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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. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.






2. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.






3. 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.






4. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Creating things through the process of planning.






12. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.






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






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






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






16. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.






17. 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.






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






19. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.






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






21. Someone who starts a business.






22. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.






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






24. 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.






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






26. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






27. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






31. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






32. A popular movement.






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






34. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






36. 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.






37. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.






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


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






40. A resource that is entered into a system.






41. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






42. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.






43. 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.






44. Stored energy or energy at rest.






45. 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.'






46. 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.






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






48. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.






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






50. The basic framework of a system