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Engineering Trivia

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. What name is given to a short vertical structure which was originally used on a quay for mooring ships and boats but has now become a generic name for a single barrier – a) Capstan  b) Bollard  c) Boom  d) Barricade
  2. The Waterwheel was the earliest known instance of humans using atmospheric convection to power a machine – True or False
  3. What name is given to a triangle where all interior angles measure less than 90°
  4. A Cathode is an electrode  through which electric current flows into a polarized electrical device - True or False
  5. Cobalt is the chemical element with the symbol Co – True or False
  6. Etymology is the name given to the study of the history of words , their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time – True or False
  7. Who was the Roman God of freshwater and the sea
  8. Turning is the name of the metal cutting process typically used for producing a cylindrical surface with a single point tool. The workpiece is rotated on a spindle and the cutting tool is fed into it radially, axially or both – True or False
  9. Osborne Reynolds is associated with which branch of Engineering - a) Fluid Mechanics  b) Civil Engineering  c) Electrical Engineering  d) Cryogenics
  10. 3 liters equals how many cubic inches - a) 223  b) 203  c) 183  d) 163
    c) 183

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ANSWERS

1) b) Bollard  2) False – the Windmill was he earliest known case of humans using atmospheric convection to power a machine 3) Acute Triangle  4) False – An Anode  is an electrode through which electric current flows into a polarized electrical device -  A Cathode is an electrode  through which electric current  leaves a polarized electrical device  5) True  6) True  7) Neptune  8) True  9) a) Fluid Mechanics  10) c) 183