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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
BOYLE'S LAW
RECEIVERS
SENSORS
2. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
FLUID POWER
TECHNOLOGY
CRITICAL THINKING
CIRCUIT
3. 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.
GLOBAL MARKET
BRAINSTORMING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
IDENTITY THEFT
4. 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.
CIRCUIT
POWER
IDENTITY THEFT
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
5. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
PROCESS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CRITERIA
6. Someone who starts a business.
ANALYSIS
GLOBAL MARKET
FEEDBACK
ENTREPRENEUR
7. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
RECEIVERS
EVALUATION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
8. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
TECHNOLOGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
OPTIMIZATION
INPUT
9. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
PRODUCTIVITY
ENTREPRENEUR
NANOTECHNOLOGY
10. A popular movement.
LOAD
NUCLEAR FISSION
TREND
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
11. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
IMPACTS
CONSTRAINTS
HOLOGRAPHY
12. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
POTENTIAL ENERGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
13. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
FREQUENCY
CONSTRAINTS
PROFIT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
14. The basic framework of a system
FEEDBACK
OPTIMIZATION
SYSTEM
INFRASTRUCTURE
15. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
MOTHERBOARD
CONSTRAINTS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
16. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
CRITERIA
ENTREPRENEUR
FEEDBACK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
17. 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.
IMPACTS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
BOYLE'S LAW
SIMULATION
18. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
KINETIC ENERGY
IDENTITY THEFT
DESIGN
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
19. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
RAPID PROTOTYPING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
20. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
FLUID POWER
ENGINEERING
POWER
TECHNOLOGY
21. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
CRITERIA
IMPACTS
ASSEMBLY LINE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
22. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ANALYSIS
SIMULATION
BOYLE'S LAW
CONSTRAINTS
23. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
SYNTHESIS
TEAM
SIMULATION
24. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
HARD DISK
AMPLITUDE
MODULATION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
25. 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.
AMPLITUDE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
BRAINSTORMING
FREQUENCY
26. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SATELLITE
ENGINEERING
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
27. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
GLOBAL MARKET
RAPID PROTOTYPING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SIMULATION
28. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
ASSEMBLY LINE
NUCLEAR FISSION
BOYLE'S LAW
29. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
ELECTROLYSis...
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
30. A resource that is entered into a system.
KINETIC ENERGY
CRITERIA
INPUT
SYSTEM
31. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ENGINEERING
FREQUENCY
INPUT
32. 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.
EVALUATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
FEEDBACK
INPUT
33. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
SENSORS
PROFIT
ENTREPRENEUR
PRODUCTIVITY
34. Stored energy or energy at rest.
TECHNOLOGY
IMPACTS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ENERGY
35. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
36. 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.
AMPLITUDE
INPUT
CRITICAL THINKING
SYSTEM
37. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
LOAD
BIO-CONVERSION
CONSTRAINTS
FREQUENCY
38. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
HOLOGRAPHY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
LOAD
ELECTROLYSis...
39. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
PROFIT
TECHNOLOGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SENSORS
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.
CRITICAL THINKING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
AMPLITUDE
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
41. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CONSTRAINTS
FLUID POWER
42. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
SIMULATION
IDENTITY THEFT
NANOTECHNOLOGY
WORK
43. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
EVALUATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
44. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
SIMULATION
BIO-CONVERSION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
45. 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.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
46. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
WORK
PRODUCTIVITY
POWER
IDENTITY THEFT
47. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SIMULATION
48. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
ELECTROLYSis...
ENTREPRENEUR
CRITICAL THINKING
WORK
49. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
LOAD
CIRCUIT
TREND
ENERGY
50. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
IDENTITY THEFT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE