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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
MOTHERBOARD
OPTIMIZATION
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
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.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
SATELLITE
AMPLITUDE
3. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
NAFTA
SIMPLE MACHINES
SATELLITE
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
4. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
IDENTITY THEFT
BIO-CONVERSION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
5. Someone who starts a business.
NUCLEAR FISSION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ENTREPRENEUR
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
6. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
INFRASTRUCTURE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SIMULATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
7. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ELECTROLYSis...
8. 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.
CRITERIA
SYNTHESIS
LOAD
ASSEMBLY LINE
9. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ASSEMBLY LINE
CRITERIA
TREND
BOYLE'S LAW
10. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
INPUT
DESIGN
LOAD
SERIES CIRCUIT
11. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CRITERIA
OPTIMIZATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
12. 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.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
MOTHERBOARD
TEAM
CONSTRAINTS
13. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
PRODUCTIVITY
SATELLITE
SYSTEM
14. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PROFIT
BIO-CONVERSION
SIMULATION
15. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
HARD DISK
AMPLITUDE
SENSORS
16. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
BOYLE'S LAW
NAFTA
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
CONSTRAINTS
17. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
NAFTA
POWER
IMPACTS
PROCESS
18. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
NAFTA
OPTIMIZATION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
19. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ASSEMBLY LINE
ANALYSIS
INFRASTRUCTURE
SYNTHESIS
20. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
POTENTIAL ENERGY
FEEDBACK
OPTIMIZATION
BIO-CONVERSION
21. 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.
DESIGN
SERIES CIRCUIT
POWER
TEAM
22. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
DESIGN
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
FREQUENCY
23. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
HOLOGRAPHY
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PRODUCTIVITY
24. A popular movement.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
TREND
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
CIRCUIT
25. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
PROFIT
HARD DISK
HOLOGRAPHY
GLOBAL MARKET
26. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
WORK
SYSTEM
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
27. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
SERIES CIRCUIT
SIMULATION
KINETIC ENERGY
RECEIVERS
28. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PROFIT
PRODUCTIVITY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
AMPLITUDE
29. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
CRITERIA
MOTHERBOARD
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
30. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
GLOBAL MARKET
NUCLEAR FISSION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SERIES CIRCUIT
31. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
INPUT
RECEIVERS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
32. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
SYNTHESIS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ANALYSIS
33. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
FEEDBACK
ENGINEERING
MODULATION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
34. A resource that is entered into a system.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
INPUT
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
35. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
ASSEMBLY LINE
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
PRODUCTIVITY
FEEDBACK
36. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
FEEDBACK
FLUID POWER
HOLOGRAPHY
WORK
37. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
RECEIVERS
38. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
TEAM
SERIES CIRCUIT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ENERGY
39. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
EVALUATION
BRAINSTORMING
PROFIT
RECEIVERS
40. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SATELLITE
CRITICAL THINKING
41. 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.'
INFRASTRUCTURE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
IMPACTS
CRITICAL THINKING
42. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PROCESS
43. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
44. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ENERGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
45. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
IMPACTS
HARD DISK
FREQUENCY
EVALUATION
46. Stored energy or energy at rest.
CONSTRAINTS
FEEDBACK
POTENTIAL ENERGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
47. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
EVALUATION
FEEDBACK
ENERGY
48. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
SERIES CIRCUIT
CRITERIA
ENTREPRENEUR
MODULATION
49. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SERIES CIRCUIT
NUCLEAR FISSION
CONSTRAINTS
50. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
FEEDBACK
TEAM
BIO-CONVERSION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)