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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.






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






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






4. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






19. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. A resource that is entered into a system.






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


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






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






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






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






42. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






48. Energy in motion.






49. Someone who starts a business.






50. 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.'