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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. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
AMPLITUDE
NAFTA
MOTHERBOARD
2. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SYSTEM
PROCESS
ANALYSIS
3. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
WORK
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
TEAM
4. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SIMPLE MACHINES
MODULATION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
5. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
BIO-CONVERSION
FLUID POWER
LOAD
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
6. Someone who starts a business.
ENERGY
KINETIC ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
LOAD
7. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
INFRASTRUCTURE
MODULATION
HARD DISK
AMPLITUDE
8. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
9. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENGINEERING
MODULATION
PROFIT
FEEDBACK
10. A popular movement.
TEAM
SYSTEM
TREND
MODULATION
11. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
BIO-CONVERSION
HARD DISK
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PROCESS
12. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
FEEDBACK
EVALUATION
LOAD
NANOTECHNOLOGY
13. Creating things through the process of planning.
BOYLE'S LAW
DESIGN
SATELLITE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
14. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
KINETIC ENERGY
CIRCUIT
OPTIMIZATION
SIMPLE MACHINES
15. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
RECEIVERS
ENERGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
16. 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.
PROCESS
FEEDBACK
NANOTECHNOLOGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
17. 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.
LOAD
IMPACTS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ELECTROLYSis...
18. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
POWER
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
LOAD
ENGINEERING
19. The formal rules that guide the design process.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
SENSORS
20. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SERIES CIRCUIT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
21. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
HOLOGRAPHY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
IDENTITY THEFT
22. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ENERGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
23. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
AMPLITUDE
SIMPLE MACHINES
KINETIC ENERGY
24. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
ELECTROLYSis...
CRITERIA
ANALYSIS
25. 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
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
26. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
NAFTA
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SYSTEM
HARD DISK
27. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
IDENTITY THEFT
CIRCUIT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SYNTHESIS
28. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
29. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CRITERIA
NUCLEAR FISSION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
30. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENTREPRENEUR
ENERGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
31. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
HARD DISK
CRITICAL THINKING
DESIGN
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
32. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
SERIES CIRCUIT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ANALYSIS
BOYLE'S LAW
33. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
TEAM
NAFTA
WORK
34. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
ASSEMBLY LINE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
BIO-CONVERSION
35. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA
CIRCUIT
POWER
36. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
FLUID POWER
CRITICAL THINKING
AMPLITUDE
37. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
SENSORS
CONSTRAINTS
ENERGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
38. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
INPUT
POWER
EVALUATION
CRITICAL THINKING
39. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
HOLOGRAPHY
PROFIT
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
40. 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
FREQUENCY
TEAM
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
41. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
TREND
ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
IDENTITY THEFT
42. 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.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
INFRASTRUCTURE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
43. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
INPUT
FEEDBACK
BIO-CONVERSION
MOTHERBOARD
44. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ENGINEERING
ELECTROLYSis...
POTENTIAL ENERGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
45. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
RECEIVERS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SENSORS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
46. Energy in motion.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ENERGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
KINETIC ENERGY
47. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ASSEMBLY LINE
ANALYSIS
48. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
LOAD
KINETIC ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
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.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SENSORS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
50. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
HOLOGRAPHY
CONSTRAINTS
INPUT