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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.






2. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.






3. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them






4. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.






5. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.






6. Energy in motion.






7. Creating things through the process of planning.






8. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.






9. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.






10. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.






11. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.






12. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.






13. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






14. The amount of resistance the power system must overcome or - alternatively - the amount of force output by the power system: also can be referred to as weight or pressure.






15. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.






16. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.






17. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.






18. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.






19. A very small solid state panel that contains light sensitive photo- sites or photo- diodes. The CCD uses the photo- sites to convert light into electrical signals transformed into an image.






20. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.






21. 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.






22. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.






23. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






24. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid






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.'






26. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.






27. 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.






28. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.






29. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.






30. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.






31. 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.






32. The formal rules that guide the design process.






33. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.






34. 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.






35. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






36. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.






37. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






38. 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.






39. A resource that is entered into a system.






40. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.






41. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.






42. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.






43. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.






44. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.






45. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.






46. A popular movement.






47. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.






48. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.






49. Stored energy or energy at rest.






50. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.