General IEEE
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Electronics
Energy
Miscellaneous
100

The expanded form of the acronym 'IEEE'

What is Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers?

100

A device composed of two electrical surfaces separated by an insulating material

What is a capacitor?

100

The equation V = I*R

What is ohm's law?

100

The unit used to measure power

What is a Watt?

100

This term refers to the smallest unit of data in a computer, typically represented as either a 0 or 1.

What is a bit?

200

Another IEEE club at Western focused on promoting women.

What is WIE?

200

A device that allows current to flow in only one direction

What is a diode?

200

The voltage and frequency of U.S. wall outlets

What is 120V and 60Hz?

200

The main source of renewable energy generation in the state of Washinton.

What is Hydroelectric Power? 

200

This was the first major AI chatbot.

What is ChatGPT?

300

The cost of an IEEE membership for undergraduates

What is $32?

300

A metal spring-loaded clip with a serrated jaw

What is an alligator clip?

300

A visual method of simplifying Boolean expressions

What is a K-map?

300

The percentage of real to reactive power is used to determine the efficiency of a generator.

What is the power factor?

300

This was digitally mined in an EECE Lab a few years ago and was later found to be worth lots of money.

What is Bitcoin?

400

This is the IEEE tagline.

What is "Advancing Technology for Humanity"?

400

Insulated wire wrapped into a coil

What is an inductor?

400

The expanded form of the acronym FPGA

What is Field Programmable Gate Array

400

This physics trick is used to determine the direction of the induced magnetic field caused by a current flow.

What is the right hand rule?

400

This was the coding language used to develop Roller Coaster Tycoon.

What is Assembly Programming Language?

500

The year that IEEE was founded

What is 1963?

500

The expanded form of the acronym 'MOSFET'

What is metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor?

500

A device that allows you to increase voltage with a resistor feedback loop

What is an op-amp?

500

The machine used in the majority of U.S. power generation

What is a synchronous generator?

500

The Centennial Light Bulb has been running since this year.

When was 1901?