This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz

Try the Coffee Break Quiz - A challenging mix 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!

Then again ......

1.  In the context of lean manufacturing, what is the literal meaning of the Japanese word "KANBAN"
2. Shigeo Shingo was a Japanese industrial engineer associated with which area  a) RF improvement  b) PLC development  c) Manufacturing practises d) Steelmaking
3. The cementation process is an obsolete technique for making a) steel  b) cement  c) acid  d)  hydrogen 
4. What name is given to a block with a hard surface on which another object is struck. Inertia allows the energy of the striking tool to be transferred to the work piece. Typically it is used as a forging  tool and it was a primary tool of Blacksmiths and Metal Workers before welding 
5. 1 horse power equals how many kilowatts
6. What was Thomas Edisons middle name
7. What percentage of the power consumed by an incandescent light bulb is emitted as heat, rather than visible light  a) 70%  b) 80%  c) 90%
8. In Physics and beginning with the letter "R", what name is given to the tendency of a system to oscillate  at a greater amplitude  at some frequencies  than at others
9. In electronics a switch may be abbreviated to "SPST" - what does this mean
10. Maybe not an Engineering question - but I like to mix it up a bit and challenge the mind
    Who was the Roman Goddess of love and beauty
    
     

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1) Signboard or Billboard  2) c) Manufacturing practises  3) a) steel  4) Anvil  5) 0.745 700  6) Alva  7) c) 90%  8) Resonance  9) Single pole, single throw  10) Venus