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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






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






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






7. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






8. 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.






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






10. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.'






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






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


31. The height of a wave measured from the top of its peak to the bottom of its trough. It is an indicator of the strength of a wave.






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






33. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






41. The formal rules that guide the design process.






42. Someone who starts a business.






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






44. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






49. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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