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Introduction To Engineering - 5

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1. List the pros of having a PE license.
name(2 -3)=7
mean and Standard Deviation
Claude Shannon
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness

2. How do you plot a function - sin(theta) - with theta as 0:pi/2:pi
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
plot(theta - sin(theta))
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greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually

3. 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
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
.* - ./ - .^

4. What does negative force mean?
Claude Shannon
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
.* - ./ - .^

5. How would you transpose Matrix A?

6. What commands halt a program before plotting a graph
vector involves direction
AB - or inv(A)*B
Claude Shannon
hold on - hold off

7. 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
name(2 -3)=7
A'
vector involves direction

8. What are the benefits of networking?
George Boole
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
.* - ./ - .^

9. Change the value in the matrix 'name' in the 2nd row - 3rd column - to the value 7
name(2 -3)=7
y = 2:2:20
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
V=IR

10. When operating on vectors - write the 3 unique operators
.* - ./ - .^
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
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]

11. What are the 2 main statistics used in engineering?
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
vector involves direction
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what
mean and Standard Deviation

12. 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
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
size(name)

13. If there are 6 pins in a joint/pin analysis - there will be how many equations?
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Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
how much spread is in the data
plot(x - height -':rd')

14. Who is responsible for logic based algebra - which is used as arithmetic in computers?
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
size(name)
name(2 -3)=7
George Boole

15. Write a plot with an already determined x- series - and y- vector
A'
plot(x -y)
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]

16. How do you find the size of matrix 'name?'
size(name)
V=IR
tension or compression
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]

17. List some biblical principles against sexual harassment?

18. Give a conflict of interest scenario
legend('text1' - 'text2')
y(3)=15
vector involves direction
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work

19. List the cons of having a PE license.
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
plot(x -y)
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually

20. What MIT grad student wrote a Senior Thesis - relating boolean algebra to electrical circuits - where 0 represents circuit off - and 1 represents circuit on
y(3)=15
how much spread is in the data
plot(y)
Claude Shannon

21. What is the simple plot for y - which is a vector - with x increments of 1
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
plot(y)
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education

22. What is Ohm's Law?
legend('text1' - 'text2')
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
.* - ./ - .^
V=IR

23. What is the difference between scalar and vector?
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
name(2 -3)=7
size(name)
vector involves direction

24. Solve for X...AX=B - give
y(3)=15
AB - or inv(A)*B
V=IR
plot(x - height -':rd')

25. 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 )

26. 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
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
plot(y)

27. Write a MATLAB vector - a - including 2 - 4 - 6 - 8
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
legend('text1' - 'text2')
AB - or inv(A)*B
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]

28. Explain how to define 'safe' in engineering design.
plot(x - height -':rd')
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
size(name)
vector involves direction

29. Write a MATLAB legend

30. In MATLAB - change the 3rd element of the y series to the value - 15
y = 2:2:20
y(3)=15
tension or compression
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave

31. Bar or Members are always either in _____ or _____
George Boole
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
tension or compression
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work

32. What is Standard Deviation?
y = 2:2:20
A'
plot(x -y)
how much spread is in the data

33. Write a matrix named name - from 1 to 9 - with 3 rows - 3 columns
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
plot(y)
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
name(2 -3)=7

34. What are the steps for getting a Professional Engineering License?
plot(y)
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
.* - ./ - .^
plot(x - height -':rd')

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