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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. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






2. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






5. 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.'






6. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






8. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






20. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.






21. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






22. Stored energy or energy at rest.






23. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






26. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






34. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






38. Energy in motion.






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






40. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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


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






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






45. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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.






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