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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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 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.






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






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






9. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






13. 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.'






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. Someone who starts a business.






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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.






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


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






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






29. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






31. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






35. The formal rules that guide the design process.






36. A popular movement.






37. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






38. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






39. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






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






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






42. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






44. The basic framework of a system






45. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






47. 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.






48. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.






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






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