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 ?
- How many inches in a mile - a) 66,360 b) 63,360 c) 36,360 d) 30,360
- NASA's spacecraft "Maven" entered its orbit in Sept. - Which planet - a) Mars b) Jupiter c) Venus d) Mercury
- A U-shaped joining piece with holes into which a link is inserted typically fixed with a pin or bolt is called a Crevice - True or False
- Bar - atms.- mm.Hg. - kPa - psi - are all units of Tensile Stress - True or False
- When working with hexagon headed nuts and bolts the symbol - A/F - specifies the thickness of the fastener and stands for After Fabrication - True or False
- In simple terms, an electrical relay can be defined as an Electrically Operated Switch - True or False
- The Durant was an automobile assembled by Durant Motors Corporation in New York . The company was founded by William Durant who was previously the head of which automobile company - a) Ford b) General Motors c) Cadillac d) Chrysler
- In pumping terminology, Atmospheric Pressure added to Gauge Pressure is called the Absolute Pressure - True or False
- An Anemometer is an instrument used to measure Sound Waves - True or False
- In Chemistry, a Covalent Bond is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms. - True or False
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ANSWERS
1) b) 63,360 2) a) Mars 3) False - it is called a Clevis 4) False - they are all units of Pressure 5) False - A/F stands for Across Flats of the hexagon 6) True 7) b) General Motors 8) True 9) False - An Anemometer is an instrument used to measure Wind Speed 10) True
