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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
AMPLITUDE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
BIO-CONVERSION
2. Creating things through the process of planning.
BOYLE'S LAW
MODULATION
DESIGN
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
3. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
OPTIMIZATION
ANALYSIS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
FEEDBACK
4. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
WORK
KINETIC ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
LOAD
5. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
NANOTECHNOLOGY
6. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
OPTIMIZATION
MODULATION
ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
7. 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.
FEEDBACK
ENTREPRENEUR
SYNTHESIS
IDENTITY THEFT
8. 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.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
WORK
ELECTROLYSis...
9. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
NAFTA
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
GLOBAL MARKET
10. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
CONSTRAINTS
GLOBAL MARKET
11. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
SENSORS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
RAPID PROTOTYPING
12. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
BIO-CONVERSION
SYNTHESIS
EVALUATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
13. 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.
DESIGN
SYSTEM
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
IMPACTS
14. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ASSEMBLY LINE
TEAM
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
15. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
FEEDBACK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
16. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ELECTROLYSis...
POWER
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
17. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SIMPLE MACHINES
BOYLE'S LAW
GLOBAL MARKET
18. A resource that is entered into a system.
RECEIVERS
INPUT
IDENTITY THEFT
NAFTA
19. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
SENSORS
BIO-CONVERSION
PROFIT
WORK
20. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
INFRASTRUCTURE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
21. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
GLOBAL MARKET
CRITERIA
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
22. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
KINETIC ENERGY
POWER
SATELLITE
ELECTROLYSis...
23. Stored energy or energy at rest.
LOAD
RAPID PROTOTYPING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
24. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
FEEDBACK
MODULATION
CIRCUIT
25. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
PRODUCTIVITY
BOYLE'S LAW
WORK
HARD DISK
26. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
OPTIMIZATION
NANOTECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ENERGY
27. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
RECEIVERS
IMPACTS
MOTHERBOARD
KINETIC ENERGY
28. The formal rules that guide the design process.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SIMULATION
POWER
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
29. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
MODULATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ENGINEERING
POWER
30. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
POWER
NUCLEAR FISSION
CRITERIA
31. 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.
PROCESS
SIMPLE MACHINES
POWER
ENTREPRENEUR
32. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
RECEIVERS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
POTENTIAL ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
33. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
SIMPLE MACHINES
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
IMPACTS
ENERGY
34. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
FLUID POWER
GLOBAL MARKET
BIO-CONVERSION
PROCESS
35. 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.
TEAM
GLOBAL MARKET
PROCESS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
36. Someone who starts a business.
WORK
ENTREPRENEUR
BIO-CONVERSION
OPTIMIZATION
37. A popular movement.
TREND
SYSTEM
ENGINEERING
WORK
38. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
MODULATION
ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
WORK
39. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
KINETIC ENERGY
SATELLITE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
40. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
HOLOGRAPHY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SENSORS
EVALUATION
41. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
MODULATION
TEAM
SATELLITE
42. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CONSTRAINTS
CRITICAL THINKING
ASSEMBLY LINE
43. 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.
AMPLITUDE
SYNTHESIS
SATELLITE
RECEIVERS
44. The basic framework of a system
IMPACTS
OPTIMIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
FREQUENCY
45. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
FLUID POWER
INPUT
46. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
47. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
PROFIT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
48. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
ASSEMBLY LINE
MODULATION
ANALYSIS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
49. 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
AMPLITUDE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
PROCESS
50. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
CONSTRAINTS
POWER