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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
SIMULATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
2. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
HARD DISK
NUCLEAR FISSION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CRITERIA
3. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
PRODUCTIVITY
ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
KINETIC ENERGY
4. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
NUCLEAR FISSION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
CRITICAL THINKING
PRODUCTIVITY
5. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
PROCESS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
6. 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.
SATELLITE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
AMPLITUDE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
7. 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.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SERIES CIRCUIT
HOLOGRAPHY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
8. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
NUCLEAR FISSION
FEEDBACK
SIMULATION
SERIES CIRCUIT
9. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CRITERIA
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
10. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
DESIGN
SERIES CIRCUIT
11. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
ASSEMBLY LINE
NAFTA
HARD DISK
HOLOGRAPHY
12. Creating things through the process of planning.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
RECEIVERS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
DESIGN
13. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
CRITICAL THINKING
WORK
NANOTECHNOLOGY
FEEDBACK
14. 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.
GLOBAL MARKET
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ENERGY
HARD DISK
15. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
INFRASTRUCTURE
NAFTA
EVALUATION
PROFIT
16. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
CIRCUIT
ENERGY
17. A resource that is entered into a system.
ANALYSIS
INPUT
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
FREQUENCY
18. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
HARD DISK
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ELECTROLYSis...
DESIGN
19. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
EVALUATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
KINETIC ENERGY
20. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
MODULATION
CRITICAL THINKING
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
OPTIMIZATION
21. The formal rules that guide the design process.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
RAPID PROTOTYPING
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
OPTIMIZATION
22. 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
ANALYSIS
INPUT
ENERGY
23. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
MODULATION
OPTIMIZATION
EVALUATION
ENERGY
24. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
PRODUCTIVITY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PROCESS
25. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SYNTHESIS
HOLOGRAPHY
IDENTITY THEFT
26. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SATELLITE
ENERGY
ENGINEERING
27. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROFIT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
SYNTHESIS
28. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
EVALUATION
SYNTHESIS
FLUID POWER
29. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CRITERIA
30. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
NAFTA
POWER
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
31. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ASSEMBLY LINE
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
32. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
NUCLEAR FISSION
TECHNOLOGY
HOLOGRAPHY
SYSTEM
33. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SIMULATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
34. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
CONSTRAINTS
DESIGN
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
GLOBAL MARKET
35. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
GLOBAL MARKET
LOAD
OPTIMIZATION
36. 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.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
FEEDBACK
ENTREPRENEUR
37. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
TEAM
OPTIMIZATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
38. Stored energy or energy at rest.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
39. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ELECTROLYSis...
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.
FREQUENCY
ENERGY
POWER
WORK
41. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SENSORS
CRITERIA
42. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PROFIT
FLUID POWER
43. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
LOAD
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
MODULATION
ENERGY
44. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
NANOTECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
OPTIMIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
45. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
ELECTROLYSis...
PROCESS
SIMPLE MACHINES
NAFTA
46. A popular movement.
SYSTEM
ENERGY
TREND
ANALYSIS
47. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
PROCESS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ENERGY
48. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
EVALUATION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
BRAINSTORMING
49. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SATELLITE
CRITICAL THINKING
50. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).