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 ?
- In SI base units - 1 Newton = 1000 kg-m/s2 - True or False
- What is the capital city of Switzerland
- What is the name of the versatile hand tool which is similar to a pickaxe. It has a long handle, stubby head and is used for digging and chopping - a) Acrow b) Pinch Bar c) Mattock d) Mattoo
- First deduced experimentally and later shown to have a theoretical justification, what is the name of the equation in electrochemical kinetics relating the rate of an electrochemical reaction to the overpotential - a) Tafel b) Total c) Teflon d) Tariq
- What is the more common name of graphite-reinforced polymer, it has a very high strength to weight ratio and it is often used in aerospace, motor racing, boats and fishing rods - a) Rayon b) Kevlar c) Polyester d) Carbon Fiber
- Any current -carrying conductor, including a cable, radiates an electromagnetic field . - True or False
- In computing, a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients " is called - a) the seeker b) the servant c) the server d) the service
- Who is generally considered to have produced the first commercially successful typewriter - a) Remington b) IBM c) Imperial Typewriters d) Olivetti
- 100 degrees Fahrenheit equals how many degrees Celsius
- 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
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ANSWERS
1) False 1N=1kg-m/s2 2) Berne founded 1191 on the river Aare 3) c) Mattock 4) a) Tafel 5) d) Carbon Fiber 6) True 7) c) the server 8) a) Remington 9) 37.8 10) a) steam engine
