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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






4. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.






5. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.






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






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






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






9. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






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






15. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.






16. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.






17. Someone who starts a business.






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






19. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.






20. 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.'






21. 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.






22. A popular movement.






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.






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






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






31. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.






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






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






34. 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.






35. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.






36. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






37. The formal rules that guide the design process.






38. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid






39. 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.






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






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






42. A resource that is entered into a system.






43. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.






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






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






46. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






47. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.






48. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.






49. Energy in motion.






50. 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.