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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. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GLOBAL MARKET
SIMULATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
2. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
ASSEMBLY LINE
EVALUATION
PROFIT
CIRCUIT
3. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
MOTHERBOARD
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
ENERGY
4. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ELECTROLYSis...
OPTIMIZATION
5. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
KINETIC ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ENERGY
RECEIVERS
6. Someone who starts a business.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ENTREPRENEUR
TECHNOLOGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
7. Energy in motion.
WORK
CRITERIA
KINETIC ENERGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
8. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
TEAM
SENSORS
9. Creating things through the process of planning.
ENTREPRENEUR
WORK
FREQUENCY
DESIGN
10. 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.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SERIES CIRCUIT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
11. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
TEAM
SATELLITE
MOTHERBOARD
IDENTITY THEFT
12. 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.
SATELLITE
AMPLITUDE
WORK
FREQUENCY
13. The basic framework of a system
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
INPUT
INFRASTRUCTURE
14. 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.
WORK
POWER
SENSORS
SYNTHESIS
15. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
BRAINSTORMING
NAFTA
POWER
IDENTITY THEFT
16. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
NUCLEAR FISSION
SERIES CIRCUIT
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CONSTRAINTS
17. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
MODULATION
TREND
SATELLITE
18. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
OPTIMIZATION
19. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
NUCLEAR FISSION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
DESIGN
20. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
CONSTRAINTS
21. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ELECTROLYSis...
SYNTHESIS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
22. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
HOLOGRAPHY
WORK
INPUT
23. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
CRITICAL THINKING
SENSORS
CIRCUIT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
24. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
NAFTA
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SATELLITE
25. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
PRODUCTIVITY
ENERGY
ELECTROLYSis...
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
26. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
NUCLEAR FISSION
CONSTRAINTS
EVALUATION
LOAD
27. 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.
INPUT
IMPACTS
FLUID POWER
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
28. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ENGINEERING
FEEDBACK
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ASSEMBLY LINE
29. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
SENSORS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
INFRASTRUCTURE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
30. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
SIMULATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
31. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
MODULATION
SYSTEM
ASSEMBLY LINE
32. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
33. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
LOAD
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
34. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
HARD DISK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
35. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PROCESS
ENGINEERING
CRITICAL THINKING
36. 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
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
BIO-CONVERSION
ELECTROLYSis...
37. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
FEEDBACK
NUCLEAR FISSION
FLUID POWER
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
38. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
KINETIC ENERGY
TREND
RAPID PROTOTYPING
39. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ANALYSIS
WORK
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
IDENTITY THEFT
40. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
LOAD
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SIMULATION
41. 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.'
ENGINEERING
ASSEMBLY LINE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
42. 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.
ENERGY
ANALYSIS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
43. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
SENSORS
ASSEMBLY LINE
SIMPLE MACHINES
GLOBAL MARKET
44. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
45. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
HOLOGRAPHY
KINETIC ENERGY
ENERGY
POWER
46. A resource that is entered into a system.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
TEAM
SIMPLE MACHINES
INPUT
47. A popular movement.
LOAD
ENGINEERING
GLOBAL MARKET
TREND
48. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
SYSTEM
FLUID POWER
OPTIMIZATION
BIO-CONVERSION
49. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SENSORS
PROCESS
SATELLITE
50. 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.
LOAD
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SATELLITE
DESIGN