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 ?
- A helical structure used to transfer between rotational and linear movement or force is called - a) Lever b) Screw Thread c) Cam d) Link
- The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has it's headquarters in which country - a) USA b) France c) Germany d) Switzerland
- When fully charged, an Electromagnet will maintain a magnetic field indefinitely - True or False
- A column of water 1" dia and 12" long weighs - a) 3.340 lb b) 2.340 lb c) 1.340 lb d) 0.434 lb
- In computing terminology - BIOS stands for - Basic Inside/Outside Storage- True or False
- When working with corrosion protection there are three main metals used as galvanic cathodes - , magnesium , aluminium and zinc - True or False
- The MacPherson strut is an automobile suspension system named after Earle S. MacPherson , who developed the design - True or False
- The London Eye is a - a) Tunnel b) Railway Train c) Ship d) Ferris Wheel
- In Mechanical Engineering - Hooke's Law of Elasticity describes the operation of - a) a linear spring b) a rubber band c) yield strength d) shear strength
- What name is given to a deflection of moving objects when they are viewed in a rotating reference frame . - a) Doppler effect b) Coriolis effect c) Hydrophobic effect d) Vivo effect
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ANSWERS
1) b) Screw Thread 2) d) Switzerland 3) False - an Electromagnet requires a continuous supply of electrical energy to maintain a magnetic field 4) d) 0.434 lb (0.1968591 kg) 5) False - BIOS stands for - Basic Input/Output System 6) False - These three metals used as galvanic ANODES 7) True 8) d) Ferris Wheel 9) a) a linear spring 10) b) Coriolis effect
