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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? December 2022PEimpact KH2023-06-09T15:13:45-06:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Get in the HOLIDAY SPIRIT and score high on this month’s quiz. Here’s the December 2022 Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

Question 1: A ________ pressure gauge uses the principle that a flattened tube tends to straighten or regain its circular form in cross-section when pressurized.
- Bourdon
- Piezometer
- Manometer
- Torricelli

Question 2: 304 and 316 series are ___________ stainless steels.
- Martensitic
- Ferritic
- Austenitic
- Pearlitic

Question 3: Choked flow of a liquid through a control valve occurs when the downstream pressure drops below ___________.
- 0 psig
- 0 psia
- 50% of the upstream pressure
- The liquid's vapor pressure

Question 4: _________ is a consideration when designing a trench box for an excavation.
- Water content of the soil
- Soil classification
- Depth of cut
- All of the above

Question 5: Why does liquid penetrant testing have an advantage over unaided visual inspection?
- "It measures the actual size of the discontinuity "
- "It makes defects easier to see "
- "It sees the cause of impact "
- "It measures the depth of the defects "

Question 6: The critical depth in open channel flow is a function of the ____________.
- Flow rate in the channel
- Width of the channel
- Gravitational constant
- All of the above

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