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 !

In Gear terminology, what name is given to the depth of a tooth space below the pitch line
What name is given to a type of vaporization of a liquid that occurs only on the surface of a liquid
In electronics, a switch may be abbreviated to "DPDT" - what does this mean
Based on changing colors, what is one of the oldest forms of pH indicator , used to test materials for acidity.
What name is given to an atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons , thus giving it a net positive or negative electrical charge
a) ion b) iron c) icon d) item
What characteristic of a material is measured by the Brinell scale
a) tensile strength b) compressive strength c) shear strength d) hardness
Gravimetric analysis describes a set of methods in analytical chemistry for the quantitative determination of an analyte based on the mass of a solid - True or False
Can atmospheric gases such as nitrogen and oxygen dissolve in water - yes or no
Beginning with the letter"I", what name is given to a rotor which is located inside of a tube or housing and is used to increase the pressure and flow of a liquid
What name is given to the property of liquids to mix in all proportions thus forming a homogeneous solution

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1) Dedendum 2 ) Evaporation 3) Double pole, double throw 4) Litmus Paper 5) a) Ion 6) d) hardness 7) True 8) Yes 9) Impeller 10) Miscibility

Sunday 22 January, 2012 08:17 AM

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