Quiz – Are YOU a mechanical engineering genius?

June 26, 2018
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So you think you're a mechanical engineering expert? Let's find out if you really DO know your stuff.
Take this quiz to find out if you're an engineering genius or not.
These 21 questions will test your knowledge on materials, manufacturing processes, engineering drawing symbols ....and some random stuff you should know!

How was this part made?

abc 123

Thermoforming

Injection Moulding

Plastic Brazing

Vacuum Forming

Friction Stir Welding

Correct! Wrong!

Why would a die-cast part have draft angles?

To save component weight

To ensure that the part can easily be removed from the mould

Aesthetic reasons

To ensure that the part can be powder-coated

To ensure that the part can be shot blasted

Correct! Wrong!

What material would be best for making a heatsink?

A copper alloy

Glass reinforced plastic

A thermoplastic polymer

Stainless steel

Teflon

Correct! Wrong!

What is the process for cutting an internal thread?

Broaching

Electroforming

Tapping

Swaging

Galvanisation

Correct! Wrong!

What are o-rings typically used for?

Creating a seal between two parts

Plugging the end of a hollow tube

They serve no function

To increase thermal conductivity of an assembly

Correct! Wrong!

What type of drawing is this?

1st angle projection

3rd angle projection

9th angle projection

Impressionist

Isometric projection

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What does this engineering drawing symbol mean?

A datum

3rd angle projection

Machining optional

Removal of material not permitted

Machine finish required

Correct! Wrong!

What materials are alloyed to form brass?

Steel and tin

Copper, tin and zinc

Copper and aluminium

Copper and zinc

None of these

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Which of the following statement is wrong?

The heat transfer in liquid and gases takes place according to convection.

The amount of heat flow through a body is dependent upon the material of the body.

The thermal conductivity of solid metals increases with rise in temperature,

Logarithmic mean temperature difference is not equal to the arithmetic mean temperature difference.

All of the above

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following is a sheet metal part?

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following is a broached part?

Correct! Wrong!

Which famous physicist laid down the foundations of classical mechanics?

Stephen Hawking

Isaac Newton

Albert Einstein

Galileo

Ian Kilmister

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Which of the following is the earliest stage of a mechanical engineering project?

PoC (Proof of Concept) model

Engineering drawings

FMEA

Production engineering

Design specification

Production trial run

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Which of the following is the correct geometric tolerance symbol for flatness?

Correct! Wrong!

How was this part made?

Electroforming

Shot blasting

Vanadium casting

Forging

Investment casting

Correct! Wrong!

What are the circled features called?

Ejector pin marks

Short shot

Knit lines

Draft angles

Sprue

Correct! Wrong!

The Golden Gate Bridge is an example of which type of bridge?

Cantilever

Truss

Arch

Cable Stayed

Suspension

Beam

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A cable with a uniformly distributed load per horizontal meter run will take the following shape:

Straight line

Parabola

Hyperbola

Elliptical

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What is the correct drawing symbol for cylindricity?

Correct! Wrong!

How was this part made?

Vacuum Casting

Injection Moulding

Stereolithography

Caldering

Extrusion

Correct! Wrong!

And finally.. What is HALT?

High Acceleration Lifetime Trials

High-concentration Argon Life Testing

High Altitude Lifetime Testing

Highly Accelerated Life Testing

Heat Accelerated Life Testing

Correct! Wrong!

Are you a mechanical engineering genius?

YOUR LEVEL: Mechanical Engineering Commander of the Universe

WOW - You have a God-like knowledge of everything about Mechanical Engineering and are a worthy member of EngineeringClicks. We worship and salute you, your divine Highness and Lord of all that is mechanical engineering.

YOUR LEVEL: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear 🙁

You haven't got any questions right and better do quite a bit of studying

YOUR LEVEL: Mechanical Engineering Novice

Well, you didn't get much right, but I'm sure if you keep reading EngineeringClicks.com you'll improve

YOUR LEVEL: Could do better

Keep trying...

YOUR LEVEL: Mechanical Engineering Learner

Not bad, you got around half of them right.

YOUR LEVEL: Intermediate

Well done, you did reasonably well

YOUR LEVEL: Mechanical Engineering Royalty

Very good - you got most of them right

YOUR LEVEL: Mechanical Engineering Sub-Genius

You only got ONE wrong, so you're a very amazing person who knows loads about mechanical engineering. If you'd got that one more answer correct you would have been a certified Mechanical Engineering Genius.

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4 thoughts on “Quiz – Are YOU a mechanical engineering genius?”

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28th June 2018 at 10:09 pm

Hardly a way of ringing a next eng genius….quite basic really… fun though (yes I am that sad).

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28th June 2018 at 10:16 pm

'Autocorrect'….should have read "finding"

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MUGILAN1986
29th June 2018 at 3:55 pm

good

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SOCrouse
29th June 2018 at 7:21 pm

Enjoyed, but researched some (GD&T, Brass, HALT). Thanks. Beneficial for stimulating learning.

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