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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SATELLITE
HOLOGRAPHY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
2. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
WORK
BIO-CONVERSION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CONSTRAINTS
3. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
ENERGY
PRODUCTIVITY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDE
4. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SATELLITE
NUCLEAR FISSION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
5. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENTREPRENEUR
TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
6. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY
7. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
DESIGN
CRITICAL THINKING
KINETIC ENERGY
8. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
ENERGY
WORK
HARD DISK
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
9. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
TECHNOLOGY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
FREQUENCY
10. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
KINETIC ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
SERIES CIRCUIT
11. 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.
NAFTA
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
EVALUATION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
12. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ASSEMBLY LINE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
13. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
BIO-CONVERSION
CRITERIA
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
IMPACTS
14. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
EVALUATION
TEAM
FREQUENCY
ASSEMBLY LINE
15. A resource that is entered into a system.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
KINETIC ENERGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
INPUT
16. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
AMPLITUDE
HOLOGRAPHY
SIMPLE MACHINES
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
17. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
BOYLE'S LAW
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SERIES CIRCUIT
ENERGY
18. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
OPTIMIZATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
FEEDBACK
SYNTHESIS
19. Energy in motion.
SYSTEM
MOTHERBOARD
KINETIC ENERGY
IMPACTS
20. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CRITICAL THINKING
ENERGY
CIRCUIT
21. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
NAFTA
OPTIMIZATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CONSTRAINTS
22. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
BIO-CONVERSION
RECEIVERS
INPUT
IDENTITY THEFT
23. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
HOLOGRAPHY
FREQUENCY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
24. 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.
TEAM
AMPLITUDE
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
25. The basic framework of a system
FREQUENCY
INFRASTRUCTURE
CRITERIA
ENERGY
26. 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.'
ANALYSIS
NAFTA
TREND
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
27. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
ANALYSIS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
BIO-CONVERSION
MODULATION
28. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
PRODUCTIVITY
KINETIC ENERGY
29. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
TECHNOLOGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
30. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
FREQUENCY
31. 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.
TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
LOAD
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
32. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
FLUID POWER
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
33. Stored energy or energy at rest.
ELECTROLYSis...
EVALUATION
MODULATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
34. 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.
LOAD
CIRCUIT
FREQUENCY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
35. Someone who starts a business.
SIMULATION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ENTREPRENEUR
MODULATION
36. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
EVALUATION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
37. 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.
IMPACTS
BRAINSTORMING
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SATELLITE
38. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
SATELLITE
39. 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.
POWER
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
BIO-CONVERSION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
40. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
NAFTA
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ANALYSIS
LOAD
41. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
KINETIC ENERGY
CONSTRAINTS
42. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
HOLOGRAPHY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SIMPLE MACHINES
43. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
FEEDBACK
LOAD
TEAM
44. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
EVALUATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CONSTRAINTS
45. A popular movement.
TREND
FEEDBACK
ASSEMBLY LINE
BIO-CONVERSION
46. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ASSEMBLY LINE
RECEIVERS
SERIES CIRCUIT
47. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
POWER
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
48. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
ENGINEERING
SYSTEM
HARD DISK
ELECTROLYSis...
49. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
PROCESS
GLOBAL MARKET
PRODUCTIVITY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
50. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
PROFIT
MOTHERBOARD
ENERGY
SERIES CIRCUIT