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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
HOLOGRAPHY
BIO-CONVERSION
SATELLITE
2. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
ANALYSIS
RECEIVERS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SENSORS
3. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
CRITICAL THINKING
TREND
ELECTROLYSis...
4. 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.
AMPLITUDE
LOAD
FREQUENCY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
5. Someone who starts a business.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ENTREPRENEUR
SIMPLE MACHINES
SIMULATION
6. Creating things through the process of planning.
SIMULATION
OPTIMIZATION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
DESIGN
7. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
CIRCUIT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SYSTEM
8. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
SATELLITE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CONSTRAINTS
LOAD
9. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
MOTHERBOARD
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
TREND
10. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SENSORS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
MOTHERBOARD
11. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
BIO-CONVERSION
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
TECHNOLOGY
ANALYSIS
12. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
SATELLITE
NAFTA
INPUT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
13. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
IDENTITY THEFT
PROCESS
SIMPLE MACHINES
TREND
14. The formal rules that guide the design process.
KINETIC ENERGY
HARD DISK
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CRITICAL THINKING
15. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
OPTIMIZATION
SIMPLE MACHINES
SYNTHESIS
ANALYSIS
16. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
BOYLE'S LAW
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DESIGN
17. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
CIRCUIT
NUCLEAR FISSION
ENERGY
CRITICAL THINKING
18. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
FREQUENCY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ENTREPRENEUR
19. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
BRAINSTORMING
TEAM
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
BOYLE'S LAW
20. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
ENGINEERING
INPUT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
WORK
21. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
22. 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.
CRITICAL THINKING
RECEIVERS
POWER
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
23. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
BRAINSTORMING
24. 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.
INPUT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
RECEIVERS
INFRASTRUCTURE
25. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ELECTROLYSis...
SENSORS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
26. A resource that is entered into a system.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
POWER
INPUT
27. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
BRAINSTORMING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ELECTROLYSis...
EVALUATION
28. 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.
FREQUENCY
TEAM
TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
29. Stored energy or energy at rest.
SYNTHESIS
ELECTROLYSis...
POTENTIAL ENERGY
HOLOGRAPHY
30. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
POWER
FEEDBACK
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ENERGY
31. 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.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SIMPLE MACHINES
NANOTECHNOLOGY
BRAINSTORMING
32. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
GLOBAL MARKET
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
TECHNOLOGY
WORK
33. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
OPTIMIZATION
NAFTA
PROFIT
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
34. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
ASSEMBLY LINE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
35. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
HOLOGRAPHY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
OPTIMIZATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
36. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SATELLITE
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
NUCLEAR FISSION
37. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
SIMULATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
BIO-CONVERSION
38. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ASSEMBLY LINE
AMPLITUDE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
39. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
GLOBAL MARKET
TECHNOLOGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
INPUT
40. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
POTENTIAL ENERGY
HOLOGRAPHY
FLUID POWER
41. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
FEEDBACK
ENGINEERING
42. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CIRCUIT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
43. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
LOAD
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
FLUID POWER
44. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
DESIGN
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
FREQUENCY
HOLOGRAPHY
45. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
INFRASTRUCTURE
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ENTREPRENEUR
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
46. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ASSEMBLY LINE
GLOBAL MARKET
TECHNOLOGY
47. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
GLOBAL MARKET
IDENTITY THEFT
SATELLITE
NUCLEAR FISSION
48. 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.
POWER
AMPLITUDE
MODULATION
TECHNOLOGY
49. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
ENGINEERING
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CRITERIA
POWER
50. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
SYNTHESIS
MOTHERBOARD
PRODUCTIVITY
NUCLEAR FISSION