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






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






4. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.'






12. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






23. A popular movement.






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The formal rules that guide the design process.






33. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






34. Energy in motion.






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






39. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. The capacity to do work or exert effort.