WorksheetsEngineer Trivia
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 10mins
The word "engineer" comes from the Latin word for what?
ingenium
ingeniare
engineerium
ingeniarium
What is an engineer?
A person who uses math, science and creativity to design things that solve problems.
A person who works with others to build big things.
A person who who drives a train.
A person who works in construction.
What are the different engineering majors at UNH?
MechE
ChemE
Civil
Electrical and Computer
Industrial
How much did the world's first computer weigh?
50,000 kg
30,000 kg
15,000 kg
100,000 kg
Who is largely considered the originator of the concept of a digital programmable computer?
Charles Babbage
Henry C. Lee
Ida Lovelave
Satoshi Nakamoto
How fast is the speed of light?
100,000 km/sec
200,000 km/sec
350,000 km/sec
300,000 km/sec
Some planes can fly faster than the speed of light?
True
False
How many zeros are there in a ‘googol,’ the namesake of googler.
100
3
1,000
50
One kilobyte is equal to how many bytes?
1024
4096
8
16
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.
A (a) is a group of computers that is networked together and used by hackers to steal information
Order the security protocols from least to most secure
WPA
WEP
WPA2
WPA3
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?
Plastic
Metal
Concrete
Glass
True or false: It is possible to push a spacecraft forward by hitting it with photons (light particles).
True
False
A modulator-demodulator is a hardware device better known as what?
Modem
Switch
Router
Hub
Created in 2009, (a) was the first decentralized cryptocurrency.
Some planes can fly faster than the speed of sound?
True
False
What is the order of the three A's in cyber forensics?
Authenticate
Acquire
Analyze
When water flows through a full pipe, the water is fastest in what part of the pipe?
Top
Middle
Bottom
The speed is the same in all parts
What is the base of binary number system?
2
10
8
16
The binary number 11101 is equivalent to
29
35
26
28
The binary number 10001100 is equivalent to
150
120
140
110
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
Newton's First Law
Newton's Second Law
Newton's Third Law
None of the Above
The result when adding 1010 and 1010 is
10101
10001
10010
10100
What was the first synthetic element created in a laboratory?
Rutherfordium
Technetium
Radium
Hassium
Would you be interested in a WiCyS VR game day on March 02?
Yes
No
Yes, but on a different day
