Who said the below?
To improve is to change. To be perfect is to change often.
a) Thomas Edison
b) Winston Churchill
c) Astronaut Franklin Diaz
d) Benjamin Franklin
e) Albert Einstein
b) Winston Churchill
................. is one of the best skill to survive the rigor of Engineering studies.
a) To have the best communication skills
b) To be an excellent writer
c) To be excellent in Mathematics
d) Master the material taught in previous lecture before the next lecture arrives
d) master the material taught in previous lecture before the next lecture arrives
Speed reading may work against your learning in your technical courses.
a) True
b) False
a) true
............... is a repetitive process that requires active participation.
a) Mastering Mathematics, Science and Engineering
b) Reading newspaper
c) Watching a movie for entertainment
d) Taking an online class for fun
a) mastering mathematics, science and engineering
The purpose of reading in technical courses is ......................
a) Have enough knowledge to impress professor during the lecture
b) Finish reading one chapter per hour.
c) To be able to solve problems as fast as possible
d) Have knowledge of principles to be able to solve numerical or analytical
problems
d) have knowledge of principles to be able to solve numerical or analytical problems
..................... is not a related question to the chapter subsection with title "What
should you do before you read?"
a) What are some of the distractions that may happen when I read for
comprehension?
b) What are the benefits of doing things to prepare myself before reading?
c) How can I improve my listening skills?
d) What do I need to learn before I read?
c) how can I improve my listening skills?
,In engineering technical courses, when reading for comprehension, the best
approach is to lay in an easy chair and read the book as you would like a Charles
Dickens novel.
a) True
b) False
b) false
While you are reading for comprehension in technical and engineering
courses, ....................
a) Focus on exercises and problems only.
b) Try to read quickly, so you can cover as much material as possible.
c) Periodically stop reading and recite what you have read.
d) Try to get to homework problems as quickly as possible
c) periodically stop reading and recite what you have read
What would be a realistic pace of reading and comprehending a textbook for a
technical course such as Thermodynamics or Electrical Circuit.
a) Few lines to one page per half hour
b) None of above
c) 20 to 30 pages per half hour
d) 10 pages per half hour
a) few lines to one page per half hour
Reading for comprehension requires asking ....
a) Is concept I just read clear to me?
b) All answers apply and are correct
c) Why is this concept true?
d) Do I really understand this concept to the degree of clarity to be able to explain
to someone else?
e) Is the way I am explaining this concept, is the best way to explain it?
b) all answers apply and are correct
........................... is the most important concept to understand when reading the
description of Ohm's Law (V = IR).
V = Voltage, I = current, R = resistance
a) Metal wires get hot when electricity flows in them
b) Current flowing through a conductor is proportional to voltage applied to it,
with proportionality constant being resistance of the electrical component
c) Circuits use D. C. voltage
d) Units of current is amperes
b) current flowing through a conductor is proportional to voltage applied to it, with
proportionality constant being resistance of the electrical component
What should you do after you finish reading for comprehension?
a) Review with in a day ad then with in a week
, b) All answers apply and are correct.
c) Read again, the understood portions, or read to strengthen understanding
d) Recite what you read to yourself either loudly or by writing down on paper.
e) Solve numerical and analytical problems.
b) all answers apply and are correct
In engineering examinations you should only be able to solve problems with
speed and not accurately.
a) True
b) False
b) false
................... is the best way to learn engineering subjects.
a) Doing analytical and numerical problems alone
b) Watching youtube videos on the topic
c) Teaching someone else
d) Studying alone
c) teaching someone else
Engineering problem solving requires tremendous practice
a) True
b) False
a) true
................... is a problem solver.
a) Bus driver
b) Painter
c) Engineer
d) Journalist
e) Poet
c) engineer
A feather in a vacuum tube and a stone outside are dropped from 2000 feet
height. Which of the below statement is true.
a) It is not possible to say which (feather or stone) will hit the ground first.
b) Both feather and stone will hit the ground at the same time.
c) Stone, being heavier will hit the ground before feather would.
d) Feather (being inside the vacuum tube) will hit the ground before the stone.
b) both feather and stone will hit the ground at the same time
Answer this question using Levi Ben Gershon's theorem.
A sequence of numbers starts with 1 and ends with 39 (for example 1, 2, 3,
4, ............. 39). The sum of all these numbers is : 780.
