Women in Engineering
Society
Society
True or False: Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
True
A household device rated at 1000 W operating for 1 hour consumes this much energy.
1kWh
This semiconductor material is the most widely used in modern integrated circuits.
Silicon
This unit is equal to one cycle per second and is commonly used to measure the frequency of a signal.
Hertz
What does IEEE stand for?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
In 2023, approximately what percentage of U.S. engineering bachelor's degree recipients were women: 10%, 26%, or 50%?
About 26% (25.6%)
A transformer ideally increases voltage by a factor of 2. Its secondary current changes by this factor.
Decreases by factor of 2
This device emits light when forward-biased.
LED
In programming, this structure repeatedly executes a block of code given that a specified condition remains true.
While loop
How many geographic Regions does IEEE have worldwide?
10 Regions
Name two countries that currently have a woman serving as Head of State or Head of Government.
Any two valid examples
A circuit has a predominantly inductive load. Its current generally does this relative to its voltage.
Current lags the voltage
The region near a p-n junction that is depleted of mobile charge carriers is called this.
Depletion Region
In object-oriented programming, this term describes a blueprint that defines the attributes and behaviours of objects.
Class
Region 9
True or False: Marie Curie is the only person to have received Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.
True
The power associated with energy stored and released by inductors and capacitors is called this
Reactive power
This passive component stores electrical energy in an electric field and is often used to smooth out voltage ripples
Capacitor
In software development, this term refers to a mistake in a program that causes it to behave incorrectly or produce an unexpected result.
Bug
Name four IEEE technical Societies.
Any four valid societies
Name three women who have won Nobel Prizes
Marie Curie, Malala Yousafzai, Mother Teresa or any other valid persons
A 33 kV three-phase load consumes 30 MW at 0.9 lagging power factor. Its line current is approximately this.
583A
Put these IEEE organizational units in order from largest geographic scope to smallest: Region, Section, Chapter.
Region → Section → Chapter