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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
FEEDBACK
MODULATION
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
2. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
FLUID POWER
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
TEAM
IDENTITY THEFT
3. 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.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PROCESS
4. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
SIMULATION
HARD DISK
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
5. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
CIRCUIT
BOYLE'S LAW
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
6. A popular movement.
TREND
LOAD
OPTIMIZATION
KINETIC ENERGY
7. 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.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
BRAINSTORMING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
AMPLITUDE
8. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
SIMULATION
TREND
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
9. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
ENGINEERING
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SERIES CIRCUIT
10. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PROCESS
ENERGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
11. The formal rules that guide the design process.
LOAD
HOLOGRAPHY
IMPACTS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
12. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
OPTIMIZATION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SIMULATION
13. Stored energy or energy at rest.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
14. 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.
POWER
IMPACTS
RECEIVERS
ENTREPRENEUR
15. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ENTREPRENEUR
FREQUENCY
16. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING
ELECTROLYSis...
NANOTECHNOLOGY
17. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
MODULATION
NUCLEAR FISSION
18. 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.
TEAM
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
AMPLITUDE
19. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
HOLOGRAPHY
GLOBAL MARKET
KINETIC ENERGY
PROFIT
20. 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.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
LOAD
FEEDBACK
21. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
ENTREPRENEUR
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
22. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
HOLOGRAPHY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ELECTROLYSis...
23. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ANALYSIS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
HOLOGRAPHY
ELECTROLYSis...
24. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
INPUT
HOLOGRAPHY
25. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
KINETIC ENERGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SATELLITE
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
26. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
WORK
CRITICAL THINKING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
27. A resource that is entered into a system.
ENERGY
INPUT
SENSORS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
28. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
SIMULATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CRITICAL THINKING
29. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
CIRCUIT
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
LOAD
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
30. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
IDENTITY THEFT
KINETIC ENERGY
ENERGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
31. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
NAFTA
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
FLUID POWER
32. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
IMPACTS
BOYLE'S LAW
ELECTROLYSis...
33. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
OPTIMIZATION
CIRCUIT
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
34. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
ANALYSIS
PRODUCTIVITY
SYNTHESIS
CIRCUIT
35. 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.
POWER
FEEDBACK
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
36. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
DESIGN
WORK
BOYLE'S LAW
37. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
SYSTEM
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
RECEIVERS
38. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
NAFTA
AMPLITUDE
EVALUATION
KINETIC ENERGY
39. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SERIES CIRCUIT
FEEDBACK
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
40. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
WORK
TECHNOLOGY
HOLOGRAPHY
MOTHERBOARD
41. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ANALYSIS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
BIO-CONVERSION
ENERGY
42. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SENSORS
MODULATION
43. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
EVALUATION
ELECTROLYSis...
INPUT
44. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
NAFTA
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
45. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
KINETIC ENERGY
MODULATION
FLUID POWER
46. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
OPTIMIZATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
NUCLEAR FISSION
47. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
CIRCUIT
SENSORS
FEEDBACK
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
48. Energy in motion.
ELECTROLYSis...
KINETIC ENERGY
SATELLITE
WORK
49. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
AMPLITUDE
SYSTEM
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
NUCLEAR FISSION
50. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
BIO-CONVERSION
AMPLITUDE
POTENTIAL ENERGY