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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SENSORS
OPTIMIZATION
CIRCUIT
IDENTITY THEFT
2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
MOTHERBOARD
FREQUENCY
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENERGY
3. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROCESS
ENERGY
WORK
4. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
CRITERIA
MODULATION
FEEDBACK
ENGINEERING
5. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
PROFIT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
CRITERIA
IMPACTS
6. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
RECEIVERS
SATELLITE
7. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
CRITERIA
BOYLE'S LAW
ENGINEERING
HOLOGRAPHY
8. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
TECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
9. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
AMPLITUDE
ASSEMBLY LINE
RECEIVERS
FEEDBACK
10. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
PROFIT
BIO-CONVERSION
IDENTITY THEFT
HARD DISK
11. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ENGINEERING
12. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
13. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
FLUID POWER
EVALUATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
14. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
PROCESS
ASSEMBLY LINE
WORK
SYSTEM
15. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
BIO-CONVERSION
SYNTHESIS
ELECTROLYSis...
16. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
NAFTA
SIMULATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
FREQUENCY
17. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
KINETIC ENERGY
HARD DISK
FLUID POWER
POWER
18. A production system in which a limited quantity of a part or product is made. After the production run - the machines are retooled or changed over to accommodate the production of a different part or product.
SENSORS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
MODULATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
19. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
TREND
PROFIT
AMPLITUDE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
20. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
CRITERIA
CONSTRAINTS
CRITICAL THINKING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
21. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
IDENTITY THEFT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
OPTIMIZATION
ANALYSIS
22. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
OPTIMIZATION
SYSTEM
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
IDENTITY THEFT
23. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
24. The measure of work done over a period of time as energy is converted from one form to another or transferred from one place to another.
POWER
NAFTA
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
BOYLE'S LAW
25. A specialized processor that resides directly on the motherboard of a computer. It can be thought as the brain of a computer. It processes the data; also referred to as a microprocessor or a 'computer within the computer.'
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
IMPACTS
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
26. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
PROCESS
ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ENGINEERING
27. A resource that is entered into a system.
PROFIT
INPUT
PRODUCTIVITY
CONSTRAINTS
28. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SERIES CIRCUIT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
29. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
PRODUCTIVITY
CRITERIA
TECHNOLOGY
30. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
AMPLITUDE
LOAD
31. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
SYNTHESIS
FREQUENCY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
32. A popular movement.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
KINETIC ENERGY
TREND
CONSTRAINTS
33. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
INPUT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ENGINEERING
34. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CRITICAL THINKING
RECEIVERS
ENGINEERING
35. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
HARD DISK
CONSTRAINTS
ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
36. The height of a wave measured from the top of its peak to the bottom of its trough. It is an indicator of the strength of a wave.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
FREQUENCY
GLOBAL MARKET
AMPLITUDE
37. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
WORK
ASSEMBLY LINE
38. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
OPTIMIZATION
ASSEMBLY LINE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
CIRCUIT
39. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
RECEIVERS
40. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
INFRASTRUCTURE
LOAD
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
FREQUENCY
41. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
42. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
NAFTA
ANALYSIS
WORK
43. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
FLUID POWER
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
IMPACTS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
44. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
FEEDBACK
IDENTITY THEFT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
45. The effect of a system's processes and/or output on the systems environment. this effect can be either positive - negative - or in some cases both.
HARD DISK
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
IMPACTS
PROFIT
46. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
SIMPLE MACHINES
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
MOTHERBOARD
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
47. An activity in which two or more people try to think of as many possible solutions to a problem as they can. Ideas are not evaluated or criticized at this time.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
NAFTA
EVALUATION
BRAINSTORMING
48. Creating things through the process of planning.
CRITICAL THINKING
MOTHERBOARD
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
DESIGN
49. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
FLUID POWER
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
MOTHERBOARD
50. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE