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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? January 2021KHudspeth2024-09-05T12:36:18-04:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

New Year, New Quiz! Here’s 2021’s first Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

Question 1: A ________ valve is used to automatically prevent reverse flow. Fluid flow in the desired direction opens the valve, while backflow forces the valve closed.
- Ball
- Globe
- Check
- Relief

Question 2: The initiating event of the Three Mile Island Accident was ____________.
- A fault that caused the feed water pumps to shut off
- Sabotage
- A crack in a pressure vessel
- An earthquake

Question 3: The continuity equation in Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics states that in steady flow of an incompressible fluid, the ___________.
- Velocity in = Velocity out
- Pressure in = Pressure out
- Mass flow in = Mass flow out
- All of the above

Question 4: The deadliest engineering structural collapse in U.S. history resulting from human error was the _______________.
- Big Dig ceiling collapse in Boston, MA
- Hyatt Regency Walkway collapse in Kansas City, MO
- I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse in Minneapolis, MN
- Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse in Washington state

Question 5: The lowest level of detail in a WBS (work breakdown structure) is typically called a _________.
- Subproject
- Task
- Subtask
- Work package

Question 6: Wood is an example of a/an _______ material where material properties in three perpendicular directions (axial, radial, and circumferential) are different.
- Isotropic
- Subtropic
- Orthotropic
- Super-elastic

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