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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? February 2021PEimpact KH2023-06-09T15:13:46-06:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Use your heart and your head! Here’s the February 2021 Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

Question 1: What will multiple resistors connected in a series do?
- They will reduce the power to zero
- They will divide the current proportionally
- They will increase the source voltage in proportion to the values of the resistors
- They will divide the voltage proportionally among all the resistors

Question 2: Which of the following is added to steel to improve its resistance to corrosion?
- Sulphur
- Manganese
- Carbon
- Chromium

Question 3: Acceleration head in the suction piping is a consideration for pumps with a _________ flow.
- Pulsating
- High viscosity
- High temperature
- Laminar

Question 4: The minimum tidal range needed to harness tidal power economically is ___________.
- 2 feet
- 4 feet
- 7 feet
- 10 feet

Question 5: The ______ of a dam is located at the upstream edge of the dam's base.
- Toe
- Heel
- Crest
- Knee

Question 6: Another name for hoop stress is _________ stress.
- Circumferential
- Longitudinal
- Transverse
- Phreatic

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