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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






12. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






30. The basic framework of a system






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. Someone who starts a business.






48. 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.






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






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