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 !

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1. In Mechanical Engineering - The Geneva drive gear mechanism converts a continuous rotary motion into a reciprocating action - True or False
2. 1/2" is equal to how many millimeters - a) 0.127  b) 1.270  c) 12.700  d) 127.000 
3. The Wankel Engine uses a unique variation of a reciprocating motion design - True or False
4. It is possible to drill a square hole - True or False
5. Which planet is often called "The Red Planet" - a) Mars  b) Jupiter  c) Venus  d) Mercury
6. The Radian is the SI  derived unit for a Plane Angle - True or False
7. Thinking machines and artificial intelligence appear in Greek mythology - True or False
8. The capacity of an internal combustion engine is calculated by the volume of the exhaust gasses per stroke - at ambient pressure and temperature - True or False
9. An Autoclicker is a device used to sterilize equipment  by subjecting them to high pressure saturated steam - True or False
10. The number 10 to the power of minus 6 has the unit symbol "micro" - True or False

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ANSWERS

1) False - it converts continuous rotary motion into intermittent rotary motion  2) c) 12.700  3) False - It use a rotary action  4) True - Using the Reuleaux Triangle  5) a) Mars  6) True  7) True - e.g. the bronze robot of Hephaestus  8) False - it is the volume  swept by all of the pistons  inside the cylinders  of the engine  9) False - It is an Autoclave  10) True