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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.






2. 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.






3. Creating things through the process of planning.






4. Energy in motion.






5. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.






6. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






9. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.






16. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.






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






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






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






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






21. A popular movement.






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






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






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






25. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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


31. 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.






32. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






34. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






40. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Stored energy or energy at rest.






46. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






47. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.






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






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






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