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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
ELECTROLYSis...
SIMULATION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
2. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ASSEMBLY LINE
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
3. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
NAFTA
OPTIMIZATION
INPUT
ENERGY
4. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
HOLOGRAPHY
MODULATION
NUCLEAR FISSION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
5. 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.
POWER
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
NAFTA
ENTREPRENEUR
6. 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.
LOAD
ANALYSIS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
PRODUCTIVITY
7. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
AMPLITUDE
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
8. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
TECHNOLOGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
BIO-CONVERSION
SIMULATION
9. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CONSTRAINTS
GLOBAL MARKET
MOTHERBOARD
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
10. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
CRITERIA
AMPLITUDE
TECHNOLOGY
TREND
11. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
MODULATION
ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
12. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ENTREPRENEUR
FLUID POWER
SATELLITE
13. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
HOLOGRAPHY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ASSEMBLY LINE
14. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
TECHNOLOGY
ELECTROLYSis...
ANALYSIS
GLOBAL MARKET
15. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
16. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ELECTROLYSis...
OPTIMIZATION
CRITICAL THINKING
17. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
FLUID POWER
MODULATION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
18. Energy in motion.
ELECTROLYSis...
ENGINEERING
KINETIC ENERGY
HOLOGRAPHY
19. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
WORK
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
TREND
ENERGY
20. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
MODULATION
21. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
22. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
SIMULATION
CIRCUIT
ASSEMBLY LINE
SERIES CIRCUIT
23. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SENSORS
TECHNOLOGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ENERGY
24. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
ENERGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
25. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
FEEDBACK
MODULATION
BOYLE'S LAW
26. 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.'
OPTIMIZATION
DESIGN
SYSTEM
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
27. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
28. A popular movement.
IMPACTS
TECHNOLOGY
PROFIT
TREND
29. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENTREPRENEUR
CRITERIA
30. 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.
INPUT
CRITICAL THINKING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
31. Someone who starts a business.
RECEIVERS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
BRAINSTORMING
ENTREPRENEUR
32. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
POTENTIAL ENERGY
EVALUATION
RECEIVERS
33. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SIMPLE MACHINES
PROCESS
CRITICAL THINKING
34. 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.
NAFTA
FEEDBACK
ASSEMBLY LINE
CRITICAL THINKING
35. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
PRODUCTIVITY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
IDENTITY THEFT
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
36. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
BOYLE'S LAW
CIRCUIT
37. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
CRITICAL THINKING
HOLOGRAPHY
PRODUCTIVITY
FEEDBACK
38. A resource that is entered into a system.
TREND
INPUT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
TEAM
39. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
ASSEMBLY LINE
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SATELLITE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
40. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
NAFTA
HARD DISK
DESIGN
41. 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)
FREQUENCY
GLOBAL MARKET
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
42. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENGINEERING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
DESIGN
43. The basic framework of a system
OPTIMIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENTREPRENEUR
44. The formal rules that guide the design process.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
KINETIC ENERGY
ELECTROLYSis...
45. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
LOAD
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
46. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
INPUT
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
47. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
SERIES CIRCUIT
HOLOGRAPHY
PROCESS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
48. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
49. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
CIRCUIT
GLOBAL MARKET
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SENSORS
50. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL