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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
EVALUATION
IDENTITY THEFT
INFRASTRUCTURE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
2. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
NUCLEAR FISSION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DESIGN
PROFIT
3. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
PROFIT
CRITICAL THINKING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ENERGY
4. 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
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SENSORS
5. Energy in motion.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
KINETIC ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
6. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
SENSORS
BIO-CONVERSION
EVALUATION
HARD DISK
7. The basic framework of a system
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
PRODUCTIVITY
GLOBAL MARKET
8. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
NANOTECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
9. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
INPUT
WORK
ELECTROLYSis...
GLOBAL MARKET
10. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
HARD DISK
IDENTITY THEFT
11. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
INFRASTRUCTURE
PRODUCTIVITY
12. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
HARD DISK
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
13. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ENERGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
14. 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.
ANALYSIS
BIO-CONVERSION
FEEDBACK
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
15. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
ENGINEERING
MOTHERBOARD
IDENTITY THEFT
CRITICAL THINKING
16. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
17. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
MODULATION
BOYLE'S LAW
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
18. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
ASSEMBLY LINE
NAFTA
CONSTRAINTS
OPTIMIZATION
19. 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.
ENGINEERING
LOAD
PROCESS
TREND
20. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
ENTREPRENEUR
POWER
GLOBAL MARKET
21. Stored energy or energy at rest.
FEEDBACK
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
TEAM
22. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
TEAM
GLOBAL MARKET
ENTREPRENEUR
23. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
MOTHERBOARD
ENTREPRENEUR
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
24. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
PROFIT
CRITICAL THINKING
NAFTA
ENERGY
25. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
PRODUCTIVITY
PROCESS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
TEAM
26. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
PROFIT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
27. Someone who starts a business.
ENTREPRENEUR
IDENTITY THEFT
INPUT
NUCLEAR FISSION
28. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
OPTIMIZATION
POWER
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
MOTHERBOARD
29. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
IDENTITY THEFT
AMPLITUDE
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
30. The formal rules that guide the design process.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
31. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
ASSEMBLY LINE
LOAD
CIRCUIT
PRODUCTIVITY
32. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
BIO-CONVERSION
INPUT
ENGINEERING
33. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
34. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
SATELLITE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
POWER
NAFTA
35. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
IDENTITY THEFT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ENGINEERING
36. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
MOTHERBOARD
SIMPLE MACHINES
HARD DISK
WORK
37. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ENERGY
NAFTA
TEAM
38. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
HARD DISK
AMPLITUDE
SIMULATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
39. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TEAM
FLUID POWER
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
40. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
NUCLEAR FISSION
RECEIVERS
INPUT
ENERGY
41. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
MOTHERBOARD
SENSORS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
42. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ENERGY
LOAD
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
43. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ENGINEERING
ENTREPRENEUR
44. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
IDENTITY THEFT
INFRASTRUCTURE
WORK
45. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
SERIES CIRCUIT
BIO-CONVERSION
ENGINEERING
IMPACTS
46. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
TECHNOLOGY
POWER
SIMPLE MACHINES
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
47. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
PROCESS
INFRASTRUCTURE
SIMPLE MACHINES
POWER
48. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
BRAINSTORMING
HOLOGRAPHY
CONSTRAINTS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
49. 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)
MOTHERBOARD
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
50. 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.'
AMPLITUDE
SERIES CIRCUIT
IMPACTS
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)