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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.






2. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.






3. Stored energy or energy at rest.






4. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.






5. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them






6. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.






7. 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.






8. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.






9. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.






10. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid






11. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.






12. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.






13. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






14. A popular movement.






15. 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.






16. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.






17. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.






18. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






19. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.






20. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.






21. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.






22. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.






23. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.






24. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.






25. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.






26. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.






27. Someone who starts a business.






28. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.






29. Energy in motion.






30. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.






31. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






32. Creating things through the process of planning.






33. 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.'






34. The formal rules that guide the design process.






35. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.






36. 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.






37. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.






38. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.






39. Trade of products and services on a global scale.






40. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.






41. 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.






42. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.






43. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).


44. A resource that is entered into a system.






45. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






46. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.






47. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.