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Introduction To Engineering - 5

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Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is Standard Deviation?
hold on - hold off
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
how much spread is in the data
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]

2. Solve for X...AX=B - give
tension or compression
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AB - or inv(A)*B
how much spread is in the data

3. Name four people who were engineers - but are famous for a non - engineering task/accomplishment. Also list what they did.
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
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
tension or compression

4. What is Ohm's Law?
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
vector involves direction
size(name)
V=IR

5. What MIT grad student wrote a Senior Thesis - relating boolean algebra to electrical circuits - where 0 represents circuit off - and 1 represents circuit on
size(name)
Claude Shannon
mean and Standard Deviation
y(3)=15

6. Write a MATLAB vector - a - including 2 - 4 - 6 - 8
plot(x - height -':rd')
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work

7. What is the difference between scalar and vector?
AB - or inv(A)*B
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
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
vector involves direction

8. Explain how to define 'safe' in engineering design.
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
mean and Standard Deviation
plot(x -y)

9. What are the 2 main statistics used in engineering?
George Boole
mean and Standard Deviation
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
AB - or inv(A)*B

10. Write how to add labels for the x- axis - y- axis - and title of a plot in MATLAB

11. What commands halt a program before plotting a graph
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
name(2 -3)=7
hold on - hold off
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12. What are the benefits of networking?
Claude Shannon
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work
y = 2:2:20
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what

13. Why do engineers often also succeed in Liberal arts? Give an example?
legend('text1' - 'text2')
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
plot(x - height -':rd')

14. Write a MATLAB legend

15. What would you have done if you were in Chris' shoes - concerning the sexual harassment situation?
plot(theta - sin(theta))
AB - or inv(A)*B
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
y(3)=15

16. Write a MATLAB series - y - that starts at 2 - ends at 20 - and is incremented by 2
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
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
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y = 2:2:20

17. What are the steps for getting a Professional Engineering License?
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe

18. How do you plot a function - sin(theta) - with theta as 0:pi/2:pi
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
y(3)=15
Claude Shannon
plot(theta - sin(theta))

19. Write a plot with an already determined x- series - and y- vector
.* - ./ - .^
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
plot(x -y)

20. List the pros of having a PE license.
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
how much spread is in the data
legend('text1' - 'text2')

21. If there are 6 pins in a joint/pin analysis - there will be how many equations?
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
how much spread is in the data
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
12

22. When operating on vectors - write the 3 unique operators
y = 2:2:20
.* - ./ - .^
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work

23. List some biblical principles against sexual harassment?

24. Write a matrix named name - from 1 to 9 - with 3 rows - 3 columns
vector involves direction
George Boole
how much spread is in the data
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]

25. Change the value in the matrix 'name' in the 2nd row - 3rd column - to the value 7
name(2 -3)=7
.* - ./ - .^
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
V=IR

26. What does negative force mean?
name(2 -3)=7
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')
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction

27. In MATLAB - change the 3rd element of the y series to the value - 15
y(3)=15
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
George Boole
mean and Standard Deviation

28. Bar or Members are always either in _____ or _____
size(name)
tension or compression
.* - ./ - .^
mean and Standard Deviation

29. List the cons of having a PE license.
.* - ./ - .^
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction

30. How would you transpose Matrix A?

31. Give a conflict of interest scenario
.* - ./ - .^
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work
plot(theta - sin(theta))

32. 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 )

33. Who is responsible for logic based algebra - which is used as arithmetic in computers?
George Boole
plot(theta - sin(theta))
Claude Shannon
plot(y)

34. What is the simple plot for y - which is a vector - with x increments of 1
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
plot(y)
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
how much spread is in the data

35. How do you find the size of matrix 'name?'
legend('text1' - 'text2')
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
size(name)