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. In mathematics, orthogonality is the relation of two lines at 180 degree orientation to one another - True or False
2. A Stirling engine is a heat engine operating by cyclic compression and expansion of air or other gas - True or False
3. In Architectural nomenclature , a sharp edge where two surfaces meet at an angle is called an Apse - True or False
4. Fuzzy logic is a term describing freehand engineering sketches - True or False
5. In Geographic terminology, the Magnetic Meridian is an equivalent imaginary line connecting the magnetic south  and north poles  - True or False
6. Apollo was the god of light in Greek mythology - True or False
7. The CN Tower was the world's tallest freestanding structure -  in which city is it located? - a) New York  b) Toronto  c) Paris  d) Tokyo
8. A theodolite is a precision instrument designed to measure or check points in the same horizontal plane - True or False
9. Galvanic Corrosion is corrosion damage created when similar materials are joined by a corrosive electrolyte - True or False
10. In a strength of materials context Young's Modulus is the constant defined by   Stress/Strain - True or False

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ANSWERS

1) False - orthogonality is the relation of two lines at 90 degrees (or right angles) to one another  2) True  3) False - In Architectural nomenclature , a sharp edge where two surfaces meet at an angle is called an Arris  4) False - Fuzzy logic is a term used in computing which applies variable reasoning  to approximate rather than fixed and exact values  5) True  6) True  7) b) Toronto  8) False - A theodolite is designed to measure angles in the horizontal and vertical planes  9) False - Galvanic Corrosion is corrosion damage created when dissimilar materials are joined by a corrosive electrolyte  10) True