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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






6. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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


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






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






13. Energy in motion.






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






16. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






20. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.