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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 resource that is entered into a system.






2. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. Energy in motion.






11. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






12. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. 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.'






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






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






23. 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.






24. The basic framework of a system






25. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






34. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






39. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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


46. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






50. 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.