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Technical Design And Engineering
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engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
SATELLITE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
INPUT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
2. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
WORK
ENGINEERING
ANALYSIS
OPTIMIZATION
3. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
RECEIVERS
SIMULATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
4. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
INFRASTRUCTURE
KINETIC ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
5. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ELECTROLYSis...
RECEIVERS
SIMULATION
6. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
IMPACTS
ELECTROLYSis...
FEEDBACK
FLUID POWER
7. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
CRITICAL THINKING
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
MODULATION
SERIES CIRCUIT
8. The basic framework of a system
ANALYSIS
INFRASTRUCTURE
HARD DISK
CIRCUIT
9. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
PRODUCTIVITY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
10. 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.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
OPTIMIZATION
ENGINEERING
11. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
GLOBAL MARKET
BRAINSTORMING
TECHNOLOGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
12. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
OPTIMIZATION
HARD DISK
INPUT
13. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
CONSTRAINTS
ENERGY
POWER
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
14. 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.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
DESIGN
SYSTEM
AMPLITUDE
15. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PROCESS
SERIES CIRCUIT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
16. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
SIMPLE MACHINES
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ENERGY
17. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
FREQUENCY
ENERGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
BIO-CONVERSION
18. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
FREQUENCY
CRITICAL THINKING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
19. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
HARD DISK
CONSTRAINTS
TEAM
SENSORS
20. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CONSTRAINTS
IDENTITY THEFT
SENSORS
21. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SYSTEM
POTENTIAL ENERGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
22. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
KINETIC ENERGY
WORK
23. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
RECEIVERS
WORK
NUCLEAR FISSION
PRODUCTIVITY
24. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
MOTHERBOARD
WORK
ASSEMBLY LINE
25. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
HARD DISK
ENGINEERING
MODULATION
26. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
LOAD
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PROCESS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
27. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
HARD DISK
PROCESS
RECEIVERS
WORK
28. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
EVALUATION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
WORK
29. 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.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ANALYSIS
POWER
IMPACTS
30. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PROFIT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CONSTRAINTS
31. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
PRODUCTIVITY
KINETIC ENERGY
NAFTA
32. Energy in motion.
SIMPLE MACHINES
KINETIC ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENGINEERING
33. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
INPUT
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ENERGY
34. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
INPUT
DESIGN
CRITICAL THINKING
NAFTA
35. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ENTREPRENEUR
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
MODULATION
36. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
DESIGN
PROCESS
OPTIMIZATION
FREQUENCY
37. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ENERGY
38. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
MOTHERBOARD
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
IDENTITY THEFT
39. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
BIO-CONVERSION
BOYLE'S LAW
BRAINSTORMING
40. 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.
ENTREPRENEUR
POWER
RECEIVERS
CRITERIA
41. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
EVALUATION
42. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
FREQUENCY
MODULATION
LOAD
43. 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.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
OPTIMIZATION
BRAINSTORMING
ANALYSIS
44. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
45. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
OPTIMIZATION
GLOBAL MARKET
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
AMPLITUDE
46. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
HOLOGRAPHY
ENGINEERING
TEAM
INFRASTRUCTURE
47. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ENGINEERING
NAFTA
48. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
MOTHERBOARD
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
49. 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.
GLOBAL MARKET
FEEDBACK
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
50. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
TEAM
PRODUCTIVITY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
MOTHERBOARD