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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. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






3. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.






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






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






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






7. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.






8. 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.'






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






10. 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.






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






12. Stored energy or energy at rest.






13. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






17. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.






27. 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.






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






29. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






33. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.






34. Energy in motion.






35. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






40. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






43. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.






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






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