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Introduction To Engineering - 5
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engineering
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. What would you have done if you were in Chris' shoes - concerning the sexual harassment situation?
plot(x -y)
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
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
2. Write a MATLAB series - y - that starts at 2 - ends at 20 - and is incremented by 2
y = 2:2:20
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
mean and Standard Deviation
plot(y)
3. What is Standard Deviation?
A'
plot(y)
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
how much spread is in the data
4. Explain how to define 'safe' in engineering design.
Claude Shannon
plot(theta - sin(theta))
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
V=IR
5. What is the simple plot for y - which is a vector - with x increments of 1
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
plot(y)
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
6. List the pros of having a PE license.
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
12
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
7. Who is responsible for logic based algebra - which is used as arithmetic in computers?
George Boole
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
AB - or inv(A)*B
vector involves direction
8. What are the benefits of networking?
mean and Standard Deviation
12
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
vector involves direction
9. How do you find the size of matrix 'name?'
hold on - hold off
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
V=IR
size(name)
10. How do you plot a function - sin(theta) - with theta as 0:pi/2:pi
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
how much spread is in the data
plot(theta - sin(theta))
11. How would you transpose Matrix A?
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12. What commands halt a program before plotting a graph
legend('text1' - 'text2')
hold on - hold off
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
mean and Standard Deviation
13. Give a conflict of interest scenario
George Boole
Claude Shannon
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work
14. Write how to add labels for the x- axis - y- axis - and title of a plot in MATLAB
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15. Why do engineers often also succeed in Liberal arts? Give an example?
Claude Shannon
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
AB - or inv(A)*B
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
16. Bar or Members are always either in _____ or _____
.* - ./ - .^
y(3)=15
tension or compression
y = 2:2:20
17. What is Ohm's Law?
V=IR
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
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
18. 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
V=IR
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
vector involves direction
19. Write a MATLAB legend
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20. In MATLAB - change the 3rd element of the y series to the value - 15
.* - ./ - .^
plot(x - height -':rd')
y(3)=15
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
21. What is the difference between scalar and vector?
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
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
plot(x -y)
vector involves direction
22. If there are 6 pins in a joint/pin analysis - there will be how many equations?
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
12
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
y = 2:2:20
23. Change the value in the matrix 'name' in the 2nd row - 3rd column - to the value 7
name(2 -3)=7
plot(y)
V=IR
AB - or inv(A)*B
24. Write a matrix named name - from 1 to 9 - with 3 rows - 3 columns
George Boole
Claude Shannon
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
25. What are the 2 main statistics used in engineering?
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
tension or compression
mean and Standard Deviation
V=IR
26. 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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27. What are the steps for getting a Professional Engineering License?
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
hold on - hold off
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
28. When operating on vectors - write the 3 unique operators
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
how much spread is in the data
.* - ./ - .^
name(2 -3)=7
29. Write a plot with an already determined x- series - and y- vector
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
y = 2:2:20
plot(x -y)
legend('text1' - 'text2')
30. What does negative force mean?
plot(y)
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
George Boole
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
V=IR
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
mean and Standard Deviation
Claude Shannon
32. List some biblical principles against sexual harassment?
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33. Solve for X...AX=B - give
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
AB - or inv(A)*B
plot(x - height -':rd')
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
34. List the cons of having a PE license.
plot(x -y)
A'
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
35. Write a MATLAB vector - a - including 2 - 4 - 6 - 8
.* - ./ - .^
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
y(3)=15
plot(y)