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Technical Design And Engineering

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






9. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.






10. 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.'






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






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






13. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






14. 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.






15. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






17. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






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






30. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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


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






34. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






48. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.






49. 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.






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