CEE 490 / ENVH 461 Quiz 1 Autumn 2008

CEE 490 / ENVH 461 4 Credits Quiz 1 Autumn 2008

Name: ________________________________________________________________________

Email Address: ________________________________________________________________

Major Dept at the U of W. ______________________________________________________

Home Town and Home State _____________________________________________________

High School Graduated From: ___________________________________________________

Town and State of Your High School: ________________________________________

A. What are your reasons for taking this CEE 490 / ENVH 461 course?

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B. What are your higher priority topics to be covered in this course?

_____________________________________________________________________________

C. Engineering courses frequently have homework. What is your preference with regards to

homework in this class? Circle the letter of your top choice.

a. Many easy short homework problems.

b. Moderate number of moderate homework problems

c. Few large problems involving many steps.

d. One huge quarter project.

D. Your suggestions regarding this course are most welcome

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E. Mathcad 2001 software is on the CEE Computer Lab PCs which are IBM compatible PCs.

In Mathcad software the equations appear like "real equations" and it will keep track of units.

Some engineering colleges around the United States have adopted Mathcad as their

"Engineering Software of Choice" as have many corporations.

Have you ever used Mathcad? _________________________________________________

F. Do you have an: a) IBM compatible PC? _________ b) Apple Macintosh PC ______