Test your basic knowledge |

Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






26. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






30. A popular movement.






31. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. Stored energy or energy at rest.






41. 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.






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






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






44. The formal rules that guide the design process.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. 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.'






50. Creating things through the process of planning.