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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A resource that is entered into a system.
INPUT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
SYNTHESIS
ENTREPRENEUR
2. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
IMPACTS
3. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
4. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
POWER
ENGINEERING
NANOTECHNOLOGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
5. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CRITICAL THINKING
SYNTHESIS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
6. 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.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ANALYSIS
POWER
CRITERIA
7. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
KINETIC ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
8. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
SIMULATION
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
MOTHERBOARD
CRITERIA
9. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
INFRASTRUCTURE
SENSORS
NUCLEAR FISSION
CONSTRAINTS
10. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
MODULATION
SATELLITE
SYNTHESIS
CRITERIA
11. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
ELECTROLYSis...
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SENSORS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
12. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
GLOBAL MARKET
PROCESS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
EVALUATION
13. The basic framework of a system
DESIGN
FLUID POWER
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROCESS
14. 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
PRODUCTIVITY
AMPLITUDE
IMPACTS
15. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
ENGINEERING
SIMPLE MACHINES
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
16. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CONSTRAINTS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
17. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
PROFIT
KINETIC ENERGY
ENERGY
ELECTROLYSis...
18. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
SENSORS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
19. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
FEEDBACK
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
20. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
21. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
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22. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
PROFIT
ANALYSIS
OPTIMIZATION
NUCLEAR FISSION
23. 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.'
FEEDBACK
INPUT
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
24. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
INPUT
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
FREQUENCY
25. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SIMPLE MACHINES
MOTHERBOARD
SENSORS
26. The formal rules that guide the design process.
HARD DISK
OPTIMIZATION
SIMPLE MACHINES
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
27. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
ANALYSIS
WORK
HOLOGRAPHY
28. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
HARD DISK
WORK
IDENTITY THEFT
ENERGY
29. 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.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
HOLOGRAPHY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
SIMULATION
30. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
CRITICAL THINKING
MOTHERBOARD
NAFTA
ENERGY
31. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
FREQUENCY
WORK
NAFTA
ENERGY
32. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
CIRCUIT
EVALUATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
33. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
POTENTIAL ENERGY
34. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
HARD DISK
SIMULATION
OPTIMIZATION
35. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENTREPRENEUR
TEAM
36. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
DESIGN
PRODUCTIVITY
ASSEMBLY LINE
37. 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.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
LOAD
MODULATION
RECEIVERS
38. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
SIMULATION
BOYLE'S LAW
WORK
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
39. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
DESIGN
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CONSTRAINTS
FEEDBACK
40. 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.
SYNTHESIS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
HARD DISK
BRAINSTORMING
41. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SENSORS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ASSEMBLY LINE
SIMPLE MACHINES
42. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
SYNTHESIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
INFRASTRUCTURE
HOLOGRAPHY
43. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
TREND
GLOBAL MARKET
FREQUENCY
PROFIT
44. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
45. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
PROCESS
BOYLE'S LAW
EVALUATION
46. 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.
MOTHERBOARD
FEEDBACK
TREND
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
47. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
POTENTIAL ENERGY
TEAM
PRODUCTIVITY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
48. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
CRITICAL THINKING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SENSORS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
49. Creating things through the process of planning.
NUCLEAR FISSION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
DESIGN
BIO-CONVERSION
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.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
DESIGN
FREQUENCY
RECEIVERS