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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.






2. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






3. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.






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






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


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






7. The basic framework of a system






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






9. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.






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






11. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






19. A popular movement.






20. 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.






21. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






26. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






29. Someone who starts a business.






30. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






32. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






34. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Creating things through the process of planning.






46. 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.'






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






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






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






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