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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
SERIES CIRCUIT
EVALUATION
OPTIMIZATION
NAFTA
2. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
PROFIT
SIMULATION
CIRCUIT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
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.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CIRCUIT
ENERGY
LOAD
4. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
GLOBAL MARKET
NANOTECHNOLOGY
LOAD
5. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PROFIT
6. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
BOYLE'S LAW
SYSTEM
SENSORS
7. 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.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
FEEDBACK
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
8. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
PROCESS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ANALYSIS
DESIGN
9. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
ASSEMBLY LINE
CIRCUIT
GLOBAL MARKET
SENSORS
10. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SYNTHESIS
11. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
NUCLEAR FISSION
ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
12. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
SYSTEM
HOLOGRAPHY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
MOTHERBOARD
13. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
FLUID POWER
AMPLITUDE
SYSTEM
PROFIT
14. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CIRCUIT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
BIO-CONVERSION
15. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
BRAINSTORMING
AMPLITUDE
GLOBAL MARKET
POTENTIAL ENERGY
16. A resource that is entered into a system.
INPUT
IMPACTS
ELECTROLYSis...
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
17. 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.
AMPLITUDE
OPTIMIZATION
INPUT
SIMULATION
18. 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.
KINETIC ENERGY
FREQUENCY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
TECHNOLOGY
19. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
PROCESS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
HARD DISK
CRITICAL THINKING
20. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
GLOBAL MARKET
DESIGN
ENERGY
21. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
CRITERIA
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
DESIGN
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
22. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
NUCLEAR FISSION
BIO-CONVERSION
23. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
TREND
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SATELLITE
CONSTRAINTS
24. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
POWER
FLUID POWER
EVALUATION
LOAD
25. 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.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
POWER
LOAD
PROFIT
26. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
TECHNOLOGY
FREQUENCY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
27. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
AMPLITUDE
28. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
ENERGY
POWER
ANALYSIS
29. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
INPUT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
TREND
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
30. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
ENGINEERING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SYSTEM
31. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ENGINEERING
HOLOGRAPHY
PROFIT
32. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ELECTROLYSis...
MOTHERBOARD
BOYLE'S LAW
33. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
BRAINSTORMING
SENSORS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
TEAM
34. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ENERGY
35. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
TREND
PRODUCTIVITY
36. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
NUCLEAR FISSION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
37. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
INFRASTRUCTURE
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ENGINEERING
NANOTECHNOLOGY
38. 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.'
ASSEMBLY LINE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
39. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SENSORS
INPUT
SATELLITE
CRITERIA
40. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
TEAM
SERIES CIRCUIT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
TREND
41. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CRITICAL THINKING
KINETIC ENERGY
42. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
SYNTHESIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ASSEMBLY LINE
43. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
RECEIVERS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
SIMPLE MACHINES
BRAINSTORMING
44. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
IDENTITY THEFT
MODULATION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SENSORS
45. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
POWER
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
46. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CRITICAL THINKING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
HOLOGRAPHY
47. 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.
DESIGN
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
IMPACTS
48. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
FEEDBACK
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
POWER
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
49. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
POWER
EVALUATION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
50. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
SYNTHESIS
RECEIVERS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN