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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
OPTIMIZATION
SIMPLE MACHINES
POTENTIAL ENERGY
2. 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.
PROFIT
FEEDBACK
MODULATION
CRITERIA
3. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
AMPLITUDE
HOLOGRAPHY
SERIES CIRCUIT
BIO-CONVERSION
4. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
FLUID POWER
SYSTEM
5. Energy in motion.
POWER
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
KINETIC ENERGY
SENSORS
6. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
ENERGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
WORK
SYSTEM
7. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SERIES CIRCUIT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
8. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
HOLOGRAPHY
OPTIMIZATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SIMPLE MACHINES
9. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
SIMPLE MACHINES
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ENERGY
10. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
POWER
CRITERIA
PROFIT
11. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
AMPLITUDE
BRAINSTORMING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ENTREPRENEUR
12. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
PROFIT
SYNTHESIS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
13. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
IMPACTS
LOAD
SATELLITE
14. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
INPUT
ANALYSIS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
15. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
TEAM
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
FREQUENCY
CIRCUIT
16. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
17. 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.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
SIMPLE MACHINES
BRAINSTORMING
CRITERIA
18. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
GLOBAL MARKET
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CONSTRAINTS
BOYLE'S LAW
19. 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.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PRODUCTIVITY
AMPLITUDE
20. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ENGINEERING
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
FLUID POWER
21. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
MOTHERBOARD
ENERGY
BIO-CONVERSION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
22. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
WORK
CRITERIA
AMPLITUDE
HARD DISK
23. Stored energy or energy at rest.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SYNTHESIS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
TEAM
24. 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.
ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
INPUT
FREQUENCY
25. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
ELECTROLYSis...
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CIRCUIT
SYNTHESIS
26. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
BIO-CONVERSION
ENERGY
WORK
GLOBAL MARKET
27. 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.'
CRITERIA
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CRITICAL THINKING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
28. Creating things through the process of planning.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
DESIGN
SIMPLE MACHINES
29. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
FLUID POWER
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
MOTHERBOARD
SIMULATION
30. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
INFRASTRUCTURE
BOYLE'S LAW
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
31. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CONSTRAINTS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
AMPLITUDE
32. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
SIMPLE MACHINES
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
33. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
ENGINEERING
FREQUENCY
IDENTITY THEFT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
34. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
FREQUENCY
ENGINEERING
WORK
35. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SATELLITE
INPUT
PRODUCTIVITY
36. 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.
IMPACTS
OPTIMIZATION
ENGINEERING
SIMULATION
37. A popular movement.
ASSEMBLY LINE
WORK
TREND
GLOBAL MARKET
38. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
ENTREPRENEUR
TEAM
PROFIT
MODULATION
39. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
40. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ENERGY
SIMULATION
INPUT
41. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
EVALUATION
NUCLEAR FISSION
42. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
PROCESS
GLOBAL MARKET
43. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
CIRCUIT
EVALUATION
SATELLITE
RECEIVERS
44. 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.
HARD DISK
POWER
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CRITERIA
45. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
EVALUATION
WORK
NAFTA
ASSEMBLY LINE
46. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
HARD DISK
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
47. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
BOYLE'S LAW
HOLOGRAPHY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
48. The basic framework of a system
FLUID POWER
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
RECEIVERS
INFRASTRUCTURE
49. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
AMPLITUDE
OPTIMIZATION
GLOBAL MARKET
RAPID PROTOTYPING
50. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ENERGY
NAFTA
CUSTOM PRODUCTION