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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 !

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  1. The word "ceramic" comes from the Greek  word for "Crystalline" - True or False
  2. Electronically commutated motors are also known as - a) Brushless DC motors  b) Bristle-less DC motors  c) Swept DC motors  d) Broom less DC motors
  3. What is the dominant language of Argentina
  4. The combination of two or more parts, to make an artificial entity which is in contrast to a natural entity is called - a) Synthetic  b) Synthol  c) Syntax  d) Synergy
  5. A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor  capable of generating less fissile material  than it consumes  - True or False
  6. The oldest surviving casting is a copper frog from 3200 BC - True or False
  7. The Richter Magnitude Scale measures - a) Mechanical stress  b) The energy contained in an earthquake   c) Viscosity  d) Radiation
  8. A steam turbine generates what type of motion - a) Rotary   b) Reciprocating  c) Vibratory  d) Induced
  9. The MOSE Project is intended to protect which European city from floods - a) London  b) Paris  c) Venice  d) Amsterdam
  10. What name is given to a hand tool  used in metalworking  to mark lines on workpieces


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Category: 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. A gear mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion is also called an Italian Cross - True or False
  2. Piquet is - a) a card game, b) a weapon c) a dance step  d) a wine
  3. Typically made out of light, strong cloth such as nylon,  what name is given to a device which is used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere  by creating drag
  4. What word is used to describe a container or similar which is completely sealed, especially against the ingress or egress of a gas - a) Heritage  b) Hertz  c) Hermetic d) Hermes
  5. A transformer is a device that facilitates a chemical reaction from the solid to gaseous state - True or False
  6. In Roman numerals, what does the letter "M"equal  a) 1000  b) 500 c) 100  d) 50
  7. First proposed in 1859 and with the symbol R, what is the thermodynamic temperature scale named after a Glasgow (Scotland) university engineer and physicist  -  a) Romer  b) Reaumer  c) Rankine  d) Rennie
  8. Amplitude is the magnitude  of change in the oscillating variable with each oscillation within an oscillating system - True or False
  9. Intrinsic safety is a protection technique for safe operation of electronic equipment in explosive atmospheres and under irregular operating conditions - True or False
  10. What is the name of the process of working a metal's surface to improve its material properties, usually by mechanical means such as hammer blows or by blasting with shot - a) Planing b) Planking  c) Peening  d) Peeping

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Category: 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 an electro mechanical machine that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by PLC control  -  a) Personbot  b) Roblox  c) Manbot  d) Robot
  2. The Mobius Band is a surface  with only one side and only one boundary component . - True or False
  3. What is the currency of Argentina
  4. V Belt drives where invented in 1917 by - a) John Gates  b) John Fenner  c) John Fence  c) John Doors
  5. The word Hermetic, used to describe an airtight seal was created by the Heinz food company who first developed air tight sealed food packaging - True or False
  6. Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines - true or false
  7. What name is given to a gear  mechanism that translates a continuous rotation  into an intermittent rotary motion -  a) Geneva Drive  b) Monaco Drive  c) Paris Drive  d) Vienna Drive
  8. In electrical engineering - what does emf stand for
  9. Threaded pipes used in plumbing or piping installations for the delivery of gases or fluids under pressure never have a threaded section that is tapered - True or False
  10. 60 degrees Fahrenheit = approx 16 degrees Centigrade - True or False

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