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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. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






2. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.






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






4. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.






5. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.






6. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.






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






8. Stored energy or energy at rest.






9. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).


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






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






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






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






14. The basic framework of a system






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






16. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






18. Creating things through the process of planning.






19. 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.






20. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.






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






22. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.






23. 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.






24. 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.'






25. 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.






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






27. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






28. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.






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






30. A resource that is entered into a system.






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Trade of products and services on a global scale.






37. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






41. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






43. 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.






44. A popular movement.






45. Energy in motion.






46. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.






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






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






49. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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