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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






12. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






14. Someone who starts a business.






15. A popular movement.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






22. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






32. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






33. 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.'






34. The basic framework of a system






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






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






37. Energy in motion.






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






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






40. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






44. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






46. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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


49. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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