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100
The standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is approximately this many PSIA.
What is 14.7 PSIA?
100
US mains operate at this frequency
What is 60 Hz?
100
AutoCAD space used for plotting with scaled viewports
What is paper space?
100
How many total projects have been completed since 2010?
What is 5,105?
Answers between 4,855-5,355 are accepted
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
This SI unit is used for electric current.
What is amp or ampere?
200
Acronym for AutoCAD external references
What is XREF?
200
2 Part question.
2 staff members have passed the PE exam in 2025. Name both.
2 staff members are celebrating a 10 year anniversary at this design conference. Name both
PE Exam: Jessica Rau & Tobin Reynolds
10 year anniversary: Kelli Crouse & Connor Swiontek
200
In 1903, 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
This drawing shows feeders, transformers, and switchgear on one simplified detail.
What is a one-line, single-line, or riser diagram?
300
Box you use to align crop regions and datum extents across multiple views
What is Scope Box?
300
This client has the most WPE project numbers since the year 2000.
A) Stone Group / SMH B) SD Office of the State Engineer C) GSG Architecture D) Banner Associates
B) South Dakota Office of the State Engineer
288 projects as the primary client!
Stone Group - 155
GSG - 128
Banner - 122
300
The Dakota Marker is a football game played between the North Dakota State Bison and the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. There have been 117 total meetings. Which team leads the all-time series?
A) SDSU with 77 wins B) NDSU with 77 wins
C) SDSU with 65 wins D) NDSU with 65 wins
D) North Dakota State with 65 wins. All time series record is 65-47-5.
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
Device that switches loads between normal and emergency sources automatically.
What is an automatic transfer switch (ATS)?
400
Hosting type that lets a device mount to any face (ceilings, walls, families)
What is a Face-Based family?
400
What year did this design conference take place?
What is 2011?
2010-2012 is acceptable
400
A golf ball has how many dimples, on average?
What is 336?
Answers between 300-400 are acceptable.
500
If a wall’s insulation doubles from R-10 to R-20, its U-value will:
A) Double B) Stay the same C) Halve D) Quadruple
C, U-value is cut in half.
U = 1/R → halves when R doubles
500
For fire pumps, the feeder overcurrent protection device must be able to carry which condition without opening?
A) 125% FLA for 10 min B) 150% FLA for 2 hrs
C) Locked-rotor current indefinitely D) 600% FLA for 30 s
C — Must carry locked-rotor current without opening
500
Best way to enforce identical graphics across many views?
A) Filters B) View Templates C) Design Options D) Worksets
B - View Templates
500
How many PEs has WPE employed in Company History:
A) 30 B) 24 C) 43 D) 38
A - 30
500
Whose laws describe planetary orbits?
A) Isaac Newton B) Johannes Kepler C) Nicolaus Copernicus D) Galileo Galilei
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion (1609)
1) Law of Ellipses: Planets orbit the sun in an ellipse, with the sun at on the the ellipse's focal points, not at the center
2) Law of Equal Areas: The line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal amounts of time. Planets move faster when they are closer to the sun and slower when they are farther from the sun.
3) Law of Periods: the square of a planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of it's orbit. In other words, orbital period is related to distance from the sun.