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Engineering Trivia Quiz - May 13, 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 integrated circuit is a set of electronic circuits on one small plate or chip of silicon. -True or False
2. First introduced in 1900 - What was the name of the long-running popular series of simple and inexpensive cameras made by Eastman Kodak - a) Pinkie  b) Bluey  c) Blackie  d) Brownie
3. A structure for storing bulk materials is called a - a) Silo  b) Milo  c) Tilo  d) Kilo
4. A type of vertical transport machine that efficiently moves people or goods between floor levels is called a - a) Perambulator  b) Modulator c) Elevator  d) Manipulator
5. Where would you find a Plimsol Line - a) Running Shoe  b) Ship  c) Hot Air Balloon   d) Riding Boot
6. The first electric light was made by Francois Osram a French scientist in 1901 - True or False
7. Xihoumen Bridge in Zhoushan Archipelago, China is the Longest Suspension Bridge in the world - True or False
8. The Maxwell automobile was manufactured in the early 1900's and the present-day successor to the Maxwell company is Chrysler Group  - True or False
9. The density of water equals 6.24 lb/cu ft - True or False
10. In computer engineering - CD-ROM stands for Central Drive-Ready On Memory - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - May 6, 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 vernier scale was invented in its modern form by Greek mathematician Pythagorus - True or False
2. An incandescent light bulb (or globe)  is an electric light produced by a filament wire heated to a high temperature by an electric current passing through it, until it glows - True or False
3. The first lighthouse in America was at - a) Boston  b) New York  c) Charleston  d) Plymouth
4. Steel became known as Pig Iron because the medieval steel workers had a diet high in pork - True or False
5. The abacus is a measuring instrument used in parts of Asia for measuring the weight of foods such as rice - True or False
6. A semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and electrical power is called a Transistor - True or False
7. Lake Mead - Nevada, Arizona is the largest reservoir in the United States - True or False
8. 5/16" equals 0.4375" as a decimal - True or False
9. Chalmers Motor Car Company was an automobile  company located in Detroit, Michigan  and the brand is owned by Chrysler  - True or False
10. In machinery - flywheels have a significant moment of inertia  and thus resist changes in rotational speed - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - April 29, 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. Kingda Ka Roller Coaster, Six Flags, New Jersey is the fastest in the world - True or False
2. 7/16" equals 0.4375" as a decimal - True or False
3. In solid mechanics, torsion is defined as the linear force stretching an object along its axis - True or False
4. The Eagle automobile model was released by Ford in the late 1980's - True or False
5. Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics which studies triangles and the relationships between the lengths of their sides and the angles between those sides.  The word Trigonometry is derived from the Latin "Trigon" meaning angle and "Ometry" meaning relationship - True or False
6. The Katal is the SI derived unit of Catalytic Activity - True or False
7. What name is given to an instrument used to measure the height of an object above a fixed level - a) Polarimeter  b) Heightmeter  c) Barometer  d) Altimeter
8. What is the name of the electrical switch which was invented at Bell Telephone Laboratories - a) Grass Switch  b) Reed Switch  c) Twig Switch  d) Fern Switch
9. In Roman Numerals, "D" equals what number - a) 50  b) 100  c) 500  d) 1000
10. Electrical impedance is the residual torque resisting the initial rotation at the start up of an electric motor - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - April 22, 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 sextant is an instrument used to measure the angle between any two visible objects - True or False
2. Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface - True or False
3. A device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation is called a Tazer - True or False
4. A semiconductor is a material which has electrical conductivity between that of a conductor such as copper and an insulator such as glass - True or False
5. A screwjack will unwind under load if it is not locked - True or False
6. In solid mechanics - when analyzing the properties of beams  with constant cross section.-  Saint-Venant's theorem states that the simply connected  cross section with maximal torsional rigidity is a circle - True or False
7. Cathodic Protection is a process to protect computer systems from viruses - True or False
8. "Imperial"  was the Chrysler Corporation's luxury automobile brand between 1955 and 1975 - True or False
9. One cubic foot of water weighs 62.4 lb - True or False
10. Logarithms were first used by Galileo - True or false

