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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. Creating things through the process of planning.






2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






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. Energy in motion.






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






11. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






26. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






29. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.'






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






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






43. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






44. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






50. 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.