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Technical Design And Engineering
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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.
HARD DISK
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
2. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
PROCESS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
SYNTHESIS
GLOBAL MARKET
3. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
CIRCUIT
ANALYSIS
TEAM
BIO-CONVERSION
4. A resource that is entered into a system.
INPUT
NAFTA
KINETIC ENERGY
ANALYSIS
5. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
HOLOGRAPHY
FREQUENCY
NAFTA
WORK
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.
FEEDBACK
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
TREND
BRAINSTORMING
7. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SERIES CIRCUIT
MOTHERBOARD
8. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
PROFIT
SYSTEM
SIMPLE MACHINES
LOAD
9. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ENGINEERING
CONSTRAINTS
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
10. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
TECHNOLOGY
11. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
ELECTROLYSis...
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PROFIT
12. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SYSTEM
RECEIVERS
13. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
DESIGN
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
SERIES CIRCUIT
ELECTROLYSis...
14. A popular movement.
TREND
RECEIVERS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SYNTHESIS
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.'
SERIES CIRCUIT
ANALYSIS
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
BOYLE'S LAW
16. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
MOTHERBOARD
SENSORS
PRODUCTIVITY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
17. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
SENSORS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ASSEMBLY LINE
18. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
NAFTA
BRAINSTORMING
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.
OPTIMIZATION
SENSORS
POWER
CIRCUIT
20. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
RECEIVERS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SERIES CIRCUIT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
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.
FEEDBACK
SERIES CIRCUIT
FLUID POWER
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
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.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
23. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
FEEDBACK
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
24. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ENERGY
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.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
BOYLE'S LAW
ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
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.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
SATELLITE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
LOAD
27. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
SIMPLE MACHINES
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
IMPACTS
ASSEMBLY LINE
28. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
SIMULATION
29. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
ANALYSIS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
HOLOGRAPHY
30. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
RECEIVERS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
MODULATION
31. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
EVALUATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
HARD DISK
MOTHERBOARD
32. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
LOAD
ANALYSIS
MODULATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
33. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
PROFIT
TREND
34. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
BIO-CONVERSION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
GLOBAL MARKET
35. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY
36. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENGINEERING
DESIGN
POTENTIAL ENERGY
BOYLE'S LAW
37. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
ASSEMBLY LINE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
KINETIC ENERGY
CRITICAL THINKING
38. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SENSORS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SIMPLE MACHINES
PROFIT
39. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
TEAM
ENTREPRENEUR
RECEIVERS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
40. Energy in motion.
ENERGY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
KINETIC ENERGY
PRODUCTIVITY
41. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ELECTROLYSis...
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
BRAINSTORMING
42. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TREND
NUCLEAR FISSION
TEAM
43. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ANALYSIS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CRITERIA
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.
ANALYSIS
ELECTROLYSis...
DESIGN
ENGINEERING
46. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ANALYSIS
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
47. The formal rules that guide the design process.
INPUT
BRAINSTORMING
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
48. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
FEEDBACK
BIO-CONVERSION
HARD DISK
CIRCUIT
49. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
FLUID POWER
DESIGN
INFRASTRUCTURE
50. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
PROCESS
ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
RAPID PROTOTYPING