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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SIMPLE MACHINES
IMPACTS
2. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
3. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
OPTIMIZATION
ASSEMBLY LINE
MODULATION
NAFTA
4. Creating things through the process of planning.
CRITICAL THINKING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PROCESS
DESIGN
5. 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.'
PRODUCTIVITY
BOYLE'S LAW
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
6. The basic framework of a system
POWER
RECEIVERS
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROFIT
7. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
BIO-CONVERSION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
FLUID POWER
8. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
ASSEMBLY LINE
PROFIT
IDENTITY THEFT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
9. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
KINETIC ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
10. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
IMPACTS
CONSTRAINTS
TEAM
INPUT
11. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
DESIGN
SENSORS
SATELLITE
12. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
SYNTHESIS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
IDENTITY THEFT
13. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
TREND
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
14. 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.
IMPACTS
FEEDBACK
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
TREND
15. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
CONSTRAINTS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SERIES CIRCUIT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
16. 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
MOTHERBOARD
SERIES CIRCUIT
HARD DISK
17. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ANALYSIS
BOYLE'S LAW
KINETIC ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
18. 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
TEAM
EVALUATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
19. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PROCESS
IDENTITY THEFT
20. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
TREND
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
21. Someone who starts a business.
DESIGN
INFRASTRUCTURE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
22. Stored energy or energy at rest.
MOTHERBOARD
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ENERGY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
23. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
CONSTRAINTS
LOAD
GLOBAL MARKET
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
24. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
SATELLITE
SERIES CIRCUIT
25. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ELECTROLYSis...
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
26. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
POWER
IDENTITY THEFT
27. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ASSEMBLY LINE
ENTREPRENEUR
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
POTENTIAL ENERGY
28. A popular movement.
TREND
WORK
PROCESS
BIO-CONVERSION
29. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
CRITICAL THINKING
IDENTITY THEFT
GLOBAL MARKET
30. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
POWER
CIRCUIT
IMPACTS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
31. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
NUCLEAR FISSION
FEEDBACK
MOTHERBOARD
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
32. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
KINETIC ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
33. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
IDENTITY THEFT
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
34. 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.
SIMULATION
ENERGY
POWER
BRAINSTORMING
35. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
BRAINSTORMING
LOAD
36. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
PRODUCTIVITY
BIO-CONVERSION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
EVALUATION
37. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
BOYLE'S LAW
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
RECEIVERS
IDENTITY THEFT
38. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
NUCLEAR FISSION
WORK
ENERGY
ENGINEERING
39. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
FLUID POWER
40. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
POWER
TEAM
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ANALYSIS
41. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
IDENTITY THEFT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
RECEIVERS
TECHNOLOGY
42. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
ENGINEERING
SIMULATION
SATELLITE
CRITICAL THINKING
43. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RECEIVERS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
POWER
RAPID PROTOTYPING
44. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
FREQUENCY
MOTHERBOARD
RAPID PROTOTYPING
45. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
RECEIVERS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
46. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SERIES CIRCUIT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
BRAINSTORMING
47. A resource that is entered into a system.
FREQUENCY
INPUT
CRITICAL THINKING
ENGINEERING
48. 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.
ENERGY
LOAD
AMPLITUDE
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
49. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
LOAD
IDENTITY THEFT
50. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYNTHESIS
BIO-CONVERSION
CONSTRAINTS
SYSTEM