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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. 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.
CRITICAL THINKING
FEEDBACK
POTENTIAL ENERGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
2. 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
INPUT
SATELLITE
BRAINSTORMING
3. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
KINETIC ENERGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ELECTROLYSis...
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
4. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ENERGY
DESIGN
5. 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
WORK
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ELECTROLYSis...
6. A popular movement.
BIO-CONVERSION
TREND
CONSTRAINTS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
7. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
IDENTITY THEFT
LOAD
EVALUATION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
8. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
ASSEMBLY LINE
MODULATION
CONSTRAINTS
GLOBAL MARKET
9. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
MODULATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
HOLOGRAPHY
LOAD
10. The formal rules that guide the design process.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
11. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SENSORS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
12. 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.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
13. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SYNTHESIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
TREND
14. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
ANALYSIS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
GLOBAL MARKET
15. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
SYSTEM
ENERGY
FREQUENCY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
16. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
MOTHERBOARD
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
WORK
LOAD
17. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
BRAINSTORMING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
FLUID POWER
DESIGN
18. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
AMPLITUDE
HARD DISK
ASSEMBLY LINE
DESIGN
19. 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.
SIMULATION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
LOAD
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
20. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
EVALUATION
BRAINSTORMING
FREQUENCY
ANALYSIS
21. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
IDENTITY THEFT
TECHNOLOGY
TEAM
PROFIT
22. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
WORK
IDENTITY THEFT
FREQUENCY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
23. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
INPUT
ENGINEERING
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
24. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
RECEIVERS
SATELLITE
PROFIT
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
25. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
RECEIVERS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SIMULATION
26. Stored energy or energy at rest.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
27. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CONSTRAINTS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ELECTROLYSis...
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
28. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
AMPLITUDE
BIO-CONVERSION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SYSTEM
29. 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.
SIMULATION
BRAINSTORMING
HARD DISK
MODULATION
30. 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.'
WORK
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
AMPLITUDE
31. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
NAFTA
OPTIMIZATION
ENERGY
TEAM
32. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
AMPLITUDE
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
WORK
33. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
NAFTA
GLOBAL MARKET
LOAD
ANALYSIS
34. 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
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
DESIGN
35. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
POWER
36. Energy in motion.
CRITERIA
GLOBAL MARKET
KINETIC ENERGY
SYSTEM
37. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
BOYLE'S LAW
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
MODULATION
38. 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.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ELECTROLYSis...
HARD DISK
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
39. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
SIMULATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SYSTEM
40. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
CONSTRAINTS
MOTHERBOARD
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
NUCLEAR FISSION
41. The basic framework of a system
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ENGINEERING
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENTREPRENEUR
42. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ELECTROLYSis...
CRITICAL THINKING
GLOBAL MARKET
OPTIMIZATION
43. 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.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
FEEDBACK
OPTIMIZATION
FREQUENCY
44. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
IMPACTS
EVALUATION
45. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
PROFIT
POWER
TREND
NUCLEAR FISSION
46. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
INPUT
CIRCUIT
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
47. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
AMPLITUDE
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PROFIT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
48. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SYSTEM
SIMULATION
HOLOGRAPHY
PROFIT
49. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
PROCESS
HARD DISK
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
GLOBAL MARKET
50. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
SENSORS
INPUT
MOTHERBOARD