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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Trade of products and services on a global scale.






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






3. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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.'






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






11. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. The basic framework of a system






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






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






20. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






24. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






27. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.






28. 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.






29. Energy in motion.






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






31. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






32. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.






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






34. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.






35. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.






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


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






46. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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.






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