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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? October 2021PEimpact KH2023-06-09T15:15:53-06:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Don’t be spooked by this month’s quiz! Here’s the October 2021 Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

Question 1: _________________insulation typically has the highest thermal resistance per inch of thickness.
- Fiberglass
- Polyisocyanurate
- Polyurethane
- Cellulose

Question 2: The droplet settling velocity of particles in a gravity separator is governed by Stokes's Law, which ___________.
- Is dependent on the viscosity of the particle
- Assumes that flow is turbulent
- Assumes that particles are spherical
- All of the above

Question 3: Which of the following is a possible consequence of having trapped air in a liquid piping system?
- Water hammer
- Accelerated pipe corrosion
- Pump cavitation
- All of the above

Question 4: PID control is used to control and maintain processes. The “P” in the acronym “PID” stands for _____________.
- Process
- Pneumatic
- Proportional
- Preferred

Question 5: Which of the following has the lowest flash point?
- Gasoline
- Jet fuel (A/A-1)
- Kerosene
- Diesel fuel (No. 2)

Question 6: Moore's Law is a term used to describe ____________.
- The increase in computing power over time
- A technique for finding principal stresses and strains in materials
- Accelerated fatigue failure in asymmetrical rotating objects
- The potential for widespread blackouts in the U.S. power grid

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