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Introduction To Engineering - 5

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1. Change the value in the matrix 'name' in the 2nd row - 3rd column - to the value 7
name(2 -3)=7
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xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
y = 2:2:20

2. Explain how to define 'safe' in engineering design.
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mean and Standard Deviation
plot(theta - sin(theta))
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe

3. What are the steps for getting a Professional Engineering License?
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name(2 -3)=7
mean and Standard Deviation

4. Give a conflict of interest scenario
V=IR
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George Boole

5. How do you find the size of matrix 'name?'
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size(name)
V=IR
plot(theta - sin(theta))

6. What would you have done if you were in Chris' shoes - concerning the sexual harassment situation?
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tension or compression
mean and Standard Deviation
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')

7. Write a matrix named name - from 1 to 9 - with 3 rows - 3 columns
.* - ./ - .^
plot(y)
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
Claude Shannon

8. List some biblical principles against sexual harassment?

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9. List the pros of having a PE license.
legend('text1' - 'text2')
.* - ./ - .^
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10. What commands halt a program before plotting a graph
plot(x -y)
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hold on - hold off
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')

11. 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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12. Solve for X...AX=B - give
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y(3)=15
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AB - or inv(A)*B

13. What is the simple plot for y - which is a vector - with x increments of 1
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
A'
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plot(y)

14. Write a MATLAB series - y - that starts at 2 - ends at 20 - and is incremented by 2
name(2 -3)=7
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y = 2:2:20
plot(x - height -':rd')

15. Write a MATLAB legend

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16. Who is responsible for logic based algebra - which is used as arithmetic in computers?
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George Boole
plot(x - height -':rd')
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17. What is Standard Deviation?
V=IR
how much spread is in the data
plot(theta - sin(theta))
.* - ./ - .^

18. Write a MATLAB vector - a - including 2 - 4 - 6 - 8
vector involves direction
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a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
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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
Claude Shannon
vector involves direction
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
how much spread is in the data

20. What is the difference between scalar and vector?
vector involves direction
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what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave

21. If there are 6 pins in a joint/pin analysis - there will be how many equations?
A'
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plot(x -y)

22. In MATLAB - change the 3rd element of the y series to the value - 15
plot(x - height -':rd')
y(3)=15
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
legend('text1' - 'text2')

23. Name four people who were engineers - but are famous for a non - engineering task/accomplishment. Also list what they did.
plot(theta - sin(theta))
plot(y)
.* - ./ - .^
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston

24. What does negative force mean?
V=IR
legend('text1' - 'text2')
size(name)
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction

25. When operating on vectors - write the 3 unique operators
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what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
.* - ./ - .^

26. What are the benefits of networking?
plot(x -y)
hold on - hold off
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
y = 2:2:20

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

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28. What are the 2 main statistics used in engineering?
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xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
mean and Standard Deviation

29. How would you transpose Matrix A?

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30. List the cons of having a PE license.
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
y(3)=15

31. Write a plot with an already determined x- series - and y- vector
vector involves direction
.* - ./ - .^
plot(x -y)
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction

32. What is Ohm's Law?
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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
V=IR

33. Why do engineers often also succeed in Liberal arts? Give an example?
plot(x -y)
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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34. How do you plot a function - sin(theta) - with theta as 0:pi/2:pi
plot(theta - sin(theta))
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
name(2 -3)=7

35. Bar or Members are always either in _____ or _____
vector involves direction
tension or compression
mean and Standard Deviation
George Boole