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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stored energy or energy at rest.
ELECTROLYSis...
TREND
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
POTENTIAL ENERGY
2. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
BIO-CONVERSION
ANALYSIS
SIMPLE MACHINES
MODULATION
3. 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.
ENERGY
POWER
MODULATION
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
4. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
FEEDBACK
SIMULATION
SATELLITE
5. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
FLUID POWER
SENSORS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
6. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
EVALUATION
PROCESS
GLOBAL MARKET
HOLOGRAPHY
7. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
SIMPLE MACHINES
MODULATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CONSTRAINTS
8. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
WORK
LOAD
AMPLITUDE
9. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
FEEDBACK
TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING
10. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
PROFIT
EVALUATION
INPUT
ENERGY
11. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
SYNTHESIS
RECEIVERS
OPTIMIZATION
IDENTITY THEFT
12. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
LOAD
PROCESS
TEAM
13. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
14. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SYNTHESIS
MODULATION
SERIES CIRCUIT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
15. A resource that is entered into a system.
BRAINSTORMING
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
INPUT
16. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
TEAM
NANOTECHNOLOGY
17. 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.
NAFTA
FREQUENCY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
18. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
CRITERIA
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
IDENTITY THEFT
INPUT
19. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
FLUID POWER
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ELECTROLYSis...
20. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
ASSEMBLY LINE
SERIES CIRCUIT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
21. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
IDENTITY THEFT
WORK
RAPID PROTOTYPING
22. 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
TEAM
SATELLITE
ENERGY
23. 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.
DESIGN
LOAD
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PROFIT
24. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
ENERGY
RECEIVERS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
25. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
CONSTRAINTS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ENERGY
LOAD
26. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
NAFTA
ELECTROLYSis...
PROFIT
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
27. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
KINETIC ENERGY
ENGINEERING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
28. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
DESIGN
SYNTHESIS
29. Someone who starts a business.
BRAINSTORMING
KINETIC ENERGY
ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
30. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
SIMPLE MACHINES
BRAINSTORMING
CRITICAL THINKING
SERIES CIRCUIT
31. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HARD DISK
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
HOLOGRAPHY
CONSTRAINTS
32. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROFIT
MODULATION
EVALUATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
33. 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.'
SERIES CIRCUIT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
CONSTRAINTS
SENSORS
34. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
BRAINSTORMING
CONSTRAINTS
35. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
MOTHERBOARD
CIRCUIT
ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
36. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
IDENTITY THEFT
HARD DISK
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
37. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
FEEDBACK
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
38. 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.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CRITICAL THINKING
NAFTA
ENERGY
39. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SYSTEM
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
DESIGN
SENSORS
40. 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.
PROFIT
TEAM
CRITICAL THINKING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
41. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
RECEIVERS
OPTIMIZATION
KINETIC ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
42. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
MODULATION
SENSORS
HARD DISK
EVALUATION
43. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
ENERGY
EVALUATION
ENGINEERING
44. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
WORK
AMPLITUDE
LOAD
SIMPLE MACHINES
45. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
MOTHERBOARD
CRITICAL THINKING
BRAINSTORMING
46. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CONSTRAINTS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SENSORS
47. 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
TREND
SERIES CIRCUIT
FLUID POWER
48. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
DESIGN
ELECTROLYSis...
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
49. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
SIMULATION
INPUT
LOAD
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
50. The formal rules that guide the design process.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ENTREPRENEUR
SIMPLE MACHINES