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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. 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.
FREQUENCY
EVALUATION
MOTHERBOARD
IDENTITY THEFT
2. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
SIMULATION
IMPACTS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
RECEIVERS
3. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
FREQUENCY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY
CIRCUIT
4. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
NAFTA
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
5. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
IMPACTS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
6. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
RAPID PROTOTYPING
PROCESS
DESIGN
7. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
FLUID POWER
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
GLOBAL MARKET
BIO-CONVERSION
8. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
ENTREPRENEUR
MODULATION
TEAM
INFRASTRUCTURE
9. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
IDENTITY THEFT
SYNTHESIS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
10. Creating things through the process of planning.
TREND
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
DESIGN
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
11. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
ASSEMBLY LINE
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SYSTEM
12. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
OPTIMIZATION
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
MODULATION
CIRCUIT
13. 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.
TREND
BOYLE'S LAW
AMPLITUDE
LOAD
14. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ANALYSIS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
15. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ASSEMBLY LINE
ANALYSIS
DESIGN
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
16. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ANALYSIS
HARD DISK
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ENERGY
17. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
FREQUENCY
NUCLEAR FISSION
BOYLE'S LAW
18. 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.'
ELECTROLYSis...
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
NANOTECHNOLOGY
MOTHERBOARD
19. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
NAFTA
MOTHERBOARD
KINETIC ENERGY
20. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
21. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
KINETIC ENERGY
SIMULATION
TECHNOLOGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
22. The formal rules that guide the design process.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
TEAM
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CRITICAL THINKING
23. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
FLUID POWER
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GLOBAL MARKET
24. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
PROCESS
TEAM
CIRCUIT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
25. 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.
HOLOGRAPHY
ENTREPRENEUR
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
26. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
INFRASTRUCTURE
TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
27. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
BRAINSTORMING
MODULATION
CRITERIA
GLOBAL MARKET
28. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
SYNTHESIS
SIMULATION
OPTIMIZATION
CONSTRAINTS
29. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
INPUT
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
NANOTECHNOLOGY
30. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
IDENTITY THEFT
TEAM
CONSTRAINTS
31. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
EVALUATION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
WORK
32. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
NAFTA
ENERGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
33. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
TEAM
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
HARD DISK
34. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SENSORS
IDENTITY THEFT
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
35. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
POWER
HARD DISK
36. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
FREQUENCY
CONSTRAINTS
DESIGN
CRITICAL THINKING
37. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ELECTROLYSis...
HARD DISK
ASSEMBLY LINE
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.
HOLOGRAPHY
POWER
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
39. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
FREQUENCY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
40. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SYSTEM
41. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
WORK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
FLUID POWER
EVALUATION
42. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SATELLITE
ELECTROLYSis...
PRODUCTIVITY
43. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
PROCESS
SERIES CIRCUIT
44. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
PROCESS
ELECTROLYSis...
HARD DISK
ENERGY
45. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
46. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
SYNTHESIS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
47. 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.
AMPLITUDE
ASSEMBLY LINE
ANALYSIS
NAFTA
48. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
INFRASTRUCTURE
EVALUATION
IDENTITY THEFT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
49. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
HARD DISK
SATELLITE
CIRCUIT
ENTREPRENEUR
50. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
INPUT
SIMULATION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS