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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? November 2026

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Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? November 2026

Are You Smarter than an Undergraduate? November 2026KHudspeth2026-10-13T15:17:15-05:00

Are you smarter than an undergraduate

Over-engineer everything — even dinner. Put your system design skills to the test with Thanksgiving taken to extremes.

PDHengineer's monthly quiz for engineers

Question 1: A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) protects against ____________.

Lightning surges

Current leakage to ground

Overvoltage conditions

High frequency noise

Question 2: Which type of soil is most susceptible to liquefaction?

Clay

Loose saturated sand

Gravel

Hard clay

Question 3: The dew point temperature is the temperature at which _________.

All water evaporates

Air becomes saturated and condensation begins

Refrigerant boils

Cooling coil freezes

Question 4: Entropy is a measure of ___________.

Heat capacity

Disorder or randomness

Work output

Enthalpy

Question 5: A simply supported beam under uniform load has maximum bending moment at ______________.

Supports

Midspan

Quarter span

Neutral axis

Question 6: The function of a key in a shaft–hub connection is to _______________.

Reduce vibration

Transmit torque

Support axial load

Seal the joint

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