineering - MIT stands for "Mechanical, Industry and Teaching" - True or False
4. Swaging is typically a cold working process in which the dimensions or section of a part are changed by forcing the part through dies - True or False
5. Ballistics is the science of mechanics which investigates the changes to the crystalline structure of materials in outer space - True or False
6. Coalbed gas is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds and is primarily Butane - True or False
7. The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. - True or False
8. Gamma rays are used for the irradiation of food and seed for sterilization and are are used for diagnostic imaging in nuclear medicine, - True or False
9. In statistics , a Histogram is a graphical representation of the distribution of data - True or False
10. The Hoover Dam created Lake Mead which is on the Colorado River in Nevada, USA - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Oct 7, 2013

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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 Electrical Engineering what is the general purpose instrument which measures current - a) LCR meter  b) VU meter  c) Ammeter  d) Oscilloscope
2. The mathematical term "fraction" is derived from the old English word for "action" meaning to divide - True or False
3. Decimal time is not a practical concept and has never been used - True or False
4. What name is given to a machine  or mechanism used to reduce the volume of a material through a squeezing process - a) Reducer  b) Extruder  c) Presser  d) Compactor
5. What name is given to a tool designed specifically to remove a cylinder of material from a surface - a) Cylinder Extractor  b) Core Drill  c) Hole Cylinder  d) Centre Marker
6. UHMWPE is a common engineering plastic - what does UHMWPE stand for ?
7. A manufacturing process which produces a desired shape by using electrical discharges or sparks to remove material from a workpiece is often called - Magic Machining - True or False
8. The Wärtsilä RT-flex96C is a diesel engine  designed to power large container ships . The Wärtsilä company is located in which country - a) Denmark  b) Germany  c) Austria  d) Finland
9. A Borescope is used for non destructive testing of metals - True or False
10. The Toshka project was conceived as a system of canals to feed water to the Sahara desert for irrigation.  What country initiated this project - a) Libya  b) Israel  c) Egypt  d) Iran

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Sept 30, 2013

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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. Anti-personnel artillery munitions called Shrapnel Shells are named from the latin for " Indiscriminate" - True or False
2. Is Shiraz  a red or a white wine
3. In 1908, which city became the first in the United States to institute chlorination of its water - a) Jersey City  b) San Francisco c) Huston d) Boston
4. Phosphorus is a nonmetallic chemical element with symbol K - True or False
5. The lumen is the SI derived unit of  alternating sound waves and a measure of the total "amount" of white noise emitted by a source - True or False
6. Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system - True or False
7. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean True or False
8. In process engineering, SCADA stand for Superior Capture And Dissemination of Assets - True or False
9. In Electrical Engineering a UPS will typically provide a battery back up or  Uninterrupted Power Supply backup - in the event of a mains power loss - True or False
10. The Type 51,  introduced in 1914,was the first Cadillac with a V8 engine - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - July 29, 2013

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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. Litmus turns Blue when dipped into acid - True or False
2. Newton's second law of motion states that :  f = ma  (force = mass x acceleration ) - True or False
3. Leonardo da Vinci invented the Hygrometer to check humidity while he worked on the Last Supper fresco - True or False
4. Dr Scholl held over 300 patents for Hearing Improvement - True or False
5. What 1947 invention by Bell Telephone Laboratories spawned pocket-sized radios - a) the transistor  b) the diode  c) the battery  d) the semi conductor
6. Galileo invented the thermometer - True or False
7. James Spengler invented what consumer product - a) Food Processor  b) Microwave Oven  c) Vacuum Cleaner  d) Remote TV Controller
8. The General Electric Company was founded by Albert Einstein - True or False
9. Thomas Jefferson is famous for commissioning bifocal glasses - True or False
10. In computer engineering  - a small, but fast memory that transparently improves the performance of a larger, but slower memory or storage device is called - Cache - True or False

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