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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
HARD DISK
GLOBAL MARKET
FREQUENCY
2. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
BRAINSTORMING
LOAD
POWER
NUCLEAR FISSION
3. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
IMPACTS
LOAD
HARD DISK
PRODUCTIVITY
4. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
FEEDBACK
ASSEMBLY LINE
5. 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.'
AMPLITUDE
SENSORS
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
NUCLEAR FISSION
6. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
INFRASTRUCTURE
SATELLITE
CONSTRAINTS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
7. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENGINEERING
FREQUENCY
EVALUATION
ANALYSIS
8. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
TEAM
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
IMPACTS
9. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
POWER
MOTHERBOARD
IDENTITY THEFT
10. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
NUCLEAR FISSION
INPUT
AMPLITUDE
PROCESS
11. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SIMULATION
PROFIT
12. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
WORK
OPTIMIZATION
13. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PRODUCTIVITY
CONSTRAINTS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
14. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
NAFTA
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
IDENTITY THEFT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
15. 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.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
INPUT
CONSTRAINTS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
16. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
ANALYSIS
SERIES CIRCUIT
BIO-CONVERSION
PRODUCTIVITY
17. A resource that is entered into a system.
AMPLITUDE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CRITERIA
INPUT
18. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SIMPLE MACHINES
IDENTITY THEFT
NUCLEAR FISSION
19. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
KINETIC ENERGY
CIRCUIT
FLUID POWER
BRAINSTORMING
20. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
ENGINEERING
ENERGY
DESIGN
21. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
FLUID POWER
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CIRCUIT
22. Stored energy or energy at rest.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SENSORS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
23. The formal rules that guide the design process.
MOTHERBOARD
CIRCUIT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
24. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
25. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
INPUT
NUCLEAR FISSION
ANALYSIS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
26. Someone who starts a business.
BRAINSTORMING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ENTREPRENEUR
SIMPLE MACHINES
27. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
28. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
SERIES CIRCUIT
IDENTITY THEFT
SYSTEM
SATELLITE
29. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
MOTHERBOARD
SIMPLE MACHINES
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
NAFTA
30. 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.
EVALUATION
IDENTITY THEFT
MODULATION
LOAD
31. 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.
POWER
KINETIC ENERGY
NAFTA
IMPACTS
32. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
FREQUENCY
RECEIVERS
SERIES CIRCUIT
TREND
33. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
BRAINSTORMING
SIMULATION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
CONSTRAINTS
34. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
PROFIT
35. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
FLUID POWER
CRITICAL THINKING
ENGINEERING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
36. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
INFRASTRUCTURE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
37. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ELECTROLYSis...
NANOTECHNOLOGY
FREQUENCY
38. Energy in motion.
ENGINEERING
SATELLITE
KINETIC ENERGY
INPUT
39. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
CRITERIA
CONSTRAINTS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
40. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
EVALUATION
WORK
41. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
PRODUCTIVITY
NAFTA
TEAM
42. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
43. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CRITERIA
EVALUATION
44. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SYNTHESIS
SATELLITE
TECHNOLOGY
IMPACTS
45. A popular movement.
EVALUATION
TREND
NANOTECHNOLOGY
LOAD
46. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
SIMPLE MACHINES
HOLOGRAPHY
WORK
CIRCUIT
47. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ELECTROLYSis...
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
RECEIVERS
EVALUATION
48. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
WORK
EVALUATION
49. 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.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
BRAINSTORMING
MOTHERBOARD
SIMULATION
50. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
ENERGY
MODULATION
TEAM
SENSORS