Engineering Trivia Quiz - Mar 26, 2012
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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 !
challenge your colleagues - can they answer more than you ?
- With referencer to pressure units - 100 KPa equals - a) 1 bar b) 1 staff c) 1 lever d) 1 post
- A Bimetallic Thermometer comprises of 2 strips of similar metals soldered together - True or False
- What is the unit of measure widely used in chemistry, instead of units of mass or volume, as a convenient way to express the amounts of reactants and products of chemical reactions - a) Mole b) Rat c) Badger d) Ant
- Embryology is the science which studies the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time - True or False
- The term membrane is commonly used to describe a thin, film-like structure that separates two fluids - True or False
- What name is given to an electrical circuit used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component - a) Barleytstone bridge b) Maizestone bridge c) Cornstone bridge d) Wheatstone bridge
- In astronomy, a stellar explosion that is more energetic than a nova is called -
a) maxinova b) giganova c) supernova d) megganova - What name is given to a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force - a) Screw Yarn b) Screw Thread c) Screw Cotton d) Screw Wool
- In Roman numerals IV equals what number
- A brace and bit is a hand tool used to drill holes, usually in wood - True or False
Hold down the left mouse button and drag below - to reveal the answer
1) a) 1 bar 2) False - 2 strips of “dissimilar” metals 3) a) Mole 4) False - it is about the development of an embryo from the fertilization of the ovum to the fetus stage - Etymology is the study of words 5) True 6) d) Wheatstone Bridge 7) c) supernova 8) b) Screw Thread 9) 4 10) True
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Monday 26 March, 2012 10:42 AM |
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