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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Sept 12, 2011

 
This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz
General Engineering Questions and answers which are guaranteed to test your knowledge
  1. What name is given to the physical property of a body or substance that enables it to resume its original shape or size when a distorting force is removed
  2. A dichroic filter is a very accurate gas filter used to selectively pass a small range of hydrocarbons - true or false
  3. Beginning with the letter "F", what name is given to a simple device with a wide mouth and a narrow stem which is typically used to channel liquid  or fine-grained substances into apertures of a smaller area
  4. Beginning with the letter "A", what is the name for 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
  5. Beginning with the letter "T", what name is given to the branch of Mechanical Engineering which studies interacting surfaces in relative motion including the study and application of the principles of friction , lubrication  and wear
  6. What name is given to the second major layer of the Earth's atmosphere , it is just above the troposphere , and below the mesosphere
  7. An ISP is a company that provides access to the Internet, what does ISP stand for
  8. PVC, is a thermoplastic  polymer, what does PVC stand for
  9. Who was the French author who wrote  -  Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days
  10. Also called Caoutchouc, what is the more common name for an elastomer that was originally derived from latex

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 1) Elasticity  2) 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  3) Funnel  4) Aerosol  5) Tribology  6) Stratosphere  7) Internet service provider  8) Polyvinyl chloride  9) Jules Verne  10) Natural Rubber or China Rubber

Sunday 11 September, 2011 09:09 AM
 
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