"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." correct answers Winston Churchill
... is one of the best skill to survive the rigor of Engineering studies. correct answers Master the
material taught in previous lecture before the next lecture arrives
Speed reading may work against your learning in technical courses. correct answers True
....is a repetitive process that requires active participation. correct answers Mastering
Mathematics, Science and Engineering
The purpose of reading in technical courses is... correct answers 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?" correct answers 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. correct answers
False
While you are reading for comprehension in technical and engineering courses... correct answers
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? correct answers Few lines to one page per half
hour
Reading for comprehension requires asking... correct answers 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 correct answers 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? correct answers All answers are
correct and apply
In engineering examinations you should only be able to solve problems with speed and not
accurately. correct answers False
...is the best way to learn engineering subjects. correct answers Teaching someone else
Engineering problem solving requires tremendous practice. correct answers True
, ...is a problem solver correct answers Engineer
A feather in a vacuum tube and a stone outside are dropped from 2000 feet height. Which of the
below statement is true. correct answers Both feather and stone will hit the ground at the same
time
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? correct answers 20
Square root of 2 is 1.414213562373095. What is square root of 4? correct answers 2
Amanda has in her Piggy Bank has 26 dimes and nickels. The number of nickels is 2 less than
the 3 times number of dimes. How much money she has? correct answers 1.65
....has/have a single right answer. correct answers Analysis problem
Real world problem solving needs... correct answers Heuristic approach
Which of the below is not a step in heuristic approach to solve problem? correct answers After
completing step 1 go to step 2, and so on until the last step in solution
Which of the problem below can be solved more powerfully using heuristics, rather than
algorithmic approach? correct answers Detecting a Trojan virus in the computer, that has
attached itself in an executable file.
...is/are signs of procrastination. correct answers All answers apply and are correct
In Cornell Note Taking method, the left column is for ... correct answers Questions that are
answered by the lecture notes
Asking ................................ is NOT part of reflection. correct answers What am I supposed to
learn in this section or chapter?
Which human resource is an equal opportunity resource? correct answers Time
Though community college espouse a rule of studying 2 hours for every hour of lecture,
engineering courses may sometime require studying 4 to 5 hours for each hour of lecture. correct
answers True
In a six faced dice with numbers 1 to 6 are printed on various faces. What is the probability that
in two separate dice rolls a player will get 6 each time? correct answers 1/36
................ said below.