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






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. The formal rules that guide the design process.






7. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.






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






9. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






15. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






18. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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


27. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.'






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






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






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






44. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






45. 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.






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






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






48. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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