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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. Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician  - True or False
  2. What name is given to a tool designed specifically to remove a cylinder of material from a surface - a) Cylinder Extractor  b) Core Drill  c) Hole Cylinder  d) Center Marker
  3. The mathematical term "fraction" is derived from the old English word for "action" meaning to divide - True or False
  4. In Electrical Engineering what instrument measures AF signal level and noise - a) Signal analyzer  b) Network analyser  c) Psophometer  d) Oscilloscope
  5. Pewter is a malleable  metal alloy, with a majority of its composition Zinc.  True or False
  6. The international standards organization that develops and publishes technical standards for a wide range of areas is ASTM - What does ASTM stand for
  7. What name is given to a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater  -  a) Aqua jet  b) Submarine  c) Water Tube  d) Diver
  8. What is the name of the historical wooden arch bridge, located in Iwakuni, Japan which was built in 1673 and spans the Nishiki River - a) Kintaro  b) Kintamani  c) Kintai  d) Kinetsu
  9. Lead poisoning was first recognised and documented in the Middle Ages.  True or False
  10. What name was given to a technical drawing instrument used by draftsmen primarily as a guide for drawing horizontal lines on a drafting table .  - a) A square  b) X square  c) T square  d) Z square


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ANSWERS
1) True  2) b) Core Drill  3) False - It is derived from the Latin "fractious"or broken  4) c) Psophometer  5) False - the majority composition is Tin  6) American Society for Testing and Materials  7) b) Submarine  8) c) Kintai  9) False -  Lead poisoning  has recognised as far back as  ancient Rome , ancient Greece , and ancient China  10) c) T square