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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
KINETIC ENERGY
INPUT
2. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
FEEDBACK
KINETIC ENERGY
BIO-CONVERSION
EVALUATION
3. 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.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
POWER
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
BOYLE'S LAW
4. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
HOLOGRAPHY
PRODUCTIVITY
CONSTRAINTS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
5. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CONSTRAINTS
SYNTHESIS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
6. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
7. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
NUCLEAR FISSION
ELECTROLYSis...
ENGINEERING
ENERGY
8. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
KINETIC ENERGY
WORK
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SYSTEM
9. Someone who starts a business.
INPUT
OPTIMIZATION
ENTREPRENEUR
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
10. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
NAFTA
BRAINSTORMING
WORK
SERIES CIRCUIT
11. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
BRAINSTORMING
INFRASTRUCTURE
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
12. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
ELECTROLYSis...
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
BOYLE'S LAW
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
13. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
IMPACTS
NUCLEAR FISSION
GLOBAL MARKET
IDENTITY THEFT
14. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
MOTHERBOARD
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
15. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
CONSTRAINTS
HOLOGRAPHY
FLUID POWER
OPTIMIZATION
16. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
INFRASTRUCTURE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
INPUT
FLUID POWER
17. 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.
EVALUATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ENTREPRENEUR
LOAD
18. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
MOTHERBOARD
WORK
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
19. 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.
FREQUENCY
FEEDBACK
ENERGY
CRITICAL THINKING
20. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
SERIES CIRCUIT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
EVALUATION
ENERGY
21. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
FEEDBACK
22. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
SENSORS
ELECTROLYSis...
ENERGY
IDENTITY THEFT
23. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
PRODUCTIVITY
FREQUENCY
WORK
24. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
FREQUENCY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
OPTIMIZATION
SYNTHESIS
25. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
HARD DISK
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SIMULATION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
26. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SENSORS
TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
27. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
SYSTEM
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
MODULATION
GLOBAL MARKET
28. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
TECHNOLOGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
BIO-CONVERSION
29. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
WORK
ANALYSIS
SYNTHESIS
30. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CIRCUIT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
31. The basic framework of a system
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
EVALUATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
MOTHERBOARD
32. 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.
TREND
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
FEEDBACK
ASSEMBLY LINE
33. A resource that is entered into a system.
INPUT
POWER
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
MODULATION
34. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
EVALUATION
FREQUENCY
FEEDBACK
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
35. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYNTHESIS
SIMULATION
SATELLITE
SYSTEM
36. The formal rules that guide the design process.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
RECEIVERS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
PROCESS
37. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
EVALUATION
ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
38. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
OPTIMIZATION
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
EVALUATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
39. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SYSTEM
40. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
INFRASTRUCTURE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
PRODUCTIVITY
41. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CRITICAL THINKING
IDENTITY THEFT
ELECTROLYSis...
42. Energy in motion.
IDENTITY THEFT
KINETIC ENERGY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
HARD DISK
43. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POWER
POTENTIAL ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
EVALUATION
44. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
ANALYSIS
SYSTEM
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
TECHNOLOGY
45. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
OPTIMIZATION
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
46. A popular movement.
FREQUENCY
TREND
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
PROCESS
47. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
SERIES CIRCUIT
AMPLITUDE
CRITERIA
PROCESS
48. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
ENGINEERING
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ASSEMBLY LINE
49. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ASSEMBLY LINE
FEEDBACK
IMPACTS
50. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
FREQUENCY
HARD DISK
FEEDBACK