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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Creating things through the process of planning.
TECHNOLOGY
FREQUENCY
CRITICAL THINKING
DESIGN
2. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
OPTIMIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
SIMPLE MACHINES
LOAD
3. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
ASSEMBLY LINE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
BIO-CONVERSION
4. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
SIMPLE MACHINES
BOYLE'S LAW
NANOTECHNOLOGY
5. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
DESIGN
NAFTA
ENGINEERING
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
6. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ENTREPRENEUR
KINETIC ENERGY
7. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
IDENTITY THEFT
NUCLEAR FISSION
POWER
PROCESS
8. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
TECHNOLOGY
SENSORS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
NUCLEAR FISSION
9. 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.
SENSORS
ENGINEERING
SERIES CIRCUIT
LOAD
10. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
MODULATION
ANALYSIS
PROFIT
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
11. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
MOTHERBOARD
LOAD
FLUID POWER
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
12. 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.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
FEEDBACK
BRAINSTORMING
13. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
SYSTEM
CIRCUIT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
14. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HARD DISK
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
FEEDBACK
GLOBAL MARKET
15. 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.
PROCESS
POWER
NAFTA
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
16. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ASSEMBLY LINE
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ELECTROLYSis...
17. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
NUCLEAR FISSION
TEAM
MOTHERBOARD
POTENTIAL ENERGY
18. 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.
TEAM
IDENTITY THEFT
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
IMPACTS
19. A resource that is entered into a system.
ENERGY
SATELLITE
INPUT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
20. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
NAFTA
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
POWER
SERIES CIRCUIT
21. Stored energy or energy at rest.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
NAFTA
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
22. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
FREQUENCY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
IDENTITY THEFT
23. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
RECEIVERS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
24. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
EVALUATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
GLOBAL MARKET
ENGINEERING
25. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
HOLOGRAPHY
INFRASTRUCTURE
SYNTHESIS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
26. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
IDENTITY THEFT
AMPLITUDE
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
27. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
POWER
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
DESIGN
FEEDBACK
28. A popular movement.
TREND
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SIMPLE MACHINES
29. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
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30. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CRITICAL THINKING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
31. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
FLUID POWER
BIO-CONVERSION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
32. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
HARD DISK
CONSTRAINTS
CIRCUIT
PRODUCTIVITY
33. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
IMPACTS
PROFIT
IDENTITY THEFT
HARD DISK
34. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ANALYSIS
CRITERIA
NUCLEAR FISSION
SIMPLE MACHINES
35. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
ENERGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
PROCESS
POWER
36. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
POWER
FLUID POWER
SYNTHESIS
LOAD
37. 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.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ANALYSIS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
BRAINSTORMING
38. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
MODULATION
39. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
BIO-CONVERSION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
HARD DISK
SENSORS
40. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
POWER
ENGINEERING
41. Someone who starts a business.
SERIES CIRCUIT
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ENTREPRENEUR
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
42. 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.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
FEEDBACK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
43. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
SYNTHESIS
SENSORS
SYSTEM
44. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
SIMPLE MACHINES
EVALUATION
FEEDBACK
45. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
MODULATION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
46. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
MOTHERBOARD
OPTIMIZATION
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
47. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
GLOBAL MARKET
FEEDBACK
48. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
ENTREPRENEUR
FEEDBACK
49. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ASSEMBLY LINE
SERIES CIRCUIT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
50. 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.
TREND
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CRITICAL THINKING
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION