MT24C

materials and shapes

100

Name three materials that you work with as a mechatronics technician. 

steel/copper/aluminium/titanium/zinc/plastics/glass fibre/…

200

Name a natural material.

wood/stone/…

300

Name a heavy metal.

iron/zinc/lead/copper/mercury/arsenic/cadmium/…

400

Joker! 🎁 

Joker! 🎁

500

What is the difference between ferrous and non-ferrous metals? 

Ferrous metals contain iron.

Non-ferrous metals don‘t contain any iron (or at least very small amounts).

ferrum (lat.) = iron 

graphs and statistics

100

Name two types of diagrams/graphs. 

bar chart/pie chart/ line graph/ float chart/ bubble chart/…

200

What do you call the highest point of a graph?

the peak

300

Name three verbs that you can use to describe a line graph. 

to rise/to increase/to climb

to fall/to decrease/to go down

to level off/…

400

Explain the term demography.

Demography is the (statistical) study of human populations. It looks as the size, structure and movement of groups of people over time. 

500

Name two demographic trends in Germany. 

(What will likely happen in the next 20 years?)

- aging population 

- decreasing fertility rates

- mass retirement of the ‘baby boomers‘

- economic strain

- increasing immigration

advising customers

100

Translate the following word: adjustable. 

einstellbar/verstellbar/regulierbar/anpassbar

200

Name three possible ways to communicate with customers. 

e-mail/face-to-face conversation/phone call/video conference

300

Name four building blocks of professional e-mails.

subject (line) — salutation — body of the text — complimentary close 

400

Give three examples of a complimentary close.

Best wishes/Best regards/Kind regards/Yours faithfully/Sincerely/…

500

Name three aspects that a potential customer would ask about in an enquiry.

price of the product/packaging and delivery details/warranty/discount

general knowledge

100

What is Germany‘s current population?

83,5 million

(also acceptable: 83-84 million)

200

Name the country that hosted the (football) world cup in 1990.

Italy 

300

Name the year in which the Berlin Wall was built. 

1961

400

Name ten countries in Africa.

Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Senegal, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Togo, Tschad, Congo, South Africa, Namibia, Tansania, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Niger, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe, Mauritania, Mozambique, Burundi,…

500

How many official languages are spoken in Switzerland? 

4: German, Italian, French, Romansh