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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Trade of products and services on a global scale.






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






3. The formal rules that guide the design process.






4. 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.






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






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






7. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).


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






9. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






13. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.






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






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






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






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






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






19. A resource that is entered into a system.






20. 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.






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






22. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






24. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.






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






26. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.






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






28. A popular movement.






29. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.






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






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






32. The basic framework of a system






33. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






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






38. Someone who starts a business.






39. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.






40. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.






41. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






42. 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.






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






44. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.






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






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






47. Stored energy or energy at rest.






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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.