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Technical Design And Engineering
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engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Stored energy or energy at rest.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ELECTROLYSis...
INPUT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
2. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
BRAINSTORMING
ELECTROLYSis...
FLUID POWER
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
3. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
OPTIMIZATION
CONSTRAINTS
TEAM
MOTHERBOARD
4. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
WORK
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
5. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ANALYSIS
6. 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.
LOAD
PROCESS
WORK
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
7. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
HARD DISK
PROFIT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CIRCUIT
8. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
NAFTA
ENGINEERING
ELECTROLYSis...
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
9. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ANALYSIS
CRITERIA
NUCLEAR FISSION
10. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SYSTEM
SIMULATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
11. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
SYSTEM
CRITICAL THINKING
12. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
INPUT
CIRCUIT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
13. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
CRITERIA
ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
TREND
14. 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.'
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
CRITERIA
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.
POWER
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
TREND
ANALYSIS
16. The basic framework of a system
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
IMPACTS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
17. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
BRAINSTORMING
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
18. 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.
PRODUCTIVITY
BRAINSTORMING
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SERIES CIRCUIT
19. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
POTENTIAL ENERGY
BOYLE'S LAW
ELECTROLYSis...
20. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
TECHNOLOGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
IDENTITY THEFT
SERIES CIRCUIT
21. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SENSORS
ASSEMBLY LINE
SYNTHESIS
TEAM
22. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
SIMULATION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
23. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SATELLITE
LOAD
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.
SIMPLE MACHINES
PROCESS
AMPLITUDE
BIO-CONVERSION
25. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
TREND
ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
26. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
ENTREPRENEUR
OPTIMIZATION
MODULATION
SYNTHESIS
27. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
GLOBAL MARKET
28. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
BRAINSTORMING
29. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
EVALUATION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ENERGY
PRODUCTIVITY
30. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
TECHNOLOGY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
TEAM
PROCESS
31. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
ANALYSIS
GLOBAL MARKET
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SERIES CIRCUIT
32. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
ANALYSIS
FLUID POWER
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
BOYLE'S LAW
33. A resource that is entered into a system.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
INPUT
ENGINEERING
PRODUCTIVITY
34. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
CRITICAL THINKING
LOAD
35. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
LOAD
CONSTRAINTS
HARD DISK
36. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
MOTHERBOARD
BIO-CONVERSION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
37. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
IDENTITY THEFT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
RECEIVERS
38. 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.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
CIRCUIT
POWER
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
39. 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.
FEEDBACK
LOAD
CRITICAL THINKING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
40. 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.
WORK
MODULATION
AMPLITUDE
IMPACTS
41. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
PROCESS
SIMULATION
HOLOGRAPHY
ENTREPRENEUR
42. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
WORK
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
FREQUENCY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
43. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SENSORS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SIMPLE MACHINES
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
44. Someone who starts a business.
ENTREPRENEUR
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SENSORS
DESIGN
45. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
IMPACTS
BIO-CONVERSION
SYSTEM
46. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
EVALUATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CIRCUIT
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
47. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ANALYSIS
WORK
RAPID PROTOTYPING
48. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
ENTREPRENEUR
INPUT
CRITICAL THINKING
INFRASTRUCTURE
49. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SYSTEM
SYNTHESIS
50. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
KINETIC ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
MOTHERBOARD