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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






14. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






18. A popular movement.






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






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






21. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.






22. 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.






23. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






24. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






39. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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.'






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






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






44. 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.






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


46. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.






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






48. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.






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






50. The capacity to do work or exert effort.