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






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






3. 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.






4. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






6. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.






7. A resource that is entered into a system.






8. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.






9. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.






10. 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.






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






12. Stored energy or energy at rest.






13. Energy in motion.






14. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.






15. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






16. Someone who starts a business.






17. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






18. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






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






26. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.






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






40. Creating things through the process of planning.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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


46. 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.






47. A popular movement.






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






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






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