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Engineering Trivia Quiz - April 11, 2011

 
This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz Questions

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  1. How many planets orbit the sun
  2. Six Sigma, the business management strategy was originally developed by which company, in 1986
  3. What is the capital of Poland
  4. Beginning with the letter "S", what name is given to a perfectly round geometrical  object in three-dimensional space , such as the shape of a round ball
  5. What is the 2 word expression used to describe the strengthening  of a metal by plastic deformation
  6. In the Roman numeral system, What does the letter C equal
  7. Which international automobile company is headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
  8. In fluid mechanics and beginning with the letter "L", what name is given to fluid flow which is not turbulent
  9. Fillet, butt, plug, bead are all used to specify details of what metal joining process
  10. In electrical engineering, what name is given to a large relay usually used to switch current to an electric motor or other high-power load


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1) 8 - (Note that Jupiter is now classified as a "dwarf planet" which is a separate classification)   2) Motorola  3) Warsaw  4) Sphere  5) Work hardening, also known as strain hardening or cold working  6) One Hundred  7) Volkswagen  8) Laminar  9)  Welding  10) Contactor

Sunday 10 April, 2011 09:03 AM
 
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