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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
ENERGY
IDENTITY THEFT
SYSTEM
2. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
HOLOGRAPHY
EVALUATION
DESIGN
3. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ASSEMBLY LINE
SATELLITE
HOLOGRAPHY
4. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
TECHNOLOGY
PROFIT
SERIES CIRCUIT
5. Any information about the output of a system that is returned to the system for the purpose of determining whether or not the system is functioning as it should.
IMPACTS
FEEDBACK
PRODUCTIVITY
BIO-CONVERSION
6. Someone who starts a business.
INPUT
ENGINEERING
ENTREPRENEUR
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
7. A resource that is entered into a system.
IDENTITY THEFT
ANALYSIS
TREND
INPUT
8. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
9. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
HOLOGRAPHY
WORK
NUCLEAR FISSION
10. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
GLOBAL MARKET
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SYNTHESIS
KINETIC ENERGY
11. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
MOTHERBOARD
WORK
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
12. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
PRODUCTIVITY
KINETIC ENERGY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
13. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
TEAM
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
MOTHERBOARD
EVALUATION
14. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SATELLITE
15. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
EVALUATION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SIMULATION
ENERGY
16. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PROCESS
HOLOGRAPHY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
17. 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.'
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SIMULATION
ASSEMBLY LINE
SYNTHESIS
18. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
MOTHERBOARD
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
AMPLITUDE
19. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ELECTROLYSis...
ENTREPRENEUR
CONSTRAINTS
20. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
NUCLEAR FISSION
ELECTROLYSis...
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
21. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
ENERGY
LOAD
BIO-CONVERSION
AMPLITUDE
22. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
KINETIC ENERGY
RECEIVERS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
23. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
MODULATION
CRITERIA
INPUT
SYSTEM
24. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
RECEIVERS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
25. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SYNTHESIS
SIMPLE MACHINES
SYSTEM
26. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
TEAM
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
RECEIVERS
27. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SYSTEM
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
28. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
SIMULATION
ANALYSIS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
EVALUATION
29. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
FREQUENCY
ENERGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
FLUID POWER
30. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
ELECTROLYSis...
POTENTIAL ENERGY
RECEIVERS
IMPACTS
31. The formal rules that guide the design process.
NAFTA
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
32. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PROCESS
SIMPLE MACHINES
33. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
FEEDBACK
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PROCESS
34. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
WORK
EVALUATION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
HARD DISK
35. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ENGINEERING
PROFIT
ENERGY
36. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
IMPACTS
FLUID POWER
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
37. Energy in motion.
POWER
KINETIC ENERGY
CONSTRAINTS
SATELLITE
38. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
SIMPLE MACHINES
INPUT
IDENTITY THEFT
PROCESS
39. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
POWER
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ASSEMBLY LINE
40. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
HARD DISK
TEAM
RAPID PROTOTYPING
NAFTA
41. The number of waves that pass through a given point in one second. It is commonly measured in a unit called hertz. 1Hz is equal to one complete wave cycle in one second.
ENERGY
FREQUENCY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
RAPID PROTOTYPING
42. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SENSORS
43. Stored energy or energy at rest.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
POTENTIAL ENERGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ENTREPRENEUR
44. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
MOTHERBOARD
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
45. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
ENGINEERING
PRODUCTIVITY
CIRCUIT
INPUT
46. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
MOTHERBOARD
SYSTEM
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
47. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
NUCLEAR FISSION
48. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
NAFTA
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
49. 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.
AMPLITUDE
NUCLEAR FISSION
INFRASTRUCTURE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
50. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
GLOBAL MARKET
RAPID PROTOTYPING
FEEDBACK