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 ?
- Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3 – True or False
- Who was the Roman God of fire, volcanoes and blacksmiths – a) Thor b) Vulcan c) Jupitor d) Mars
- In mathematics a Polynomial is an expression consisting of variables and coefficients which only employs the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and non-negative integer exponents - True or False
- CIP is widely used in Process Engineering. CIP stands for Closed Inspection Process - True or False
- Also called a counting frame, what is the more common name for a calculating tool historically used in Asia for performing arithmetic processes
- A Capnometer is an instrument which compares pressures, it is typically a glass U-tube containing mercury, in which pressure is indicated by the difference in levels in the two arms of the tube – True or False
- OEE is a method of measuring and then optimising the efficiency of a Machine or a Manufacturing Plant . OEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness – True or False
- In physics, what name is given to the study and behaviour of very low temperatures which are typically below −150 °C, (−238 °F or 123 K)
- What does "ZIP" in a ZIP code actually stand for
- American singer-songwriter Robert Allen Zimmerman is better known as who ?
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ANSWERS
1) True 2) b) Vulcan 3) True 4) False - CIP stands for Clean In Place 5) Abacus 6) False – A Capnometer is a device that measures carbon dioxide concentrations in respired gases – A Manometer compares pressures 7) True 8) Cryogenics 9) Zoning Improvement Plan 10) Bob Dylan
