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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
CRITERIA
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ENGINEERING
CRITICAL THINKING
2. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PROFIT
RECEIVERS
3. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
TECHNOLOGY
TEAM
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
4. Someone who starts a business.
BIO-CONVERSION
FEEDBACK
ENTREPRENEUR
TECHNOLOGY
5. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
SERIES CIRCUIT
BRAINSTORMING
CONSTRAINTS
BOYLE'S LAW
6. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
NANOTECHNOLOGY
FLUID POWER
BIO-CONVERSION
7. 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.
SENSORS
NUCLEAR FISSION
ENERGY
IMPACTS
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.'
ASSEMBLY LINE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ELECTROLYSis...
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
9. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
ASSEMBLY LINE
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
10. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
OPTIMIZATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
HOLOGRAPHY
NAFTA
11. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
FLUID POWER
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
12. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
SERIES CIRCUIT
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
IDENTITY THEFT
HARD DISK
13. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
IMPACTS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
14. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
EVALUATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
15. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
AMPLITUDE
SIMULATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
16. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
EVALUATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
DESIGN
RAPID PROTOTYPING
17. 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.
ENERGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SATELLITE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
18. The basic framework of a system
BRAINSTORMING
SYSTEM
SERIES CIRCUIT
INFRASTRUCTURE
19. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
EVALUATION
NANOTECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDE
20. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SERIES CIRCUIT
FEEDBACK
SENSORS
RECEIVERS
21. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
MODULATION
CONSTRAINTS
ENERGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
22. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
POWER
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SYSTEM
CONSTRAINTS
23. 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.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
AMPLITUDE
FLUID POWER
24. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SIMPLE MACHINES
PROFIT
NAFTA
25. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
HARD DISK
INPUT
WORK
26. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
IMPACTS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CRITERIA
ENERGY
27. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
IMPACTS
ELECTROLYSis...
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
28. 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.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
FREQUENCY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
DESIGN
29. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
SERIES CIRCUIT
SYSTEM
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
30. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
FLUID POWER
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
31. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
32. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
INPUT
ANALYSIS
33. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
SENSORS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ELECTROLYSis...
OPTIMIZATION
34. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
PROCESS
SENSORS
OPTIMIZATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
35. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
PROFIT
SYNTHESIS
DESIGN
HOLOGRAPHY
36. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
CIRCUIT
ENERGY
HOLOGRAPHY
NAFTA
37. 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.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
LOAD
MODULATION
SENSORS
38. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
SERIES CIRCUIT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TECHNOLOGY
TEAM
39. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
PROFIT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
MODULATION
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
40. 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.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
41. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ASSEMBLY LINE
NUCLEAR FISSION
CIRCUIT
TREND
42. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
DESIGN
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
MOTHERBOARD
NANOTECHNOLOGY
43. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
MOTHERBOARD
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
POTENTIAL ENERGY
44. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
HOLOGRAPHY
POWER
GLOBAL MARKET
45. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CIRCUIT
ENERGY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
46. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
CIRCUIT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
RECEIVERS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
47. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
SYNTHESIS
SIMPLE MACHINES
ASSEMBLY LINE
PRODUCTIVITY
48. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
RECEIVERS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
49. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SYNTHESIS
50. Energy in motion.
WORK
KINETIC ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
BIO-CONVERSION