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






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






3. Energy in motion.






4. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






5. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.






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






7. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






11. The formal rules that guide the design process.






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






23. A popular movement.






24. 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.






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






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


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






28. 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.






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






30. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. 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.'






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






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






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






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






43. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






46. Creating things through the process of planning.






47. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






50. A method of obtaining energy from waste products