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Introduction To Engineering - 5

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1. List the pros of having a PE license.
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
Claude Shannon
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness

2. In MATLAB - change the 3rd element of the y series to the value - 15
y(3)=15
plot(y)
A'
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston

3. Who is responsible for logic based algebra - which is used as arithmetic in computers?
plot(x - height -':rd')
George Boole
12
A'

4. How do you plot a function - sin(theta) - with theta as 0:pi/2:pi
V=IR
how much spread is in the data
plot(theta - sin(theta))
job recommendations - get connections - good way of getting advice - and getting to know who can do what

5. Write a MATLAB series - y - that starts at 2 - ends at 20 - and is incremented by 2
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
tension or compression
size(name)
y = 2:2:20

6. Give a conflict of interest scenario
mean and Standard Deviation
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
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

7. Change the value in the matrix 'name' in the 2nd row - 3rd column - to the value 7
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education
name(2 -3)=7
tension or compression
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave

8. Write a MATLAB vector - a - including 2 - 4 - 6 - 8
size(name)
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
12
hold on - hold off

9. What does negative force mean?
size(name)
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
legend('text1' - 'text2')

10. What would you have done if you were in Chris' shoes - concerning the sexual harassment situation?
how much spread is in the data
V=IR
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave

11. What is Standard Deviation?
how much spread is in the data
plot(x - height -':rd')
name(2 -3)=7
plot(x -y)

12. Write a matrix named name - from 1 to 9 - with 3 rows - 3 columns
force in an opposite direction of what is predetermined as a positive direction
mean and Standard Deviation
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
engineer working for design firm approving drawings for steel beams - also works for the steel company - he would essentially be approving his own work

13. 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
.* - ./ - .^
George Boole
tension or compression

14. List the cons of having a PE license.
tension or compression
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
greater responsibility - potential to lose license - renew annually

15. Write a MATLAB legend

16. What are the 2 main statistics used in engineering?
mean and Standard Deviation
A'
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
hold on - hold off

17. 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 )

18. What commands halt a program before plotting a graph
12
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
hold on - hold off
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

19. Solve for X...AX=B - give
AB - or inv(A)*B
name(2 -3)=7
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
y = 2:2:20

20. Write a plot with an already determined x- series - and y- vector
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
George Boole
legend('text1' - 'text2')

21. Why do engineers often also succeed in Liberal arts? Give an example?
y = 2:2:20
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
mean and Standard Deviation
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe

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

23. 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
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
V=IR

24. If there are 6 pins in a joint/pin analysis - there will be how many equations?
12
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
hold on - hold off

25. Bar or Members are always either in _____ or _____
name(2 -3)=7
tension or compression
vector involves direction
size(name)

26. How would you transpose Matrix A?

27. When operating on vectors - write the 3 unique operators
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
.* - ./ - .^
what Chris did - privately rebuke Ah Chee - tell him to further punish/threaten Dave
y(3)=15

28. 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
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
name = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
y(3)=15

29. What is the difference between scalar and vector?
plot(y)
plot(x - height -':rd')
a = [2 - 4 - 6 - 8]
vector involves direction

30. What is Ohm's Law?
tension or compression
V=IR
y = 2:2:20
Fundamentals in Engineering Exam - 4 years work experience - PE exam - oral exam concerning ethical/legal obligations - renew license annually - continue education

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

32. List some biblical principles against sexual harassment?

33. How do you find the size of matrix 'name?'
plot(x -y)
they are good problem solvers - engineers do better on the GMAT business exam
size(name)
vector involves direction

34. What is the simple plot for y - which is a vector - with x increments of 1
plot(y)
.* - ./ - .^
Claude Shannon
considered expert - work as consultant - higher salary - promotions - teach - testify in court as expert witness

35. Explain how to define 'safe' in engineering design.
xlabel('text') - ylabel('text') - title('text')
Nothing perfectly safe - design safe if risks judged acceptable - or if design comparatively safe
Neil Armstrong- astronaut - Jimmy Carter- Nuclear Engineer - Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Director - Tom Scholtz- leader of Boston
mean and Standard Deviation