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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The basic framework of a system






9. Creating things through the process of planning.






10. 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.






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






12. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






19. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






36. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.






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






38. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.






39. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






40. 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.






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






42. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.






43. 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.






44. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






47. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






49. 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.






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