Get this weeks

Engineering Trivia Challenge!!

A new set of Questions

EVERY WEEK

 

Challenge your workmates.

Find out who knows the most useless trivia. 

Login to EngCom



Save to del.ico.us Save This Page

The Drawing Board - Engineering with Attitude

Engineering Trivia Quiz - May 28, 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 !

challenge your colleagues - can they answer more than you ? 
  1. "Reaumer” is a thermodynamic  temperature scale named by the Glasgow University  engineer  and physicist  William John Macquorn Rankine  - True or False
  2. Several thermocouples  connected (usually) in series  which convert thermal energy into electrical energy are called a Thermodrive - True or False
  3. The characteristic of a fluid in which the viscosity is a function of a mechanical variable such as shear stress or time is called what - a) a Non-Newtonion Fluid  b) a Thixotropic Fluid  c)  a Colloidal Fluid  d) a Dynamic Fluid
  4. The combination of two or more parts, to make an artificial entity which is in contrast to a natural entity is called - a) Synthetic  b) Synthol  c) Syntax  d) Synergy 
  5. What name is given to a manufacturing  process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold , which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify - a) Drumming  b) Casting  c) Bolting  d) Filling
  6. What does URL stand for
  7. Once the longest subsea pipeline in the world, the Langeled pipeline transports natural gas between which 2 countries - a) Russia and Germany  b) Norway and England  c) Canada and the USA  d) Australia and Japan 
  8. Sir Charles Parsons is associated with what power source - a) Nuclear  b) Steam Turbine  c) Hydroelectric  d) Thermal
  9. A sudden release of energy in the Earth's  crust  which creates seismic waves  is also known as  - a) An Earthquake  b) A Splitwave c) A Geoquake  d) A Rumble
  10. What name is given to an abrasive tool, used for cleaning and which consists of wire bristles .  - a) Bristle Brush  b) Wire Brush  c) Abrasion Brush  d) Hair Brush

Hold down the left mouse button and drag below - to reveal the answer

1) False - “Rankine” is the name of the temperature scale  2) False the correct name for the device is "Thermopile"  3) a) Non-Newtonian fluid   4) a) Synthetic  5) b) Casting  6) Uniform Resource Locator  7) b) Norway and England  8) b) Steam Turbine  9) a) An Earthquake  10) b) Wire Brush





Monday 28 May, 2012 09:12 AM
 
< Prev   Next >
"A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible" - Freeman Dyson