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Engineer Trivia

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word "engineer" comes from the Latin word for what?

a)

ingenium

b)

ingeniare

c)

engineerium

d)

ingeniarium

2.

What is an engineer?

a)

A person who uses math, science and creativity to design things that solve problems.

b)

A person who works with others to build big things.

c)

A person who who drives a train.

d)

A person who works in construction.

3.

What are the different engineering majors at UNH?

a)

MechE

b)

ChemE

c)

Civil

d)

Electrical and Computer

e)

Industrial

4.

How much did the world's first computer weigh?

a)

50,000 kg

b)

30,000 kg

c)

15,000 kg

d)

100,000 kg

5.

Who is largely considered the originator of the concept of a digital programmable computer?

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Henry C. Lee

c)

Ida Lovelave

d)

Satoshi Nakamoto

6.

How fast is the speed of light?

a)

100,000 km/sec

b)

200,000 km/sec

c)

350,000 km/sec

d)

300,000 km/sec

7.

Some planes can fly faster than the speed of light?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

How many zeros are there in a ‘googol,’ the namesake of googler.

a)

100

b)

3

c)

1,000

d)

50

9.

One kilobyte is equal to how many bytes?

a)

1024

b)

4096

c)

8

d)

16

10.

Social (a)   is the name of the cybersecurity threat where nefarious actors trick others into revealing sensitive information. An example of this is when a scammer poses as tech support to gain access to someone's computer.

11.

A (a)   is a group of computers that is networked together and used by hackers to steal information

12.

Order the security protocols from least to most secure

a)

WPA

b)

WEP

c)

WPA2

d)

WPA3

1)
2)
3)
4)
13.

A major potential in efforts to engineer environmental sustainability are attempts to breed bacteria that can eat what polymer-based materials that are difficult to recycle?

a)

Plastic

b)

Metal

c)

Concrete

d)

Glass

14.

True or false: It is possible to push a spacecraft forward by hitting it with photons (light particles).

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A modulator-demodulator is a hardware device better known as what?

a)

Modem

b)

Switch

c)

Router

d)

Hub

16.

Created in 2009, (a)   was the first decentralized cryptocurrency.

17.

Some planes can fly faster than the speed of sound?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What is the order of the three A's in cyber forensics?

a)

Authenticate

b)

Acquire

c)

Analyze

1)
2)
3)
19.

When water flows through a full pipe, the water is fastest in what part of the pipe?

a)

Top

b)

Middle

c)

Bottom

d)

The speed is the same in all parts

20.

What is the base of binary number system?

a)

2

b)

10

c)

8

d)

16

21.

The binary number 11101 is equivalent to

a)

29

b)

35

c)

26

d)

28

22.

The binary number 10001100 is equivalent to

a)

150

b)

120

c)

140

d)

110

23.

The rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the same direction in which the force acts. This statement is known as

a)

Newton's First Law

b)

Newton's Second Law

c)

Newton's Third Law

d)

None of the Above

24.

The result when adding 1010 and 1010 is

a)

10101

b)

10001

c)

10010

d)

10100

25.

What was the first synthetic element created in a laboratory?

a)

Rutherfordium

b)

Technetium

c)

Radium

d)

Hassium

26.

Would you be interested in a WiCyS VR game day on March 02?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Yes, but on a different day