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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






5. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






10. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






19. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.






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






21. 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.






22. Energy in motion.






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






30. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.






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






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






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






34. A resource that is entered into a system.






35. A popular movement.






36. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






40. Stored energy or energy at rest.






41. 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.






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






43. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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