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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CRITERIA
CIRCUIT
DESIGN
2. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
POTENTIAL ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
MODULATION
3. 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.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
BOYLE'S LAW
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
4. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
TREND
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
5. 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
INFRASTRUCTURE
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
6. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
IDENTITY THEFT
CRITERIA
POWER
7. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
NAFTA
8. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
TECHNOLOGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
SYSTEM
SERIES CIRCUIT
9. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
NAFTA
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
CONSTRAINTS
SATELLITE
10. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SENSORS
11. Creating things through the process of planning.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CRITERIA
KINETIC ENERGY
DESIGN
12. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
EVALUATION
SIMULATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
MOTHERBOARD
13. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
FREQUENCY
CRITICAL THINKING
PROFIT
ELECTROLYSis...
14. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
SATELLITE
FEEDBACK
CRITERIA
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
15. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
WORK
KINETIC ENERGY
ANALYSIS
RECEIVERS
16. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
BOYLE'S LAW
CIRCUIT
17. 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.
SIMULATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
DESIGN
18. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
SERIES CIRCUIT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CRITICAL THINKING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
19. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ELECTROLYSis...
SERIES CIRCUIT
ENGINEERING
MOTHERBOARD
20. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SERIES CIRCUIT
ENERGY
SIMPLE MACHINES
INFRASTRUCTURE
21. Someone who starts a business.
ENTREPRENEUR
CONSTRAINTS
ANALYSIS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
22. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
POWER
PROCESS
MOTHERBOARD
23. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
KINETIC ENERGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SIMPLE MACHINES
FEEDBACK
24. 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.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
AMPLITUDE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
25. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
IDENTITY THEFT
ENGINEERING
SATELLITE
SENSORS
26. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
CIRCUIT
SIMPLE MACHINES
BIO-CONVERSION
FLUID POWER
27. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
GLOBAL MARKET
OPTIMIZATION
ENERGY
SIMULATION
28. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
LOAD
RECEIVERS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
29. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PROCESS
30. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
TECHNOLOGY
BOYLE'S LAW
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
EVALUATION
31. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
FREQUENCY
NUCLEAR FISSION
FLUID POWER
SATELLITE
32. A popular movement.
MODULATION
TREND
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
33. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
CRITICAL THINKING
PROFIT
GLOBAL MARKET
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
34. The formal rules that guide the design process.
SYNTHESIS
CIRCUIT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ENERGY
35. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
WORK
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
36. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
FEEDBACK
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
IDENTITY THEFT
37. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
FLUID POWER
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ANALYSIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
38. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
39. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
FREQUENCY
IMPACTS
TREND
40. A resource that is entered into a system.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
INPUT
SIMPLE MACHINES
41. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
PROCESS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
RECEIVERS
CONSTRAINTS
42. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
CIRCUIT
DESIGN
POWER
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
43. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
NUCLEAR FISSION
SENSORS
SERIES CIRCUIT
44. Stored energy or energy at rest.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
MODULATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
45. 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.'
MOTHERBOARD
INPUT
ENERGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
46. 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.
FREQUENCY
LOAD
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ELECTROLYSis...
47. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
AMPLITUDE
PRODUCTIVITY
MODULATION
IDENTITY THEFT
48. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ENERGY
TREND
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
49. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
INFRASTRUCTURE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
DESIGN
ASSEMBLY LINE
50. The basic framework of a system
ANALYSIS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
INPUT
INFRASTRUCTURE