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 Electrical Engineering what instrument measures power - a) Wattmeter  b) Electricity meter  c) Network Analyser  d) VU meter
2. In Civil Engineering - A chemical which is added to a plain concrete mix in order to speed up the setting time is called an Accelerator - True or False
3. "Acid rain" is a broad term referring to a mixture of wet and dry deposition from the atmosphere containing higher than normal amounts of alkalis - True or False
4. In Mechanical Engineering,  a system of forces with a resultant  moment but no resultant force is called - a) a Single  b) a Couple  c) a Group  d) a Crowd
5. A vector may be described as a quantity, defined by both magnitude and direction - True or False
6. A gas pycnometer is a device for measuring heat generated by a flame
7. Desiccation is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying - True or False
8. What is the chemical element with the symbol K
9. Wave power may be defined as the transport of energy by ocean surface waves, and thus the capture of that energy to do useful work  - True or False
10. Mount Everest is in which mountain range

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ANSWERS

1) a) Wattmeter  2) True  3) False - it refers to higher than normal amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids  4) b) a Couple  5) True  6) False - it is a laboratory device used for measuring the density  of solids  7) True  8) Potassium  9) True  10) Himalayan Mountain Range