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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? April 2023PEimpact KH2023-06-09T15:13:41-06:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Will your score on this month’s quiz get you drenched from the APRIL SHOWERS? Here’s the April 2023 Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

Question 1: “The probability of a system or system element performing its intended function under stated conditions without failure for a given period of time” is the definition of _________.
- Availability
- Relliability
- Maintainability
- None of the above

Question 2: Increasing the water to cement ratio improves concrete’s ________.
- Durability
- Tensile Strength
- Compressive strength
- Workability

Question 3: Power factor correction is accomplished by calculating the value of the _________ that needs to be connected to the circuit.
- Resistance
- Inductance
- Capacitance
- Impedance

Question 4: Silicon is alloyed with Aluminum to ___________.
- Improve its thermal conductivity
- Make it lighter
- Make it heat-treatable
- Reduce its melting temperature and improve fluidity in casting

Question 5: The sound pressure level decreases __________ for each doubling of the distance from the source.
- 3 dB
- 6 dB
- 10 dB
- 20 dB

Question 6: The water content at which a soil changes from a liquid to plastic state is _________.
- Always zero
- The Plasticity Index
- The Plastic Limit
- The Liquid Limit

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