Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1010
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1010 is a challenging selection of General Engineering Trivia 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 ?
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The ability of a body or substance to resume its original shape or size when a distorting force is removed is called...
A Dichroic Filter is a very accurate gas filter used to selectively pass a small range of hydrocarbons -True or False
A Dichroic Filter is a very accurate color filter used to selectively pass light of a small range of colors while reflecting other colors
A device (usually a membrane or layer) that is designed to physically block certain objects or substances while letting others through is called a ...
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
Tribology is the branch of Mechanical Engineering which studies historical engineering evolvement – True or False
Tribology studies interacting surfaces in relative motion including the study and application of the principles of friction , lubrication and wear
The Stratosphere is the name given to the second major layer of the Earth's atmosphere, it is just above the Troposphere , and below the Mesosphere – True or False
An ISP is a company that provides access to the Internet. ISP stand for Internet Standard Processor – True or False
ISP stands for Internet Service Provider
PVC is a thermoplastic polymer. PVC stands for PolyVinyl Chlorine – True or False
PVC stands for PolyVinyl Chloride
Peening is the process of stretching a fabric or similar material over a frame to create a tight surface – True or False
Peening is the process of working the surface of a metal so as to improve its (material) properties
Caoutchouc is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex but is more commonly known as Natural Rubber or China Rubber – True or False