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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. 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.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
FREQUENCY
POWER
2. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
LOAD
BIO-CONVERSION
BRAINSTORMING
CRITICAL THINKING
3. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
ENERGY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SYSTEM
4. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
CRITICAL THINKING
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
5. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
WORK
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
6. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
GLOBAL MARKET
KINETIC ENERGY
7. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ELECTROLYSis...
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ENERGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
8. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
9. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
POWER
CONSTRAINTS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
10. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
ASSEMBLY LINE
IMPACTS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
BIO-CONVERSION
11. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ENERGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
12. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
OPTIMIZATION
EVALUATION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
13. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PRODUCTIVITY
NUCLEAR FISSION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
14. 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.
LOAD
MODULATION
FREQUENCY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
15. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
OPTIMIZATION
16. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
POWER
SIMPLE MACHINES
FEEDBACK
MOTHERBOARD
17. 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.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
FLUID POWER
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
KINETIC ENERGY
18. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CIRCUIT
TEAM
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
19. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
PRODUCTIVITY
DESIGN
CRITICAL THINKING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
20. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
MOTHERBOARD
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
21. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
TECHNOLOGY
POWER
OPTIMIZATION
MODULATION
22. The formal rules that guide the design process.
CONSTRAINTS
SYSTEM
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
PROFIT
23. 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.'
BIO-CONVERSION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
TECHNOLOGY
24. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
WORK
RAPID PROTOTYPING
MODULATION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
25. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
MODULATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ENERGY
TEAM
26. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
POWER
OPTIMIZATION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SATELLITE
27. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
ASSEMBLY LINE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CIRCUIT
28. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
MODULATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
NAFTA
29. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
DESIGN
ASSEMBLY LINE
CRITICAL THINKING
MOTHERBOARD
30. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
BIO-CONVERSION
31. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
TEAM
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
32. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
33. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
OPTIMIZATION
TECHNOLOGY
IDENTITY THEFT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
34. The basic framework of a system
INPUT
INFRASTRUCTURE
BIO-CONVERSION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
35. Someone who starts a business.
ENTREPRENEUR
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
36. 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
MOTHERBOARD
ENTREPRENEUR
GLOBAL MARKET
37. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
ANALYSIS
INFRASTRUCTURE
NUCLEAR FISSION
EVALUATION
38. 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.
SIMULATION
FLUID POWER
AMPLITUDE
ENGINEERING
39. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
DESIGN
SENSORS
PRODUCTIVITY
40. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
BIO-CONVERSION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
AMPLITUDE
41. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
PRODUCTIVITY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ENTREPRENEUR
42. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
CRITERIA
ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
RAPID PROTOTYPING
43. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
ENGINEERING
SATELLITE
CIRCUIT
HOLOGRAPHY
44. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
KINETIC ENERGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
45. Stored energy or energy at rest.
ANALYSIS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
KINETIC ENERGY
SATELLITE
46. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
HOLOGRAPHY
SYSTEM
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
GLOBAL MARKET
47. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
HOLOGRAPHY
SYSTEM
INFRASTRUCTURE
48. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
SENSORS
BRAINSTORMING
ENGINEERING
INPUT
49. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
AMPLITUDE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
RECEIVERS
50. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
HOLOGRAPHY
ENTREPRENEUR
BRAINSTORMING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY