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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






25. 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.'






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






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






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






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






30. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






33. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






35. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






37. Creating things through the process of planning.






38. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






39. Energy in motion.






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






41. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.






42. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.






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


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






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






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






47. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






50. The basic framework of a system