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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
PROCESS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PROFIT
2. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
PRODUCTIVITY
IDENTITY THEFT
FLUID POWER
SATELLITE
3. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
IDENTITY THEFT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
RAPID PROTOTYPING
4. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
NUCLEAR FISSION
TECHNOLOGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ENERGY
5. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
AMPLITUDE
EVALUATION
SYSTEM
NUCLEAR FISSION
6. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
WORK
HARD DISK
HOLOGRAPHY
PROCESS
7. 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.'
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SYNTHESIS
PROFIT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
8. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
AMPLITUDE
ENERGY
LOAD
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
9. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
CRITICAL THINKING
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
MOTHERBOARD
10. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
11. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SIMULATION
SATELLITE
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
12. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
NAFTA
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SYNTHESIS
13. 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.
FLUID POWER
CONSTRAINTS
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
14. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CRITICAL THINKING
HOLOGRAPHY
MOTHERBOARD
15. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SENSORS
NAFTA
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
16. 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.
HARD DISK
OPTIMIZATION
FEEDBACK
BRAINSTORMING
17. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
MOTHERBOARD
AMPLITUDE
WORK
18. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SYSTEM
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
POTENTIAL ENERGY
19. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
EVALUATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPACTS
20. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
FEEDBACK
NAFTA
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SYSTEM
21. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
HOLOGRAPHY
GLOBAL MARKET
WORK
CRITERIA
22. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
SIMPLE MACHINES
CONSTRAINTS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ELECTROLYSis...
23. Someone who starts a business.
KINETIC ENERGY
OPTIMIZATION
FREQUENCY
ENTREPRENEUR
24. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
FREQUENCY
BIO-CONVERSION
CRITICAL THINKING
INFRASTRUCTURE
25. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
ASSEMBLY LINE
CIRCUIT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
26. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
NUCLEAR FISSION
ANALYSIS
27. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
TEAM
PROFIT
FREQUENCY
ENERGY
28. A popular movement.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TREND
SIMPLE MACHINES
SYSTEM
29. 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 ASSESSMENT
PROCESS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
30. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
ENERGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
SYSTEM
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
31. 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.
MODULATION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
AMPLITUDE
SENSORS
32. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENERGY
ENGINEERING
NAFTA
PROCESS
33. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ELECTROLYSis...
AMPLITUDE
BOYLE'S LAW
ENTREPRENEUR
34. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
EVALUATION
PROFIT
ENGINEERING
35. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
SATELLITE
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ENTREPRENEUR
36. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
MODULATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
37. 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.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PROCESS
BRAINSTORMING
38. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
DESIGN
FEEDBACK
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
39. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MOTHERBOARD
MODULATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
PROFIT
40. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
IMPACTS
TEAM
ANALYSIS
41. Energy in motion.
SENSORS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
KINETIC ENERGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
42. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
SERIES CIRCUIT
HOLOGRAPHY
43. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
DESIGN
SERIES CIRCUIT
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
44. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
IMPACTS
FREQUENCY
HOLOGRAPHY
EVALUATION
45. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
46. The basic framework of a system
POWER
FEEDBACK
INFRASTRUCTURE
FLUID POWER
47. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
ENTREPRENEUR
POWER
PRODUCTIVITY
FLUID POWER
48. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
NAFTA
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
SERIES CIRCUIT
49. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
SYNTHESIS
TEAM
IMPACTS
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
50. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
KINETIC ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE