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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? January 2023PEimpact KH2023-06-09T15:13:49-06:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Will your score on this month’s quiz make you happy this NEW YEAR? Here’s the January 2023 Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

Question 1: In structural bolt designation A490-SC, what do the letters "SC" stand for?
- Structural Compressed
- Structural Cryogenic
- Slip Critical
- Snug Critical

Question 2: A universally adopted rule is that insulation life is halved for each _________ rise in temperature above the rated value.
- 25° C
- 20° C
- 15° C
- 10° C

Question 3: Reverberation Time (RT) is defined as the time it takes for an audible sound to diminish by _____ decibels, once it has been created.
- 35
- 120
- 80
- 60

Question 4: Shallow footings are defined as foundations where _______________.
- The depth of the footing is generally greater than the width of the footing
- The depth of the footing is generally less than the width of the footing
- The length of the footing is generally greater than the width of the footing
- The groundwater depth is above the depth of the footing

Question 5: The process of using trench boxes or other types of supports to prevent soil cave-ins is referred to as __________.
- shielding
- spoiling
- sloping
- shoring

Question 6: Which of the following would NOT be considered an explosive gas or vapor?
- Acetone
- Hydrogen
- Nitrogen
- Methane

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