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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? May 2025Vladimyr Impact2024-12-04T12:37:12-06:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Make Mom proud! Ace this month’s quiz and give your mother the best gift: your success. Take the challenge and show her what you’re made of.

Question 1: The acronym "PLC" stands for ___________ in control systems.
- Pressure limiting controller
- Programmable logic controller
- Pneumatic level controller
- Process logic computer

Question 2: The "3" in a 3xxx series aluminum indicates that the major alloying element is ___________.
- Zinc
- Copper
- Silicon
- Manganese

Question 3: The fluid pressure increase resulting from a water hammer shock wave is a function of the ___________.
- Density of the fluid
- Speed of sound in the fluid
- Magnitude of the sudden velocity decrease
- All of the above

Question 4: Hoop stress in a cylindrical pressure vessel is another name for ________ stress.
- Radial
- Axial
- Circumferential
- Nozzle

Question 5: The leading cause of accident fatalities on construction sites in the U.S. is _________.
- Electrocution
- Fall from heights
- Confined space asphyxiation
- Dropped objects

Question 6: A hydraulic jump is a phenomenon common in ____________.
- Reaction turbines
- Reciprocating pump discharge piping
- Open channel flow
- Pump systems operating with insufficient NPSH available

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