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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.






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






3. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.






4. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






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






14. A popular movement.






15. 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.'






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






17. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






18. Stored energy or energy at rest.






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Energy in motion.






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






42. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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


45. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






47. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






49. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.






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