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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. 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.
AMPLITUDE
FREQUENCY
SENSORS
NUCLEAR FISSION
2. A popular movement.
TREND
GLOBAL MARKET
ASSEMBLY LINE
ANALYSIS
3. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
HARD DISK
4. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
ANALYSIS
GLOBAL MARKET
PRODUCTIVITY
RECEIVERS
5. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CONSTRAINTS
IDENTITY THEFT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
6. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CONSTRAINTS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PROCESS
SYNTHESIS
7. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
SATELLITE
INFRASTRUCTURE
MOTHERBOARD
HARD DISK
8. A resource that is entered into a system.
ENTREPRENEUR
INPUT
SATELLITE
KINETIC ENERGY
9. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
SIMPLE MACHINES
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
10. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RECEIVERS
FLUID POWER
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
RAPID PROTOTYPING
11. Someone who starts a business.
IMPACTS
ENTREPRENEUR
EVALUATION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
12. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
HARD DISK
TEAM
RECEIVERS
TECHNOLOGY
13. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
IMPACTS
FREQUENCY
14. 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.
IMPACTS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
15. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
TREND
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CRITERIA
POWER
16. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
17. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
PROFIT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
18. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SENSORS
LOAD
ENERGY
19. 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.
ENGINEERING
FREQUENCY
PROCESS
HOLOGRAPHY
20. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
TREND
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SIMPLE MACHINES
21. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
FREQUENCY
ENERGY
CIRCUIT
22. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ENTREPRENEUR
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SIMPLE MACHINES
23. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
GLOBAL MARKET
CIRCUIT
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
24. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
WORK
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
RECEIVERS
OPTIMIZATION
25. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
BIO-CONVERSION
ANALYSIS
CRITICAL THINKING
EVALUATION
26. The formal rules that guide the design process.
BRAINSTORMING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
27. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
CIRCUIT
MODULATION
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
28. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SATELLITE
29. Stored energy or energy at rest.
HARD DISK
SIMPLE MACHINES
AMPLITUDE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
30. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
SERIES CIRCUIT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ASSEMBLY LINE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
31. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
BRAINSTORMING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CONSTRAINTS
ENERGY
32. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ELECTROLYSis...
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
FEEDBACK
FLUID POWER
33. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
AMPLITUDE
34. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
FEEDBACK
BOYLE'S LAW
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
35. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
PRODUCTIVITY
BRAINSTORMING
ANALYSIS
OPTIMIZATION
36. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
RECEIVERS
TREND
HARD DISK
PROCESS
37. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ENTREPRENEUR
38. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
SERIES CIRCUIT
SATELLITE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
OPTIMIZATION
39. 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.'
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
PRODUCTIVITY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
40. 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.
MOTHERBOARD
BRAINSTORMING
FLUID POWER
FREQUENCY
41. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
SENSORS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
PROCESS
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
42. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ENGINEERING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
PROCESS
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.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
FEEDBACK
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
44. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
IDENTITY THEFT
BRAINSTORMING
ASSEMBLY LINE
45. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
46. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENGINEERING
LOAD
POWER
ANALYSIS
47. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SATELLITE
SERIES CIRCUIT
48. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
FREQUENCY
PRODUCTIVITY
WORK
49. Energy in motion.
INPUT
KINETIC ENERGY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
BIO-CONVERSION
50. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
BIO-CONVERSION
TREND
RECEIVERS