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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.






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






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






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






5. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






7. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.






8. The effect of a system's processes and/or output on the systems environment. this effect can be either positive - negative - or in some cases both.






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






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






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






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






13. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.






14. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






16. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






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






21. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






25. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.






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






27. 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.






28. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






31. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






32. Someone who starts a business.






33. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






35. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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.






39. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.






40. The basic framework of a system






41. 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.






42. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.






43. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






46. A popular movement.






47. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.






48. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.






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






50. 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.