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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? November 2020KHudspeth2024-09-05T12:38:50-04:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Are you stuffed with only turkey or knowledge too? Take the PDH quiz and find out!

Question 1: ________ on launch day contributed to the space shuttle Challenger’s O-ring failure and subsequent explosion.
- Warm weather
- Cold weather
- High humidity
- Sand storms

Question 2: 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 3: The probability of a 2-year flood event being equaled or exceeded in any year is ________.
- 500%
- 50%
- 5%
- 0.5%

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: In a DC electrical circuit, Power = Current x ___________.
- Voltage
- Resistance
- Reactance
- Inductance

Question 6: The thermal conductivity of most solids and liquids varies with the ________ of the substance.
- Temperature
- Pressure
- Volume
- Both A and C

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