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






2. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






5. 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.






6. A popular movement.






7. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






8. 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.






9. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.






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






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






12. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.






22. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






23. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






28. A resource that is entered into a system.






29. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.






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






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






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






33. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






41. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Energy in motion.






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






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






49. Someone who starts a business.






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