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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.






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






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






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






5. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Stored energy or energy at rest.






21. The basic framework of a system






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


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






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






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






26. Energy in motion.






27. A popular movement.






28. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






29. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






33. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






40. A resource that is entered into a system.






41. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






43. 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.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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