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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
IDENTITY THEFT
TREND
FLUID POWER
AMPLITUDE
2. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
TREND
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
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.
BRAINSTORMING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
TEAM
LOAD
4. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
INPUT
SERIES CIRCUIT
NUCLEAR FISSION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
5. The formal rules that guide the design process.
OPTIMIZATION
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
6. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
GLOBAL MARKET
SYNTHESIS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
7. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
SERIES CIRCUIT
ELECTROLYSis...
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
8. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
9. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
OPTIMIZATION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ANALYSIS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
10. 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
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
SIMULATION
11. 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.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
POWER
SATELLITE
IDENTITY THEFT
12. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
EVALUATION
CIRCUIT
SYNTHESIS
13. 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.'
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
14. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
OPTIMIZATION
MOTHERBOARD
LOAD
ANALYSIS
15. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
ENTREPRENEUR
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
HOLOGRAPHY
16. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
HARD DISK
17. A popular movement.
TREND
OPTIMIZATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
INFRASTRUCTURE
18. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
ENTREPRENEUR
PROCESS
LOAD
EVALUATION
19. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
OPTIMIZATION
GLOBAL MARKET
DESIGN
BRAINSTORMING
20. A resource that is entered into a system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
INPUT
SYNTHESIS
FREQUENCY
21. 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.
BIO-CONVERSION
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
LOAD
ENGINEERING
22. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
RECEIVERS
BRAINSTORMING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
23. 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.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
IMPACTS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
24. Creating things through the process of planning.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
DESIGN
INPUT
ELECTROLYSis...
25. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
NUCLEAR FISSION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
RECEIVERS
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
26. Someone who starts a business.
ENGINEERING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ENTREPRENEUR
27. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
SENSORS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
BIO-CONVERSION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
28. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PROCESS
ENTREPRENEUR
LOAD
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
29. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
WORK
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
MODULATION
BIO-CONVERSION
30. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
NUCLEAR FISSION
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
31. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
SYSTEM
WORK
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
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.
ASSEMBLY LINE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
FEEDBACK
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
33. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
IMPACTS
ELECTROLYSis...
EVALUATION
IDENTITY THEFT
34. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PRODUCTIVITY
35. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
IMPACTS
GLOBAL MARKET
36. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ASSEMBLY LINE
CRITICAL THINKING
RAPID PROTOTYPING
37. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PRODUCTIVITY
38. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SYSTEM
CRITICAL THINKING
IMPACTS
39. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
BRAINSTORMING
40. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
RECEIVERS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
INPUT
41. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
IMPACTS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
WORK
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
42. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
BRAINSTORMING
NANOTECHNOLOGY
HOLOGRAPHY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
43. 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
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
44. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
FLUID POWER
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
45. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ENTREPRENEUR
NANOTECHNOLOGY
46. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PRODUCTIVITY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CONSTRAINTS
47. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
INPUT
HOLOGRAPHY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
NAFTA
48. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
TEAM
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
BRAINSTORMING
49. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
ENTREPRENEUR
IDENTITY THEFT
SENSORS
BIO-CONVERSION
50. 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
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
INPUT