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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
TREND
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
2. 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.
AMPLITUDE
IMPACTS
PROCESS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
3. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
GLOBAL MARKET
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
4. 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.
SERIES CIRCUIT
POWER
GLOBAL MARKET
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
5. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
GLOBAL MARKET
SYSTEM
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
6. Someone who starts a business.
MOTHERBOARD
SATELLITE
IMPACTS
ENTREPRENEUR
7. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
ANALYSIS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ELECTROLYSis...
MOTHERBOARD
8. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
ENGINEERING
OPTIMIZATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
TEAM
9. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
HOLOGRAPHY
LOAD
SIMULATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
10. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
BIO-CONVERSION
PROCESS
11. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
INPUT
CRITICAL THINKING
TEAM
ASSEMBLY LINE
12. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
POWER
ENGINEERING
ENERGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
13. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
BIO-CONVERSION
SYSTEM
RAPID PROTOTYPING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
14. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SENSORS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
PROCESS
ASSEMBLY LINE
15. The formal rules that guide the design process.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
BOYLE'S LAW
FREQUENCY
16. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
17. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
POWER
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
18. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
BOYLE'S LAW
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
BRAINSTORMING
19. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
WORK
SIMPLE MACHINES
CRITICAL THINKING
20. 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.
ENTREPRENEUR
AMPLITUDE
CIRCUIT
ANALYSIS
21. 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.
HARD DISK
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
SIMULATION
SYNTHESIS
22. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
BIO-CONVERSION
INPUT
EVALUATION
23. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
BOYLE'S LAW
CIRCUIT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
24. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
HOLOGRAPHY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ANALYSIS
GLOBAL MARKET
25. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
OPTIMIZATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
EVALUATION
26. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
POWER
HARD DISK
ENERGY
27. 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.
FREQUENCY
CONSTRAINTS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
BRAINSTORMING
28. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENERGY
ENERGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
29. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ANALYSIS
ASSEMBLY LINE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
AMPLITUDE
30. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
DESIGN
RAPID PROTOTYPING
PROCESS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
31. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
INPUT
NAFTA
CONSTRAINTS
32. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
ENERGY
FEEDBACK
ELECTROLYSis...
GLOBAL MARKET
33. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
OPTIMIZATION
CRITERIA
AMPLITUDE
34. 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.
HARD DISK
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
OPTIMIZATION
FEEDBACK
35. 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.
LOAD
TREND
CIRCUIT
BIO-CONVERSION
36. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
CRITERIA
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
LOAD
37. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
HARD DISK
CONSTRAINTS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
38. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
NUCLEAR FISSION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ANALYSIS
39. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
SIMULATION
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
40. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
EVALUATION
GLOBAL MARKET
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
41. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY
42. Stored energy or energy at rest.
SATELLITE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
FLUID POWER
43. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
PROCESS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
TECHNOLOGY
44. 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.'
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
DESIGN
45. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
RECEIVERS
LOAD
ELECTROLYSis...
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
46. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
47. Creating things through the process of planning.
SENSORS
DESIGN
GLOBAL MARKET
LOAD
48. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
FREQUENCY
OPTIMIZATION
SYSTEM
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
49. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENTREPRENEUR
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
FEEDBACK
ENERGY
50. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
FLUID POWER
GLOBAL MARKET
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)