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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Jan 16, 2012

 

This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz


The Coffee Break Quiz - A challenging selection 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 !
  1. In statistics , what name is given to a graphical representation showing a visual impression of the distribution of data. It is an estimate of the probability distribution of a continuous variable and was first introduced by Karl Pearson  -  a) histogram  b) bar chart  c) pie chart  d) candlestick chart
  2. Beginning with the letter "P", what name is given to any diagram or list of steps with timing and resources, used to achieve an objective
  3. What is the currency of India
  4. What is the organic compound  with the formula  (CH3)2CO
  5. An Extinction Meter is an early name for what     a) Sound Meter  b) Temperature Meter  c)  Light Meter  d) Radiation Meter
  6. What name is given to the curve that a hanging chain or cable  assumes under its own weight  when supported only at its ends.- a) Catenary  b) Century  c) Corrobori  d) Chord
  7. What name is given to  an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmits  and refracts  light , converging or diverging the beam
    a)  Lucid  b) Lenovo  c) Lens  d) Lucent
  8. Sharing its name with a slender, sharply pointed sword , typically used for thrusting attacks,  what is the name of the British surface-to-air missile which entered service in 1971 and remains a primary air-defence weapon after almost 35 years of service
  9. What is the sum of the internal angles of a triangle
  10. Beginning with the letter "P", what is the generic name for a short, hard metal rod which is typically struck with a hammer and used to drive nails or pins into or out of workpieces or to form an indent on a workpiece


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1) a) histogram  2) Plan  3) Rupee  4) Acetone  5) c) Light Meter  6) a) Catenary  7) c) Lens  8) Rapier  9) 180 degrees  10) Punch












Monday 16 January, 2012 09:23 AM
 
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