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 statistics , what name is given to a graphical representation showing a visual impression of the distribution of data. It is an estimate of the probability distribution of a continuous variable and was first introduced by Karl Pearson - a) Histogram b) Bar Chart c) Pie Chart d) Candlestick Chart
- Rarefaction is the reduction in an items density, the opposite of compression - True or False
- What is the currency of India - a) Rupee b) Won c) Dollar d) Dinar
- The volume of a cone = 2/3 πr²h – True or False
- An Extinction Meter is an early name for what - a) Sound Meter b) Temperature Meter c) Light Meter d) Radiation Meter
- What name is given to the curve that a hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends.- a) Catenary b) Century c) Corrobori d) Chord
- What name is given to an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmits and refracts light , converging or diverging the beam - a) Iris b) Prism c) Optic d) Lens
- Who first invented Paper Making - a) Aztecs b) Chinese c) the Greeks d) the Indians
- What is the sum of the internal angles of a triangle
- Beginning with the letter "P", what is the generic name for a short, hard metal rod which is typically struck with a hammer and used to drive nails or pins into or out of workpieces or to form an indent on a workpiece
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ANSWERS
1) a) Histogram 2) True 3) a) Rupee 4) False - The volume of a cone = 1/3πr²h 5) c) Light Meter 6) a) Catenary 7) d) Lens 8) b) Chinese 9) 180 degrees 10) Punch
