April 2024 Pop Quiz for Engineers

Happy Earth Day from the Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

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  1. Avatar for John Kreuser
    John Kreuser April 9, 2024 at 2:32 pm

    I believe the question on resistivity is wrong. the resistivity of an object formulated p=RA/L. p being a conductors resistivity, R it’s resistance, A the cross sectional area, and L bring the length. One example of this is looking at voltage drop for long power cables. The longer the cable/conductor the more resistivity it has and the greater the voltage drops over the conductor.

  2. Avatar for Jason
    Jason April 9, 2024 at 9:34 pm

    That question tripped me up, but I am now wondering if the question asked about a conductors resistance and not its resistivity. Resistance, being a material property, is dependent on temperature and not geometry.

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