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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? July 2020PEimpact KH2023-06-09T15:13:49-06:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Celebrate Independence…and hopefully celebrate a good score on today’s quiz.

Question 1: In beam design, ____________ limits are based on ensuring that people don’t feel uncomfortable, rather than an actual strength limit.
- Lateral-torsional buckling
- Web-local buckling
- Shear
- Deflection

Question 2: When must an excavation be tested for hazardous atmospheres before an employee is allowed to enter?
- In all cases
- At night
- When an oxygen deficiency could be reasonably expected
- Both B and C

Question 3: What form of hydroelectric power plant would typically have a very large reservoir?
- Impoundment
- Diversion
- Run of the river
- Wave plant

Question 4: For most large centrifugal fans (excluding "non-overloading fan types"), the fan should be started ___________ to minimize the required starting current.
- With the downstream dampers closed
- With the downstream dampers 50% open
- With the downstream dampers 75% open
- With the downstream dampers fully opened

Question 5: Per the National Electrical Code, the required outdoor receptacles for a single-family dwelling shall be __________.
- Readily accessible from grade
- Not more than 2 meters (6.5 feet) above grade
- Installed at the front and the rear of the dwelling
- All of the above

Question 6: It would be most appropriate to use ________ testing to check for defects in a full penetration weld on a carbon steel pressure vessel.
- Liquid penetrant
- Magnetic particle
- Radiographic
- Eddy current

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