Mechanical
Electrical
CAD
Business of Engineering
Potpourri
100
The standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is approximately this many PSIA.
What is 14.7 PSIA?
100
True or False: It's prohibited to install 120V receptacles with the ground side up.
False.
100
Software used for performing building information modeling.
What is Revit?
100
The highest number of WPE employees are alums from this university.
What is SDSU?
100
This inventor's name is now used by a car company specializing in electric vehicles. Provide the inventor's first and last name.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
200
On a pyschrometric chart, the horizontal (x) axis represents this property.
What is dry bulb temperature?
200
Voltage squared divided by resistance equals this.
What is power?
200
This is what "CAD" stands for.
What is Computer Aided Design?
200
The year the Casper Office was opened.
What is 1994?
200
The Wright brothers made history in this coastal town with the first controlled, powered flight. Name the city and state.
What is Kitty Hawk, NC.
300
A fan with a brake horsepower higher than its motor rating is said to be in this condition.
What is overloaded?
300
Electronic Safety and Security is typically included in this specification division.
What is Division 28?
300
The name of adjustable values within a Revit family that can change its properties, dimensions, appearance, schedule information, and more.
What are parameters?
300
Marty Christensen and Dave Riemenschneider celebrated this WPE employment anniversary in 2024.
What is the 30th anniversary?
300
Provide the correct spelling of this word.
What is Convenience?
400
In chilled water hydronic design, the most common delta T assumption across a chilled water coil is how many degrees Fahrenheit?
What is 10 degrees Fahrenheit?
400
The type of conduit that this is.
What is Liquid Tight? (Must be more specific than "Non-metallic"
400
Number of drafters in Cedar Rapids office.
What is two?
400
This employee is the only ME licensed in Arizona.
Who is Connor Swiontek?
400
A golf ball has how many dimples, on average?
What is 336?
Answers between 300-400 are acceptable.
500
List 2 thermodynamic cycles.
Acceptable answers:
-Rankine
-Brayton
-Otto
-Diesel
-Atkinson
-Ericsson
-Stirling
500
This is the Power factor if true power = 1350W, and apparent power = 1500VA.
What is 0.9? (Or 9/10)
500
This symbol represents this type of valve:
What is a solenoid valve?
500
The percentage of annual billings which come from repeat clients. (+/-5% acceptable)
What is 84?% (79%-89% acceptable)
500
The telescope launched by NASA in 1990 that has provided deep-space images for decades.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?