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - April 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. The Hertz is the SI  derived unit of Frequency - True or False
2. The effect of acceleration which is felt as weight is called G-force - The G stands for a) Graded  b) Granular   c) Grabbed  d) Gravitational
3. The logarithm of a number is the exponent by which another fixed value, the base , must be raised to produce that number - True or False
4. The amount of energy stored in a flywheel is proportional to the cube of its rotational speed . - True or False
5. 1 yard equals 1.917 metres - true or false
6. The Bendix drive which is used in automotive starter motors derived its name from the town of Bendix in Kansas, USA - True or False
7. The LaSalle automobile was produced by Chrysler from 1927 to 1940 - True or False
8. Silver Oxide is typically used to provide the coating for galvanizing - True or False
9. In computer engineering CPU stands for - Crash Prevention Unit - True or False
10. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit is known as a British Thermal Unit (BTU) - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - April 08, 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 gradual erosion of metals and other materials, typically by chemical reaction with the environment is known as Corrosion - True or False
2. The Kinzua Bridge in Pennsylvania was blown down by a tornado in 2003, primarily because the bolts holding the structure to the ground had corroded away - True or False
3. The first pilot to travel faster than sound was Chuck Yeager in a Bell X-1 - True or False
4. In solid mechanics, torsion is defined as the linear force stretching an object along its axis - True or False
5. WD-40 is a widely available water-displacing spray - WD-40 stands for Water Deficient after 40 seconds - True or false
6. Bubble Wrap was first used by the ancient Greeks and the name is derived from the Latin for air bubble - True or False
7. Fortran is the second oldest computer programming language - True or False
8. One brake horse power equals 33,000 ft lb per min - True or False
9. In Electrical Engineering - a transformer is a static  electrical device that transfers energy by inductive coupling  between its winding circuits - True or False
10. In Fluid Mechanics - flows with high Reynolds numbers are classified as Laminar Flow - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - April 01, 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 DeSoto automobile was manufactured and marketed by the now-defunct DeSoto Division of General Motors - True or False
2. Taguchi methods are statistical methods developed by Genichi Taguchi to increase the power output of steam turbines - True or False
3. One US gallon equals 321.0 cubic inches - True or False
4. In Electrical Engineering - The voltage generated by a battery or by the magnetic force according to Faraday's Law  is called "emf" - True or False
5. Algebra is a branch of mathematics that studies triangles and the relationships between the lengths of their sides and the angles between those sides - True or False
6. Fortran is a general-purpose, imperative programming language that was developed by Microsoft - True or False
7. In Fluid Mechanics - Flows with low Reynolds numbers are classified as Laminar Flow - True or False
8. Standard gravity, or standard acceleration due to free fall of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the earth is equal to 32.174 ft/s2  (9.80665 m/s2 ) - True or False
9. Alan Shepard was the first American in space - True or False
10. The Tesla is the SI derived unit of Electric Charge - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Mar 25, 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 Steradian is the SI derived unit  of Frequency - True or False
2. The number 10 to the power of minus12 has the unit symbol "pico" - True or False
3. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight  program of the United States . - True or False
4. G-force is a term used in vacuum technology which is felt as negative pressure and measured by a Deceleromenter - True or False
5. Bamboo is frequently used as scaffolding material in many Asian countries - True or False
6. In Computer Engineering, an Algorithm is a set of mathematical "rules" applied to an input and is typically used to describe a section of computer code which performs a specific function - True or False
7. Death Valley in California has the highest ever recorded temperature in the world - is it a) 46.7 deg C  b) 56.7 deg C  c) 66.7 deg C  d) 76.7 deg C
8. In Engineering design CAD refers to "As Built" drawings and stands for "Change After Done" - True or False
9. 1 mile equals 1.609 km - True or False
10. In Electrical Engineering - Solenoids are important because they can create controlled magnetic fields and can be used as electromagnets  - True or False

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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Mar 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. In Process Engineering - Heat Exchangers are also called Air Conditioners - True or False
2. In Engineering design CAD refers to "As Built" drawings and stands for "Change After Done" - True or False
3. In Fluid Mechanics the Boundary Layer is the plane of fluid adjacent to the surface of an object around which the fluid is flowing - True or False
4. The logarithm of 1000 to base 10 is 10 - True or False
5. In Engineering - A flywheel is used to balance the overhang of static cantilevered beams - True or False
6. A sheave is a wheel or roller with a domed top surface which is typically used as a counterweight - True or False
7. Al-Kufrah in Libya is the driest recorded place on earth - True or False
8. The number 10 to the power of minus 3 has the unit symbol "micro" - True or False
9. The Ohm is the SI  derived unit of Electrical Resistance - True or False
10. In electronics Engineering, an Algorithm is a set of mathematical "rules" applied to an input and is typically used to describe a section of computer code which performs a specific function - True or False

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