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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Nov 21, 2011

 

This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz


Enjoy 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 and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you did know !

  1. In an AC electric power system,  what is defined as the ratio of the real power flowing to the load over the apparent power  in the circuit, it is a dimensionless number between 0 and 1 and often expressed as a percentage
  2. In Engineering - “Pferdestärke”  is German for what  a) Horse Power  b) Torque  c) Fuel Consumption  d) Pressure
  3. In calculus , the quotient rule is a method of finding the derivative  of a function  that is the quotient  of two other functions for which derivatives exist - True or False
  4. The Atacama Desert is in which South American country
  5. What name is given to the point in a fluid stream where the diameter of the stream is at it's smallest, such as in the case of a stream from an orifice plate
  6. Beginning with the letter "F", what name is given to a factory  that produces metal  castings
  7. How many millimeters in one inch - to one decimal place
  8. What is the acid used in car batteries
  9. Beginning with the letter "D", what name is given to the process of decreasing or eliminating an unwanted magnetic field
  10. Who was the Greek Goddess of love and beauty

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1) Power Factor  2) a) Horse Power  3) True  4) Chile  5) Vena Contracta  6) Foundry  7) 25.4  8) Sulfuric acid  9) Degaussing  10) Aphrodite


Sunday 20 November, 2011 07:35 AM
 
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