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


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






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






5. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.






6. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.






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.






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






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






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






11. A popular movement.






12. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






20. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.






21. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.






22. Creating things through the process of planning.






23. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.






24. Trade of products and services on a global scale.






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






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






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






28. Energy in motion.






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






30. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






31. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






34. 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.






35. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






38. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.'






44. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.