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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
FLUID POWER
RECEIVERS
SYNTHESIS
TEAM
2. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
ENTREPRENEUR
SYSTEM
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
3. 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.
CRITICAL THINKING
FEEDBACK
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
4. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
SIMULATION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING
MODULATION
5. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SIMPLE MACHINES
SATELLITE
6. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
NAFTA
SERIES CIRCUIT
ENERGY
7. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SIMULATION
HARD DISK
BOYLE'S LAW
8. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
TECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
9. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ANALYSIS
NUCLEAR FISSION
NANOTECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDE
10. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ELECTROLYSis...
IDENTITY THEFT
ENGINEERING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
11. A popular movement.
TEAM
SIMULATION
TREND
CRITICAL THINKING
12. The formal rules that guide the design process.
NAFTA
MOTHERBOARD
OPTIMIZATION
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
13. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
IDENTITY THEFT
PRODUCTIVITY
ENERGY
14. 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.
FEEDBACK
IDENTITY THEFT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
INPUT
15. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ENERGY
CRITERIA
ELECTROLYSis...
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
16. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
SENSORS
ANALYSIS
CIRCUIT
WORK
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.
IMPACTS
EVALUATION
FLUID POWER
HARD DISK
18. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
19. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
HOLOGRAPHY
SIMULATION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
20. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
WORK
NUCLEAR FISSION
SYSTEM
CRITICAL THINKING
21. 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.
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
PROCESS
MODULATION
22. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
GLOBAL MARKET
FREQUENCY
SIMPLE MACHINES
ASSEMBLY LINE
23. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
SIMULATION
24. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
DESIGN
ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ANALYSIS
25. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ENERGY
WORK
FEEDBACK
26. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
EVALUATION
MOTHERBOARD
FLUID POWER
HOLOGRAPHY
27. Creating things through the process of planning.
POWER
GLOBAL MARKET
SENSORS
DESIGN
28. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
SATELLITE
FEEDBACK
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
29. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
ENERGY
RECEIVERS
LOAD
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
30. Energy in motion.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
IDENTITY THEFT
KINETIC ENERGY
LOAD
31. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
NAFTA
EVALUATION
MOTHERBOARD
IDENTITY THEFT
32. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
ASSEMBLY LINE
WORK
BIO-CONVERSION
CRITERIA
33. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
SENSORS
SYSTEM
BIO-CONVERSION
34. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
BOYLE'S LAW
SIMULATION
35. 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.
CONSTRAINTS
POWER
TECHNOLOGY
MODULATION
36. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
ANALYSIS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
BRAINSTORMING
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
37. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
PROCESS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TEAM
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
38. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
IDENTITY THEFT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CRITERIA
39. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
NUCLEAR FISSION
HARD DISK
LOAD
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
40. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
CIRCUIT
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SERIES CIRCUIT
PRODUCTIVITY
41. A resource that is entered into a system.
CIRCUIT
HOLOGRAPHY
INPUT
DESIGN
42. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ENERGY
HARD DISK
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
43. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
FREQUENCY
SYNTHESIS
CRITERIA
44. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
SYNTHESIS
TEAM
AMPLITUDE
BOYLE'S LAW
45. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
RECEIVERS
EVALUATION
46. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
RAPID PROTOTYPING
PRODUCTIVITY
BIO-CONVERSION
47. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CONSTRAINTS
FEEDBACK
TEAM
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
48. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
ENERGY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
BOYLE'S LAW
49. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
NAFTA
DESIGN
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
50. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROCESS
SATELLITE