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NCFN Induction Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happen?

a)

1984

b)

1981

c)

1989

d)

1986

2.

In what country does the abandoned town of Pripyat stand in today?

a)

Russia

b)

Ukraine

c)

Belarus

d)

Poland

3.

What kind of nuclear reactor will be used in Hinkley Point C?

a)

EPR

b)

AGR

c)

Magnox

d)

Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor

4.

In what year did the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster happen?

a)

1978

b)

1977

c)

1970

d)

1979

5.

Sellafield is a nuclear decommissioning plant in the UK, but what was the name of the power station from which Sellafield originated?

a)

Windscale

b)

Dounreay

c)

Chapelcross

d)

Oldbury

6.

Nuclear power uses what fuel?

a)

Plutonium

b)

Polonium

c)

Uranium

d)

Graphite

7.

Nuclear power is renewable?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The first ever nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Where was the second dropped?

a)

Kazakhstan

b)

Bikini Atoll

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Nevada Test Site

9.

Some countries have decided that the risks of nuclear power outweigh the advantages. Which one of the following countries have no commercial nuclear reactors for producing electricity?

a)

Ireland

b)

Switzerland

c)

Hungary

d)

India

10.

What is the name of the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created?

a)

Tsar Bomba

b)

Trident

c)

B41 Thermo-Nuclear Bomb

d)

Fat-Man

11.

How many hairs does the average person have on their head?

a)

Approximately 25,000

b)

Approximately 125,000

c)

Approximately 250,000

d)

Approximately 5,000

12.

How many bones make up our whole skeleton?

a)

206

b)

207

c)

306

d)

406

13.

Which type of blood cells help our bodies to fight infection?

a)

Red Blood Cells

b)

White Blood Cells

c)

Both Red & White

14.

Approximately how many times does your heart beat every 24 hours?

a)

1000

b)

10,000

c)

100,000

d)

15,000

15.

Your 'Rotator Cuff' is a group of muscles and tendons found in your .....?

a)

Knee

b)

Shoulder

c)

Hip

d)

Hand

16.

Our bodies cannot make the minerals they require (such as iron, calcium, copper and zinc), so all of our minerals are obtained from our food and drink.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The average adult human brain weighs around...

a)

1.5kg

b)

2.5kg

c)

3.5kg

d)

500g

18.

In electricity, voltage is measured in volts while current is measured in...

a)

Amps

b)

Ohms

c)

Farads

d)

Kelvin

19.

The Great Sphinx of Giza has the head of a human and the body of a what?

a)

Frog

b)

Bull

c)

Lion

d)

Snake

20.

Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the USA as a gift?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Canada

21.

In terms of engineering software, what does CAD stand for?

a)

Computer Assisted Drawing

b)

Computer Assisted Design

c)

Computer Aided Drawing

d)

Computer Aided Design

22.

From his Colorado Springs workshop, Nikola Tesla lit 200 lamps without the use of wires from 25 miles away.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Alexander Graham Bell invented what?

a)

Telephone

b)

Television

c)

AC Motor

d)

Penicillin

24.

What is the capital city of Croatia?

a)

Dubrovnik

b)

Split

c)

Zagreb

d)

Dalmatia

25.

What is the capital city of Argentina?

a)

Santiago

b)

Buenos Aries

c)

Sao Paulo

d)

Bilbao

26.

What is the capital city of Luxembourg?

a)

Riga

b)

Krakow

c)

Prague

d)

Luxembourg

27.

Tbilisi is the capital city of which country?

a)

San Marino

b)

Georgia

c)

Estonia

d)

Slovenia

28.

Budapest is the capital city of which country?

a)

Hungary

b)

Czechia

c)

Switzerland

d)

Austria

29.

What is the capital city of Canada?

a)

Montreal

b)

Toronto

c)

Quebec

d)

Ottawa

30.

Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Albert Einstein