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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? July 2026lemleonardia99p2026-02-09T10:41:58-06:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Learning Sometimes Comes With a Bang. Test your knowledge of experiments that went just a little too far.

Question 1: In radiation heat transfer, energy is transferred by _____________.
- Direct contact
- Fluid flow
- Electromagnetic waves
- Conduction through solids

Question 2: Shear stress in a rectangular beam is maximum at ______________.
- Top fiber
- Bottom fiber
- Neutral axis
- Mid-depth quarter point

Question 3: The energy efficiency ratio (EER) of an air conditioner is defined as __________.
- kW ÷ Cooling load
- Cooling capacity (Btu/hr) ÷ Power input (W)
- Airflow ÷ Volume
- COP ÷ Temperature difference

Question 4: In a three-phase AC system, the phase angle difference between each line voltage is _________.
- 60°
- 120°
- 90°
- 45°

Question 5: The continuity equation in hydrology is based on __________.
- Newton’s second law
- Conservation of mass
- Conservation of momentum
- Darcy’s law

Question 6: The bearing capacity of a shallow foundation increases with __________.
- Increase in water table
- Increase in footing depth
- Decrease in soil density
- Decrease in shear strength

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