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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
NAFTA
EVALUATION
FEEDBACK
SYSTEM
2. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
MODULATION
GLOBAL MARKET
SENSORS
SYSTEM
3. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
AMPLITUDE
SENSORS
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PROCESS
4. Creating things through the process of planning.
FREQUENCY
DESIGN
BOYLE'S LAW
SATELLITE
5. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
POWER
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
MODULATION
DESIGN
6. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
BIO-CONVERSION
OPTIMIZATION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
7. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
FREQUENCY
TREND
BOYLE'S LAW
8. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
ASSEMBLY LINE
SENSORS
ANALYSIS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
9. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
KINETIC ENERGY
SYSTEM
10. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
RECEIVERS
PROCESS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
11. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
TECHNOLOGY
SYNTHESIS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
IMPACTS
12. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CRITICAL THINKING
13. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
BRAINSTORMING
WORK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
14. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
OPTIMIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
15. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ELECTROLYSis...
ANALYSIS
16. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SENSORS
ENERGY
HARD DISK
SYNTHESIS
17. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
18. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
ENERGY
PRODUCTIVITY
TREND
NAFTA
19. Energy in motion.
WORK
KINETIC ENERGY
ANALYSIS
CRITICAL THINKING
20. 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
SENSORS
SERIES CIRCUIT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
21. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
ENERGY
HOLOGRAPHY
IMPACTS
NUCLEAR FISSION
22. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SATELLITE
FREQUENCY
HARD DISK
23. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
BIO-CONVERSION
SIMPLE MACHINES
BRAINSTORMING
24. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
SERIES CIRCUIT
SATELLITE
EVALUATION
ASSEMBLY LINE
25. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
BIO-CONVERSION
EVALUATION
HOLOGRAPHY
CRITICAL THINKING
26. 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.
CRITICAL THINKING
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
SIMULATION
NAFTA
27. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
CIRCUIT
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA
28. 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.
CIRCUIT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
FREQUENCY
29. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
WORK
PRODUCTIVITY
LOAD
ENERGY
30. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CIRCUIT
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ENERGY
31. A popular movement.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
EVALUATION
ENERGY
TREND
32. 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.
CRITERIA
CIRCUIT
CRITICAL THINKING
BRAINSTORMING
33. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
TREND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
34. 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.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
IDENTITY THEFT
TEAM
AMPLITUDE
35. 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.
GLOBAL MARKET
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
LOAD
ENERGY
36. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
CRITICAL THINKING
NUCLEAR FISSION
MOTHERBOARD
PROFIT
37. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
FEEDBACK
ANALYSIS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
38. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CONSTRAINTS
HARD DISK
INPUT
CIRCUIT
39. Someone who starts a business.
ENTREPRENEUR
IDENTITY THEFT
OPTIMIZATION
FLUID POWER
40. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
PRODUCTIVITY
ELECTROLYSis...
POTENTIAL ENERGY
FLUID POWER
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.
NAFTA
PROCESS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
42. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
WORK
EVALUATION
INPUT
43. 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.
POWER
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
44. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
INPUT
NANOTECHNOLOGY
BIO-CONVERSION
SIMULATION
45. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
ANALYSIS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SYSTEM
FLUID POWER
46. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
IMPACTS
ENGINEERING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
47. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
WORK
EVALUATION
ANALYSIS
RECEIVERS
48. The formal rules that guide the design process.
SENSORS
GLOBAL MARKET
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
49. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
FEEDBACK
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ELECTROLYSis...
ENERGY
50. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
BRAINSTORMING
CRITERIA
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SIMPLE MACHINES