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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.






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






3. 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.






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






5. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






8. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






12. Energy in motion.






13. Trade of products and services on a global scale.






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






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






16. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






28. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.






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






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






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






32. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






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


38. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. The formal rules that guide the design process.






43. Someone who starts a business.






44. 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.






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






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






47. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






48. 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.'






49. 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.






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