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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. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.






3. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






6. Energy in motion.






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






8. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






10. A popular movement.






11. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






12. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.






13. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






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






24. Creating things through the process of planning.






25. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.






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






27. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.






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






29. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






33. The basic framework of a system






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






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






36. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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






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.






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






44. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.






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






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






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






48. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






50. 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.