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Introduction To Engineering - 5

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1. Who is responsible for logic based algebra - which is used as arithmetic in computers?
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
George Boole
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work

2. Change the value in the matrix 'name' in the 2nd row - 3rd column - to the value 7
name(2 -3)=7
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
Claude Shannon

3. What commands halt a program before plotting a graph
hold on - hold off
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
legend('text1' - 'text2')
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave

4. Give a conflict of interest scenario
12
mean and Standard Deviation
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe

5. What does negative force mean?
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
plot(y)
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
y(3)=15

6. When operating on vectors - write the 3 unique operators
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
V=IR
.* - ./ - .^
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. Solve for X...AX=B - give
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
legend('text1' - 'text2')
AB - or inv(A)*B
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe

8. What is Ohm's Law?
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
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
vector involves direction
V=IR

9. What are the benefits of networking?
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
.* - ./ - .^
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what

10. Write a MATLAB vector - a - including 2 - 4 - 6 - 8
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
plot(x -y)
plot(y)

11. List the pros of having a PE license.
hold on - hold off
y(3)=15
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

12. 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 )

13. How do you plot a function - sin(theta) - with theta as 0:pi/2:pi
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
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
legend('text1' - 'text2')

14. Why do engineers often also succeed in Liberal arts? Give an example?
legend('text1' - 'text2')
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
Claude Shannon

15. Explain how to define 'safe' in engineering design.
plot(y)
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education

16. What would you have done if you were in Chris' shoes - concerning the sexual harassment situation?
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
hold on - hold off

17. Write a matrix named name - from 1 to 9 - with 3 rows - 3 columns
AB - or inv(A)*B
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
plot(y)
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness

18. What is Standard Deviation?
how much spread is in the data
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
plot(x -y)
mean and Standard Deviation

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

20. What are the steps for getting a Professional Engineering License?
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
plot(theta - sin(theta))
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
hold on - hold off

21. What are the 2 main statistics used in engineering?
12
mean and Standard Deviation
Claude Shannon
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually

22. Write a MATLAB series - y - that starts at 2 - ends at 20 - and is incremented by 2
plot(theta - sin(theta))
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
how much spread is in the data
y = 2:2:20

23. What is the simple plot for y - which is a vector - with x increments of 1
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
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plot(y)

24. Name four people who were engineers - but are famous for a non - engineering task/accomplishment. Also list what they did.
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
hold on - hold off
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education

25. List the cons of having a PE license.
mean and Standard Deviation
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
y(3)=15
A'

26. What is the difference between scalar and vector?
plot(theta - sin(theta))
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
vector involves direction
V=IR

27. How would you transpose Matrix A?

28. In MATLAB - change the 3rd element of the y series to the value - 15
y(3)=15
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
mean and Standard Deviation
plot(theta - sin(theta))

29. If there are 6 pins in a joint/pin analysis - there will be how many equations?
George Boole
plot(theta - sin(theta))
name(2 -3)=7
12

30. How do you find the size of matrix 'name?'
size(name)
y(3)=15
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness

31. What MIT grad student wrote a Senior Thesis - relating boolean algebra to electrical circuits - where 0 represents circuit off - and 1 represents circuit on
A'
y = 2:2:20
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
Claude Shannon

32. List some biblical principles against sexual harassment?

33. Bar or Members are always either in _____ or _____
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
.* - ./ - .^
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
tension or compression

34. Write a MATLAB legend

35. Write a plot with an already determined x- series - and y- vector
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
Claude Shannon
plot(x -y)