Engineering Trivia Questions
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A quiz about the history of engineering and the engineering industry. Let's play this quiz and learn about it now!
- 1.
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- A.
Nicolaus Copernicus
- B.
Leonardo da Vinci
- C.
Archimedes
- D.
Leonardo di Caprio
- 2.What is tensile strength?
- A.
Insert
- B.
Insert
- C.
Maximum longitudinal stress that an object can withstand without necking.
- D.
Insert
- 3.What is a Richter scale?
- A.
A scale for measuring the mass of an object.
- B.
A logarithmic scale for measuring seismic energy of an earthquake.
- C.
A scale for making angle measurement.
- D.
A scale used to measure linear distances of structures and other large objects.
- 4.What is a fire resistance rating
- A.
Measure of time up to which a system could resist the fire resistance test.
- B.
A score out of ten of the ability a system has to resist the fire resistance test.
- 5.
- A.
Itaipu, Brazil/Paraguay
- B.
Hoover Dam, United States
- C.
Niagara Falls, Canada
- D.
Three Gorges Dam, China
- 6.What is the largest building in the world by volume?
- A.
Boeing Everett Factory, USA
- B.
Aerium, Germany
- C.
Target Import Warehouse, USA
- D.
Palace of Caserta, Italy
- 7.What is the longest bridge in the world?
- A.
Bang Na Expressway, Thailand
- B.
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, USA
- C.
Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, China
- 8.A kip in engineering is...
- A.
A ratio mixture of fiberglass and resin.
- B.
Unit of measurement for temperature.
- C.
1000 pounds-force.
- D.
A small particle (nuclei) that undergoes phase transformation.
- 9.A fundamental factor in creating durable concrete is the use of __________ and __________.
- A.
Bippity, boppity
- B.
Bacon, eggs
- C.
Sawdust, iron ore
- D.
Pozzolans, ground granulated blast-furnace slag
- 10.Carbon brick is made from crushed coke bonded with tar
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.
- A.
Free water present in the cells
- B.
Free water present in cell walls and cell cavites
- C.
No moisture present in cell walls and cell cavites
- D.
No free water exists in cell cavites but cell walls and saturated.
- 12.The moisture content of timber used in building frames can be
- A.
1% to 4%
- B.
8% to 12%
- C.
12% to 18%
- D.
> 20%
- 13.What is the nature of stress in a ceiling fan rod?
- A.
Tensile
- B.
Shear
- C.
Compressive
- D.
Bending
- 14.
- A.
4000-2000 BC
- B.
6000-4000 BC
- C.
15,000-14,000 BC
- D.
Dinosaurs practiced Civil Engineering
- 15.A machine that was used historically to transfer water from low levels to higher levels was known as the ____.
- A.
Galileo Water Pump
- B.
Norwegian Fluid Twister
- C.
Archimedes' Screw
- 16.The Archimedes' Principle relates buoyancy to _________
- A.
Weight
- B.
Displacement
- C.
Inertia
- D.
Tension
- 17._____ law of elasticity states that the extension of a spring is in direct proportion with the load applied to it.
- A.
Young's
- B.
Robert's
- C.
Hooke's
- D.
Poisson's
- 18.In 1885, what was the tallest structure in the world?
- A.
Eiffel Tower
- B.
Washington Monument
- C.
Empire State Building
- D.
Chrysler Building
- 19.What is the tallest structure in the world as of 2012?
- A.
Burj Khalifa
- B.
Khalifa Natour
- C.
Burj Al
- D.
Wiz Khalifa
- 20.The ________ beam theory provides a means of calculating the load-carrying and deflection characteristics of beams.
- A.
Ferris-Witmer
- B.
Galileo-Jacob
- C.
Leonhard-Galilei
- D.
Euler-Bernoulli
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