What is the middle number?
a) 20
b) 19
To improve is to change. To be perfect is to change often.
a) Thomas Edison
b) Winston Churchill
c) Astronaut Franklin Diaz
d) Benjamin Franklin
e) Albert Einstein
b) Winston Churchill
................. is one of the best skill to survive the rigor of Engineering studies.
a) To have the best communication skills
b) To be an excellent writer
c) To be excellent in Mathematics
d) Master the material taught in previous lecture before the next lecture arrives
d) master the material taught in previous lecture before the next lecture arrives
Speed reading may work against your learning in your technical courses.
a) True
b) False
a) true
............... is a repetitive process that requires active participation.
a) Mastering Mathematics, Science and Engineering
b) Reading newspaper
c) Watching a movie for entertainment
d) Taking an online class for fun
a) mastering mathematics, science and engineering
The purpose of reading in technical courses is ......................
a) Have enough knowledge to impress professor during the lecture
b) Finish reading one chapter per hour.
c) To be able to solve problems as fast as possible
d) Have knowledge of principles to be able to solve numerical or analytical
problems
d) have knowledge of principles to be able to solve numerical or analytical problems
..................... is not a related question to the chapter subsection with title "What
should you do before you read?"
a) What are some of the distractions that may happen when I read for
comprehension?
b) What are the benefits of doing things to prepare myself before reading?
c) How can I improve my listening skills?
d) What do I need to learn before I read?
c) how can I improve my listening skills?
,In engineering technical courses, when reading for comprehension, the best
approach is to lay in an easy chair and read the book as you would like a Charles
Dickens novel.
a) True
b) False
b) false
While you are reading for comprehension in technical and engineering
courses, ....................
a) Focus on exercises and problems only.
b) Try to read quickly, so you can cover as much material as possible.
c) Periodically stop reading and recite what you have read.
d) Try to get to homework problems as quickly as possible
c) periodically stop reading and recite what you have read
What would be a realistic pace of reading and comprehending a textbook for a
technical course such as Thermodynamics or Electrical Circuit.
a) Few lines to one page per half hour
b) None of above
c) 20 to 30 pages per half hour
d) 10 pages per half hour
a) few lines to one page per half hour
Reading for comprehension requires asking ....
a) Is concept I just read clear to me?
b) All answers apply and are correct
c) Why is this concept true?
d) Do I really understand this concept to the degree of clarity to be able to explain
to someone else?
e) Is the way I am explaining this concept, is the best way to explain it?
b) all answers apply and are correct
........................... is the most important concept to understand when reading the
description of Ohm's Law (V = IR).
V = Voltage, I = current, R = resistance
a) Metal wires get hot when electricity flows in them
b) Current flowing through a conductor is proportional to voltage applied to it,
with proportionality constant being resistance of the electrical component
c) Circuits use D. C. voltage
d) Units of current is amperes
b) current flowing through a conductor is proportional to voltage applied to it, with
proportionality constant being resistance of the electrical component
What should you do after you finish reading for comprehension?
a) Review with in a day ad then with in a week
, b) All answers apply and are correct.
c) Read again, the understood portions, or read to strengthen understanding
d) Recite what you read to yourself either loudly or by writing down on paper.
e) Solve numerical and analytical problems.
b) all answers apply and are correct
In engineering examinations you should only be able to solve problems with
speed and not accurately.
a) True
b) False
b) false
................... is the best way to learn engineering subjects.
a) Doing analytical and numerical problems alone
b) Watching youtube videos on the topic
c) Teaching someone else
d) Studying alone
c) teaching someone else
Engineering problem solving requires tremendous practice
a) True
b) False
a) true
................... is a problem solver.
a) Bus driver
b) Painter
c) Engineer
d) Journalist
e) Poet
c) engineer
A feather in a vacuum tube and a stone outside are dropped from 2000 feet
height. Which of the below statement is true.
a) It is not possible to say which (feather or stone) will hit the ground first.
b) Both feather and stone will hit the ground at the same time.
c) Stone, being heavier will hit the ground before feather would.
d) Feather (being inside the vacuum tube) will hit the ground before the stone.
b) both feather and stone will hit the ground at the same time
Answer this question using Levi Ben Gershon's theorem.
A sequence of numbers starts with 1 and ends with 39 (for example 1, 2, 3,
4, ............. 39). The sum of all these numbers is : 780.
What is the middle number?
a) 20
b) 19
