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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
LOAD
ENGINEERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
MODULATION
2. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
NUCLEAR FISSION
3. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
WORK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SYNTHESIS
4. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
5. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
TREND
SIMPLE MACHINES
CIRCUIT
6. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
HOLOGRAPHY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SYNTHESIS
SYSTEM
7. 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.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
IDENTITY THEFT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
8. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
TREND
POWER
SATELLITE
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
9. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ENERGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
IMPACTS
10. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
LOAD
HARD DISK
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SERIES CIRCUIT
11. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
KINETIC ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
12. 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.
CRITERIA
KINETIC ENERGY
POWER
TEAM
13. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
EVALUATION
GLOBAL MARKET
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
14. Energy in motion.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
KINETIC ENERGY
AMPLITUDE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
15. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFIT
SIMPLE MACHINES
MOTHERBOARD
16. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
POWER
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
17. A popular movement.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
TREND
CRITICAL THINKING
18. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SATELLITE
CONSTRAINTS
19. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
EVALUATION
HOLOGRAPHY
DESIGN
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
20. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ELECTROLYSis...
GLOBAL MARKET
SIMULATION
INPUT
21. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
FREQUENCY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
22. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
IDENTITY THEFT
FEEDBACK
FLUID POWER
BRAINSTORMING
23. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
DESIGN
IDENTITY THEFT
TEAM
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
24. Someone who starts a business.
TECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ENTREPRENEUR
25. 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.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
26. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
ENERGY
EVALUATION
LOAD
27. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
SYNTHESIS
DESIGN
ASSEMBLY LINE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
28. Creating things through the process of planning.
GLOBAL MARKET
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
DESIGN
PROFIT
29. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
NAFTA
KINETIC ENERGY
POWER
TREND
30. 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.
FEEDBACK
POTENTIAL ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
31. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
SENSORS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
EVALUATION
OPTIMIZATION
32. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
NUCLEAR FISSION
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
LOAD
BIO-CONVERSION
33. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
BIO-CONVERSION
INFRASTRUCTURE
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
34. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
ANALYSIS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
IDENTITY THEFT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
35. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
IMPACTS
PRODUCTIVITY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
36. 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.'
KINETIC ENERGY
FEEDBACK
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
INPUT
37. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
GLOBAL MARKET
PRODUCTIVITY
HOLOGRAPHY
38. 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.
POWER
FREQUENCY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
39. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
FEEDBACK
40. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
PROFIT
EVALUATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
41. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ASSEMBLY LINE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
42. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
GLOBAL MARKET
INFRASTRUCTURE
POWER
EVALUATION
43. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
INFRASTRUCTURE
NUCLEAR FISSION
PRODUCTIVITY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
44. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
WORK
RAPID PROTOTYPING
FEEDBACK
PROFIT
45. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
GLOBAL MARKET
NUCLEAR FISSION
46. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
DESIGN
SATELLITE
INPUT
47. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
SERIES CIRCUIT
SIMPLE MACHINES
ENGINEERING
HARD DISK
48. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
MODULATION
TEAM
CIRCUIT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
49. 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.
HOLOGRAPHY
NUCLEAR FISSION
ENERGY
LOAD
50. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
NUCLEAR FISSION
PROCESS
EVALUATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING