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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. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.






2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






5. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.






11. The basic framework of a system






12. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.






20. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






21. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.






22. The formal rules that guide the design process.






23. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.






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


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






26. Energy in motion.






27. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.






28. 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.'






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






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






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






32. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






33. 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.






34. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. A resource that is entered into a system.






40. Someone who starts a business.






41. Stored energy or energy at rest.






42. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.






43. Creating things through the process of planning.






44. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.






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






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






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






48. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.






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






50. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.