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Introduction To Engineering - 5
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Instructions:
Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Write a MATLAB plot - with x as a series - height as a y- vector - and the graph dotted ( : ) - red ( r ) - and with diamonds at the points ( d )
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2. Solve for X...AX=B - give
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a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
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AB - or inv(A)*B
3. Write a matrix named name - from 1 to 9 - with 3 rows - 3 columns
.* - ./ - .^
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
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plot(y)
4. Give a conflict of interest scenario
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work
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12
5. What is Standard Deviation?
how much spread is in the data
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
name(2 -3)=7
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6. What is Ohm's Law?
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work
V=IR
y = 2:2:20
hold on - hold off
7. Who is responsible for logic based algebra - which is used as arithmetic in computers?
y(3)=15
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hold on - hold off
8. What is the simple plot for y - which is a vector - with x increments of 1
plot(y)
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name(2 -3)=7
12
9. How do you plot a function - sin(theta) - with theta as 0:pi/2:pi
plot(theta - sin(theta))
vector involves direction
tension or compression
12
10. Write a MATLAB legend
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11. Write a MATLAB vector - a - including 2 - 4 - 6 - 8
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plot(x - height -':rd')
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
y(3)=15
12. Change the value in the matrix 'name' in the 2nd row - 3rd column - to the value 7
legend('text1' - 'text2')
name(2 -3)=7
V=IR
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
13. List some biblical principles against sexual harassment?
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14. Name four people who were engineers - but are famous for a non - engineering task/accomplishment. Also list what they did.
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.* - ./ - .^
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
George Boole
15. What are the benefits of networking?
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engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work
legend('text1' - 'text2')
vector involves direction
16. How would you transpose Matrix A?
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17. What commands halt a program before plotting a graph
.* - ./ - .^
hold on - hold off
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
plot(x - height -':rd')
18. Write a plot with an already determined x- series - and y- vector
tension or compression
plot(x -y)
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a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
19. What MIT grad student wrote a Senior Thesis - relating boolean algebra to electrical circuits - where 0 represents circuit off - and 1 represents circuit on
legend('text1' - 'text2')
V=IR
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
Claude Shannon
20. What would you have done if you were in Chris' shoes - concerning the sexual harassment situation?
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
plot(x - height -':rd')
tension or compression
Claude Shannon
21. What are the 2 main statistics used in engineering?
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mean and Standard Deviation
plot(theta - sin(theta))
y = 2:2:20
22. What are the steps for getting a Professional Engineering License?
plot(y)
size(name)
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
23. If there are 6 pins in a joint/pin analysis - there will be how many equations?
tension or compression
12
V=IR
George Boole
24. Why do engineers often also succeed in Liberal arts? Give an example?
plot(theta - sin(theta))
Ephesians 5 - shouldn't be any sexual immorality among Christians - Genesis 1 - men and women created in God's image - Matthew 5 - lust is adultery
plot(x - height -':rd')
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
25. List the cons of having a PE license.
mean and Standard Deviation
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
tension or compression
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
26. How do you find the size of matrix 'name?'
tension or compression
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
AB - or inv(A)*B
size(name)
27. In MATLAB - change the 3rd element of the y series to the value - 15
y(3)=15
George Boole
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
A'
28. Explain how to define 'safe' in engineering design.
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
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.* - ./ - .^
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
29. What does negative force mean?
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force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
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Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
30. Bar or Members are always either in _____ or _____
tension or compression
mean and Standard Deviation
George Boole
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
31. What is the difference between scalar and vector?
V=IR
AB - or inv(A)*B
vector involves direction
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32. When operating on vectors - write the 3 unique operators
.* - ./ - .^
George Boole
mean and Standard Deviation
y = 2:2:20
33. Write how to add labels for the x- axis - y- axis - and title of a plot in MATLAB
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34. Write a MATLAB series - y - that starts at 2 - ends at 20 - and is incremented by 2
y = 2:2:20
how much spread is in the data
name(2 -3)=7
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
35. List the pros of having a PE license.
A'
tension or compression
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
plot(x - height -':rd')