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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






10. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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.






13. A resource that is entered into a system.






14. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






16. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






27. Stored energy or energy at rest.






28. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Energy in motion.






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.






43. 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.






44. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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.'






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






49. A popular movement.






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