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 transducer is a device that converts one form of energy to another - True or False
- Parsecs are used in astronomy to measure enormous interstellar distances - True or False
- In Civil Engineering - A "Bailey Bridge" is a foundation surface of earth or rock supporting a track, pavement, or similar - True or False
- The Beaufort scale is a measure of the rise and fall of tides - True or False
- In Civil Engineering - The process of wearing away by friction is called - a) Abrasion b) Batter c) Aligning d) Binding
- What name is given to a heat engine that performs mechanical work using pressurised water vapour as its working fluid - a) steam engine b) water engine c) hydro engine d) aqua engine
- What is the generic name for a variable-ratio transmission system commonly used on bicycles , consisting of a chain , multiple sprockets of different sizes, and a mechanism to move the chain from one sprocket to another
- What name beginning with the letter "C" is given to a tool which measures opposite sides of an object, variants of this tool can measure"inside" or "outside"
- What two word name is given to a device fitted internally in pipes which uses Bernoulli's principle for measuring volumetric flow rate using the same principle as a Venturi Nozzle
- Typically used in the production of alcoholic spirits, what name is given to a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture
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ANSWERS
1)True 2) True 3) False - it is a temporary bridge formed of prefabricated, interchangeable, steel truss panels bolted 4) False - it is a measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land 5) a) Abrasion 6) a) steam engine 7) Derailleur Gears 8) Caliper (or Calliper) 9) Orifice Plate 10) Distillation
