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Technical Design And Engineering
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engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
MOTHERBOARD
WORK
RAPID PROTOTYPING
2. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
3. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
HARD DISK
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ASSEMBLY LINE
PROFIT
4. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
SERIES CIRCUIT
SATELLITE
BOYLE'S LAW
CONSTRAINTS
5. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
BOYLE'S LAW
IMPACTS
6. Someone who starts a business.
RECEIVERS
ENTREPRENEUR
INFRASTRUCTURE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
7. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
BRAINSTORMING
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
8. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
TECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDE
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
9. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
KINETIC ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
10. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
FEEDBACK
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
NANOTECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
11. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
MOTHERBOARD
ASSEMBLY LINE
12. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROCESS
IDENTITY THEFT
13. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
FLUID POWER
BOYLE'S LAW
ENGINEERING
PROCESS
14. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
ELECTROLYSis...
GLOBAL MARKET
POWER
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
15. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
SERIES CIRCUIT
INFRASTRUCTURE
CONSTRAINTS
ELECTROLYSis...
16. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
MODULATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
17. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
CRITICAL THINKING
HARD DISK
18. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
SERIES CIRCUIT
SIMULATION
SENSORS
19. 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.
ELECTROLYSis...
TECHNOLOGY
IMPACTS
KINETIC ENERGY
20. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CIRCUIT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
21. A resource that is entered into a system.
INPUT
TREND
ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
22. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
WORK
ANALYSIS
FEEDBACK
LOAD
23. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
EVALUATION
ENERGY
24. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
NAFTA
SIMPLE MACHINES
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
25. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
TECHNOLOGY
SENSORS
BOYLE'S LAW
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
26. 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.
ENTREPRENEUR
BRAINSTORMING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
27. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
ENTREPRENEUR
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
SATELLITE
CIRCUIT
28. The formal rules that guide the design process.
WORK
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CIRCUIT
TECHNOLOGY
29. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ANALYSIS
DESIGN
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
GLOBAL MARKET
30. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
HARD DISK
DESIGN
TEAM
BIO-CONVERSION
31. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SATELLITE
POWER
32. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENGINEERING
33. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
GLOBAL MARKET
CIRCUIT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
34. 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.
FREQUENCY
CONSTRAINTS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
35. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
RAPID PROTOTYPING
OPTIMIZATION
EVALUATION
36. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ENERGY
SATELLITE
POWER
37. 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.'
CONSTRAINTS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
38. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
IDENTITY THEFT
NAFTA
PRODUCTIVITY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
39. 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.
SATELLITE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ENGINEERING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
40. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
RECEIVERS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CONSTRAINTS
41. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
TECHNOLOGY
SYSTEM
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
42. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SIMPLE MACHINES
SYSTEM
RECEIVERS
HOLOGRAPHY
43. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
WORK
NAFTA
SIMPLE MACHINES
ENGINEERING
44. A popular movement.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
TREND
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
45. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
IDENTITY THEFT
ENGINEERING
POWER
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
46. Stored energy or energy at rest.
SENSORS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
47. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
48. 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.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
LOAD
NAFTA
49. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
HARD DISK
NUCLEAR FISSION
BRAINSTORMING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
50. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
TECHNOLOGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
BRAINSTORMING
PRODUCTIVITY