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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
POWER
2. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CONSTRAINTS
BOYLE'S LAW
EVALUATION
SATELLITE
3. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
SATELLITE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CRITICAL THINKING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
4. A popular movement.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
TREND
5. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
TEAM
6. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
BRAINSTORMING
RECEIVERS
PRODUCTIVITY
7. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
BOYLE'S LAW
HARD DISK
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
8. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
RECEIVERS
EVALUATION
9. 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
BRAINSTORMING
LOAD
BOYLE'S LAW
10. 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.
POWER
TEAM
AMPLITUDE
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
11. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
EVALUATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
KINETIC ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY
12. 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
ENERGY
PROCESS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
13. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
14. Someone who starts a business.
CONSTRAINTS
ENGINEERING
ENTREPRENEUR
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
15. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
16. The formal rules that guide the design process.
ENTREPRENEUR
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
PROFIT
SIMPLE MACHINES
17. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
TREND
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ENERGY
EVALUATION
18. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
GLOBAL MARKET
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
NUCLEAR FISSION
19. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
CIRCUIT
INPUT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
20. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
MODULATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
DESIGN
21. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
MOTHERBOARD
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
PROFIT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
22. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
OPTIMIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
ENTREPRENEUR
SYNTHESIS
23. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
ANALYSIS
IMPACTS
EVALUATION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
24. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
ENTREPRENEUR
CRITICAL THINKING
SIMULATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
25. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
BOYLE'S LAW
FEEDBACK
ASSEMBLY LINE
26. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
RAPID PROTOTYPING
27. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
BIO-CONVERSION
ANALYSIS
ENGINEERING
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
28. 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.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
IMPACTS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
29. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
ENERGY
NAFTA
PROCESS
WORK
30. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
NUCLEAR FISSION
IDENTITY THEFT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
31. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
EVALUATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SYSTEM
SERIES CIRCUIT
32. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
MODULATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
33. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
BOYLE'S LAW
TECHNOLOGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
34. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
FEEDBACK
FREQUENCY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
35. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
PROCESS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
EVALUATION
36. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
BIO-CONVERSION
BOYLE'S LAW
IDENTITY THEFT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
37. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
FREQUENCY
BIO-CONVERSION
ENERGY
38. 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.
INFRASTRUCTURE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
FEEDBACK
ASSEMBLY LINE
39. 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.'
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENGINEERING
FEEDBACK
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
40. Stored energy or energy at rest.
ENGINEERING
FLUID POWER
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
41. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
POWER
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
MODULATION
42. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
CRITERIA
LOAD
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
43. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
FLUID POWER
INPUT
AMPLITUDE
ENERGY
44. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
BRAINSTORMING
CRITERIA
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
IDENTITY THEFT
45. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ENGINEERING
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
46. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
FEEDBACK
CRITICAL THINKING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
BOYLE'S LAW
47. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
SATELLITE
48. A resource that is entered into a system.
SATELLITE
PROCESS
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
INPUT
49. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
FLUID POWER
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
TECHNOLOGY
50. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CRITICAL THINKING
SYNTHESIS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE