What is this term?
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Newton's First Law
100
What are the building blocks of matter?
Atoms
100
Find dy/dx if y=e^a (a is a constant)
dy/dx = 0
100
Name the most infamous married couple on Vanderbilt's campus. Hint: they decrease your GPA & they teach math
Lori Rafter and John Rafter
100
Who was the first CEO of Apple?
Michael Scott
200
What formula is used to calculate the acceleration of an object given the mass and Force in Newtons
Acceleration = Force / Mass
200
How are mixtures different than compounds?
3 possible answers
1. Mixtures can be separated by mechanical means
2. Mixtures can be both homogeneous or heterogeneous
3. Mixtures have no chemical bonding between them
200
find the limit as x--> 0 of [sin(x)] / x
1
200
Who is the Dean of the Engineering School?
Phillipe Faucet
200
What does OOP stand for?
Object-Oriented Programming
300
What scientist is well known for his theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
300
What kind of bonds form crystals?
Ionic bond
300
Integrate: cos(x^2) * 2x
with respect to x
sin x^2 + C
300
What is this term?
The transfer of heat within an object or between objects by molecular activity, without any external motion
Conduction
300
What Big-O accessibility does LinkedList have?
O(n)
400
What is the mass of the earth in kg?
5.98 * 10^24 kg
400
If you fill a glass to the brim with ice water and the ice melts, what will happen?
The water level will drop slightly after the ice melts.
400
Find the limit as t --> 1 of (5t^4 - 4t^2 - 1) / (10-t-9t^3)
using L'Hospital = -3/7
400
When was the Vanderbilt Engineering Department founded?
1886
400
How many times will this nested loop run?
for(int i=0; i<10; i++){
for(int j=0; j
45 times
500
An archer pulls back 0.75 m on a bow which has a stiffness of 200 N/m. The arrow weighs 50 g. What is the velocity of the arrow immediately after release?
solved using PE = KE
v = 47.4 m/s
500
Balance the following equation
(NH4)3PO4 + Pb(NO3)4 = Pb3(PO4)4 + NH4NO3
4 (NH4)3PO4 + 3 Pb(NO3)4 = Pb3(PO4)4 + 12 NH4NO3
500
Integrate: [x^2+x-1] / [x(x^2-1)]
with respect to x
ln|x| + 1/2 ln |(x-1)/(x+1)| + C
500
Which body segment has the largest moment of inertia?
Trunk
500
What does this method do?
public void someMethod(int[] array) {
boolean swapped = true;
int j = 0; int tmp;
while (swapped) {
swapped = false; j++;
for (int i = 0; i < array.length - j; i++) {
if (array[i] > array[i+1]){
tmp = array[i];
array[i] = array[i + 1];
array[i + 1] = tmp; swapped = true;
}