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Engineering Trivia Quiz - July 26, 2010

 
This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz Questions
  1. Beginning with the letter "S", what name is given to a type of sailing vessel  characterized by the use of fore-and-aft  sails on two or more masts  with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts. These vessels were first used by the Dutch  in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century
  2. Beginning with the letter "H", what name is given to text displayed on a computer  or other electronic device with reference to other text that the reader can immediately access, usually by a mouse click or keypress sequence
  3. What name is given to a global system of interconnected computer networks  that use the standard TCP/IP to serve billions of users worldwide
    a) The Internet  b)The Ethernet  c) The Computernet  d) The Worldnet
  4. AT&T Inc. is the largest provider of fixed telephony in the United States,  what does AT&T stand for
  5. What name is given to a polymer  with the property of "elasticity", generally having notably low Young's modulus  and high yield strain  compared with other materials
    a) elastomer  b) monomer  c) biomener d) diomener
  6. From the French Levent, what name is given to a rigid object that is used with an appropriate fulcrum or pivot  point to multiply the mechanical force that can be applied to another load
  7. In 1769, French Engineer Nicolas Joseph Cugnot invented the first
    a) Steam Powered Ship  b) Steam Powered Hydraulic Pump  c) Steam Powered Self Propelled Road Vehicle  d) Steam Powered Hammer
  8. The Orion spacecraft was designed by which company
  9. In Chemistry, what name beginning with the letter"A" is given to any organic compound  in which a hydroxyl  functional group  (-OH ) is bound to a carbon  atom, usually connected to other carbon or hydrogen atoms
  10. What is the worlds most widely viewed sporting event

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  1.      1) Schooner  2) Hypertext  3) a) The Internet  4) American Telephone & Telegraph  5) a) elastomer  6) Lever  7) c) Steam Powered Self Propelled Road Vehicle  8) Lockheed Martin  9) Alcohol  10) The FIFA World CUP
Monday 26 July, 2010 07:17 AM
 
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