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Introduction To Engineering - 5

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1. Give a conflict of interest scenario
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
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
AB - or inv(A)*B

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

3. Change the value in the matrix 'name' in the 2nd row - 3rd column - to the value 7
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Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
plot(theta - sin(theta))
name(2 -3)=7

4. What is the difference between scalar and vector?
plot(x -y)
vector involves direction
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
mean and Standard Deviation

5. Write a plot with an already determined x- series - and y- vector
how much spread is in the data
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
plot(x -y)
y = 2:2:20

6. 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
size(name)
George Boole
A'

7. What is Standard Deviation?
plot(y)
tension or compression
how much spread is in the data
name(2 -3)=7

8. List the cons of having a PE license.
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
name(2 -3)=7
vector involves direction
y = 2:2:20

9. What commands halt a program before plotting a graph
hold on - hold off
tension or compression
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name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]

10. How would you transpose Matrix A?

11. Solve for X...AX=B - give
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
AB - or inv(A)*B
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
plot(x -y)

12. List some biblical principles against sexual harassment?

13. How do you find the size of matrix 'name?'
plot(y)
size(name)
how much spread is in the data
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction

14. How do you plot a function - sin(theta) - with theta as 0:pi/2:pi
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
size(name)
plot(theta - sin(theta))

15. What does negative force mean?
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(y)
plot(x -y)
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction

16. List the pros of having a PE license.
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
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
.* - ./ - .^

17. Who is responsible for logic based algebra - which is used as arithmetic in computers?
George Boole
plot(x - height -':rd')
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]

18. Why do engineers often also succeed in Liberal arts? Give an example?
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
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plot(x - height -':rd')
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam

19. Explain how to define 'safe' in engineering design.
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
A'
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

20. If there are 6 pins in a joint/pin analysis - there will be how many equations?
Claude Shannon
12
hold on - hold off
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston

21. What is Ohm's Law?
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))
V=IR
AB - or inv(A)*B

22. What are the benefits of networking?
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
how much spread is in the data
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what

23. 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
y(3)=15
V=IR
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what

24. Name four people who were engineers - but are famous for a non - engineering task/accomplishment. Also list what they did.
plot(theta - sin(theta))
AB - or inv(A)*B
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston

25. Write a MATLAB legend

26. When operating on vectors - write the 3 unique operators
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
.* - ./ - .^
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness

27. Bar or Members are always either in _____ or _____
tension or compression
y = 2:2:20
12
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]

28. 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 )

29. 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]
Claude Shannon
plot(y)
V=IR

30. Write a matrix named name - from 1 to 9 - with 3 rows - 3 columns
vector involves direction
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe

31. In MATLAB - change the 3rd element of the y series to the value - 15
tension or compression
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
y(3)=15
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam

32. Write a MATLAB vector - a - including 2 - 4 - 6 - 8
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
hold on - hold off
plot(x - height -':rd')
Claude Shannon

33. Write a MATLAB series - y - that starts at 2 - ends at 20 - and is incremented by 2
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
George Boole
y = 2:2:20
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]

34. What MIT grad student wrote a Senior Thesis - relating boolean algebra to electrical circuits - where 0 represents circuit off - and 1 represents circuit on
plot(x - height -':rd')
how much spread is in the data
Claude Shannon
V=IR

35. What are the 2 main statistics used in engineering?
mean and Standard Deviation
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
plot(x -y)
size(name)