Technical Engineering English Test! Trivia Quiz
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This quiz is designed to determine a general English level for course participants working in engineering industries. In particular, questions are aimed at engineers or technicians working in mechanical and electrical assembly, software engineers (operating systems/controls/interfaces), mechanical manufacturing (components), and finally mechanical design (CAD).
- 1.
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What's this tool called?- A.
Chisel
- B.
Screwdriver
- C.
Pick
- D.
Both A &B
- 2.Henry F. Phillips patented the Phillips screw and screwdriver in 1936. What does patented mean?
- A.
He perfected a process to protect against corrosion.
- B.
Another word for invented.
- C.
When you started to manufacture the product.
- D.
Rights to make, use, and sell the innovation.
- 3.The panel converts the Sun's energy into a DC electric current. Which of the following is not a similar word for 'convert'?
- A.
Revolution
- B.
Transform
- C.
Change
- D.
Alter
- 4.Complete the missing words. The integration of large numbers of tiny _________ into a small chip was an enormous improvement over the manual assembly of circuits using electronic components.
- A.
Vacuum tubes
- B.
transistors
- C.
Circuits
- D.
Devices
- 5.What does MES mean?
- A.
Master of Engineering Science
- B.
Millimeter exit space
- C.
Materials enabling system
- D.
Manufacturing execution system
- 6.Another word for implementation is...
- A.
Integration
- B.
Configuration
- C.
Installation
- D.
Optimization
- 7.Which underlined word is false? Milling machines can perform a number of operations, some very complex, such as slot and keyway cutting, planing, drilling, diesinking, debating, and routing.
- A.
Cutting
- B.
Planing
- C.
Drilling
- D.
Debating
- 8.
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How can I describe what's wrong with this part?- A.
It's cracked.
- B.
It's bent.
- C.
It's dented.
- D.
It's torn.
- 9.If a CAD engineer asks to see the 'blueprints', he is asking to...
- A.
See how the image looks on a screen.
- B.
See the technical drawings.
- C.
See the new printouts from the plotter machine.
- D.
Check the shape of the object.
- 10.AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs. The best antonym (or opposite noun) for 'interoperability' is.....?
- A.
Uninteractive
- B.
Cross-functionality
- C.
Capacity
- D.
Incompatibility
- 11.
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The image below is an electrical symbol for ________ - 12.Corrosion is the wearing away of metals due to a chemical reaction.
- 13.To dismantle a machine means...
- A.
To reinstall it.
- B.
To take it down.
- C.
To sell the machine.
- D.
To disconnent the machine.
- 14.Which of the following is not a function of a vacuum gripper?
- A.
It shines.
- B.
It picks up.
- C.
It provides suction.
- D.
It sucks air.
- 15.When we talk about the weight of an object, we are talking about....
- A.
How high it is.
- B.
How wide it is.
- C.
How long it is.
- D.
How heavy it is.
- 16.Solar cells use _____ to turn light into energy.
- A.
Electromagnets
- B.
Semiconductors
- C.
Superelements
- D.
Superconductors
- 17.When you combine P-type and N-type silicon in a solar cell:
- A.
Electrons rush from N to P, leaving the N side empty.
- B.
Electrons at the N-P junction eventually form a barrier.
- C.
Nothing happens.
- 18.
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When light hits a solar cell, electrical current comes from:- A.
Electrons traveling from the N side to the P side along a circuit
- B.
Electrons traveling from the N side to the P side across the N-P junction
- C.
Electrons traveling from the P side to the N side along a circuit
- 19.A solar cell can only absorb 15 to 25 percent of the sun's energy because...?
- A.
Not all wavelengths of light create the right reaction in the cell.
- B.
There's too much resistance inside the semiconductor.
- C.
Both A and B.
- 20.A typical photovoltaic array has 36 cells. If one is shaded, power production drops by...
- A.
10 percent
- B.
25 percent
- C.
50 percent
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