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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? April 2022PEimpact KH2023-06-09T15:13:40-06:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Will your score on this month’s quiz make you look like an APRIL FOOL? Here’s the April 2022 Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

Question 1: The most common function of a diode is to ______________.
- Split a voltage into smaller voltages
- Protect against overcurrent
- Restrict an electric current to pass in only one direction
- Convert an analog signal to digital

Question 2: Inorganic and organic ______ primers are commonly used in steel coating systems to provide additional corrosion protection.
- Magnesium
- Nickel
- Zinc
- Silicon

Question 3: The flow principle behind ______ flow meters is based on Faraday’s Law.
- Ultrasonic
- Turbine
- Vortex
- Magnetic

Question 4: Fan stall occurs when _____________.
- Air flow is too low
- Air flow is too high
- The bearings fail
- Dampers in the downstream ductwork are left wide open

Question 5: Detectors that sense _____________ emitted by fires provide the fastest identification of a fire signature.
- Heat
- Flame
- Smoke
- Infrared or ultraviolet radiation

Question 6: Plastic deformation is the permanent distortion that occurs when a material is subjected to stresses that exceed its _________.
- Ultimate tensile strength
- Yield strength
- Endurance strength
- Modulus of elasticity

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