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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? November 2025PEimpact KH2024-12-04T12:42:10-06:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Don’t Be a Turkey! Avoid the embarrassment of a low score. Take the quiz and prove your engineering prowess.

Question 1: A _________ is used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power.
- Capacitor
- Transistor
- Diode
- Transmitter

Question 2: SSPC-SP 10/NACE 2 refers to ______ prior to applying a coating system.
- Near-White Metal Blast Cleaning
- Power-Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal
- Hand Tool Cleaning
- White Metal Blast Clean

Question 3: ___________ increases the chances of having cavitation at the suction of a pump.
- Low pump speed
- High suction pressure
- High liquid temperature
- All of the above

Question 4: According to Boyle's Law, when the volume of an ideal gas at constant temperature is decreased by 50%, the pressure of the gas __________.
- Stays the same
- Is reduced by 50%
- Is doubled
- Increases by a factor of 4

Question 5: When calculating lateral earth pressure coefficients, the Rankine theory _____________.
- Applies against a non-vertical face
- Excludes soil-wall friction
- Includes soil-wall friction
- Both (a) and (b)

Question 6: Fracture toughness is a quantitative way of expressing a material's resistance to ______________.
- Creep failure
- Impact loads
- Shear failure
- Crack propagation

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