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






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






3. 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.






4. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






8. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. The basic framework of a system






15. 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.






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






17. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






20. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.






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






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






31. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. Energy in motion.






39. 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.






40. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






42. 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.






43. A popular movement.






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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