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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The formal rules that guide the design process.
AMPLITUDE
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ASSEMBLY LINE
2. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GLOBAL MARKET
NUCLEAR FISSION
SIMPLE MACHINES
3. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
DESIGN
POWER
BOYLE'S LAW
NAFTA
4. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
MOTHERBOARD
BIO-CONVERSION
5. 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.
AMPLITUDE
IDENTITY THEFT
TECHNOLOGY
FREQUENCY
6. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
FEEDBACK
ENERGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
7. 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.
POWER
SYSTEM
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
LOAD
8. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
9. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
RECEIVERS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SENSORS
FLUID POWER
10. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
11. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
ENTREPRENEUR
AMPLITUDE
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
PROFIT
12. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
KINETIC ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
SIMPLE MACHINES
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
13. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
CIRCUIT
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
14. Creating things through the process of planning.
FLUID POWER
ANALYSIS
DESIGN
IMPACTS
15. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
16. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
SERIES CIRCUIT
PROFIT
SENSORS
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
17. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ENERGY
EVALUATION
OPTIMIZATION
18. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SENSORS
IDENTITY THEFT
WORK
19. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
IMPACTS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
20. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SERIES CIRCUIT
BIO-CONVERSION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
21. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
SIMULATION
HARD DISK
ANALYSIS
DESIGN
22. 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.
NUCLEAR FISSION
PRODUCTIVITY
IMPACTS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
23. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CONSTRAINTS
NUCLEAR FISSION
ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
24. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
WORK
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
FLUID POWER
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
25. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ELECTROLYSis...
SIMULATION
SYNTHESIS
26. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
IDENTITY THEFT
PROCESS
MOTHERBOARD
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
27. Someone who starts a business.
TEAM
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ENTREPRENEUR
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
28. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
OPTIMIZATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SIMPLE MACHINES
29. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
CIRCUIT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
30. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
TREND
SENSORS
ENGINEERING
SIMULATION
31. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
SIMULATION
NAFTA
INFRASTRUCTURE
ASSEMBLY LINE
32. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
ANALYSIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
33. The basic framework of a system
ENERGY
PROFIT
INFRASTRUCTURE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
34. 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
ELECTROLYSis...
PROFIT
HARD DISK
35. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ENERGY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
36. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
TEAM
DESIGN
SYNTHESIS
CONSTRAINTS
37. 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.
POWER
ENERGY
MODULATION
ENTREPRENEUR
38. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
PROCESS
ENTREPRENEUR
BOYLE'S LAW
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
39. Stored energy or energy at rest.
ANALYSIS
PROCESS
SIMULATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
40. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
PROCESS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PROFIT
41. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
INPUT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SATELLITE
MOTHERBOARD
42. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
GLOBAL MARKET
ENTREPRENEUR
BIO-CONVERSION
FEEDBACK
43. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
SYSTEM
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PRODUCTIVITY
SATELLITE
44. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
KINETIC ENERGY
TREND
MODULATION
CRITERIA
45. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
TEAM
PROFIT
IDENTITY THEFT
46. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ENTREPRENEUR
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
RECEIVERS
47. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DESIGN
CIRCUIT
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
48. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
IMPACTS
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
49. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NAFTA
NUCLEAR FISSION
RECEIVERS
PROFIT
50. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
TREND
ENTREPRENEUR