ME 142 Engineering Computation I Review Exam 1

 2 Part Exam In-Class Portion Testing Center Portion Equally weighted

Exam 1 – In-Class Portion  Monday, May 11 th – during class  Test Format Electronic file posted at beginning of class You will need to download and work inside this file Best 5 of 6 problems Each problem on a separate worksheet within a single file All work is to be done in the worksheet

Exam 1 – In-Class Portion  Instructions for each problem given on the worksheet Follow carefully – Exam will be computer graded  Exam Submittal Due at the end of the class period Submit electronically through I-Learn as with other labs  Allowable Resources Open book and notes Closed neighbor

Exam 1- Testing Center Portion  Testing Center Opens:Friday, May 8 th Closes:Tuesday, May 12 th  Test Format 50 multiple choice problems 10 matching 5 true/false 35 multiple choice

Exam 1- Testing Center Portion  Similar to quiz and review questions Knowledge of terms Knowledge of function syntax Knowledge of function usage  All problems are equally weighted 2 points per problem  Allowable Resources 1 sheet of notes (1-side, 8.5” x 11”) Sorry, no calculators

Excel Basics  Active Cell  Text, Numbers, & Formula  Entering/Editing Data &Formulas  Moving/Copying Data & Formulas  Relative & Absolute Addressing  Named Cells  Conditional Formatting  Built-in Functions  Error Messages  Formatting Numbers (2.5)  Row & Column Manipulation (2.7)

Excel Functions  Finding Functions  Basic Math Functions  Sum and AutoSum  Selecting Ranges  Trigonometry Functions  Logical Operators  Time and Date Functions  Miscellaneous

Graphing with Excel  Creating a Basic XY Scatter Graph  Linking Chart Titles to a Cell  Adding Data to an Existing Graph  Plotting Multiple Curves  Plotting Multiple Curves with Different X Values  Adding a Trend Line  Modifying the Graph

Computer Precision & Round-Off Error  Numerical Error  Significant Figures  Accuracy vs. Precision  Computer Representation of Numbers Conversion between binary, decimal and hexidecimal

Root Finding & Iterative Solutions Finding Roots by Multiple Methods Plots Bisection Routine Excel Goal Seek Function

Excel Solver  Finding Max/Min on 2D Plots  Finding Max/Min on 3D Plots  Finding Optimal Solutions Decision Variables Objective Function Constraints

Excel Matrix Operations  Matrix Basics  Matrix Addition  Matrix Multiplication  Transposing a Matrix  Inverting a Matrix  Determinant of a Matrix

Solving Systems of Linear Equations  Matrix Inversion Method  Cramer’s Rule