This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz

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 probably did know !

In physics, what is the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction -
a) a Quadrant b) a Quantum c) a Quadrilateral d) a Query
What is the name of the multinational corporation headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan,
which specialises in optics and imaging and was founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha ("Japan Optical Industries Corporation") - a) Natsu Corporation b) Naki Corporation c) Nashi Corporation d) Nikon Corporation
1/32" (one thirty-second of an inch ) = how many mm
A Rhombus is a parallelogram with how many equal sides
Beginning with the letter "V", what is the generic name for a mechanical screw activated tool which is used to hold or clamp a workpiece
What two word name name is given to an industrial process based on and also called lost-wax casting , it is one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques
When considering an oscillating system, what name is given to the magnitude of change in the oscillating variable with each oscillation
In electronics a switch may be abbreviated to "DPST" - what does this mean
Degaussing was commonly used in CRT based TV sets and computer monitors. Why
The Rockwell scale is a hardness scale based on the ability of a material to withstand shear - True or False

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1) b) Quantum 2) d) Nikon Corporation 3) 0.79375mm 4) Four 5) Vice 6) Investment Casting 7) Amplitude 8) Double pole, single throw 9) To decrease or eliminate unwanted magnetic field 10) False - The Rockwell test determines the hardness by measuring the depth of penetration of an indenter

Tuesday 27 December, 2011 06:53 AM

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