SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Technical Design And Engineering
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CONSTRAINTS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
MODULATION
2. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
BIO-CONVERSION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
AMPLITUDE
3. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
FLUID POWER
SIMPLE MACHINES
EVALUATION
WORK
4. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
GLOBAL MARKET
PROCESS
BOYLE'S LAW
CRITICAL THINKING
5. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
SENSORS
AMPLITUDE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
6. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ENGINEERING
7. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
AMPLITUDE
INPUT
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
WORK
8. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
BRAINSTORMING
ANALYSIS
OPTIMIZATION
PROFIT
9. 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.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
RAPID PROTOTYPING
FLUID POWER
AMPLITUDE
10. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
SENSORS
ANALYSIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
WORK
11. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
ASSEMBLY LINE
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
KINETIC ENERGY
12. 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.
NUCLEAR FISSION
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
POWER
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
13. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
BIO-CONVERSION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
HARD DISK
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
14. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
ENTREPRENEUR
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SENSORS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
15. Energy in motion.
ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
KINETIC ENERGY
16. A resource that is entered into a system.
HOLOGRAPHY
INPUT
IDENTITY THEFT
ANALYSIS
17. 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.'
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SATELLITE
HOLOGRAPHY
DESIGN
18. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ASSEMBLY LINE
IDENTITY THEFT
SATELLITE
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
19. 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.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
FREQUENCY
FLUID POWER
20. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
IMPACTS
BIO-CONVERSION
HARD DISK
FLUID POWER
21. Stored energy or energy at rest.
SERIES CIRCUIT
ENGINEERING
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
22. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
EVALUATION
HOLOGRAPHY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
23. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
IDENTITY THEFT
PROFIT
SIMULATION
CRITERIA
24. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
IMPACTS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CIRCUIT
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.
IMPACTS
TEAM
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
BOYLE'S LAW
26. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
MOTHERBOARD
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
LOAD
27. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
CRITICAL THINKING
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SIMULATION
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
28. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
MOTHERBOARD
NAFTA
LOAD
AMPLITUDE
29. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
HARD DISK
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ENERGY
30. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SIMPLE MACHINES
FLUID POWER
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
31. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
GLOBAL MARKET
32. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
IDENTITY THEFT
GLOBAL MARKET
HOLOGRAPHY
33. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
POWER
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
NUCLEAR FISSION
HOLOGRAPHY
34. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SENSORS
MOTHERBOARD
DESIGN
35. 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.
OPTIMIZATION
BRAINSTORMING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
FEEDBACK
36. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ENERGY
CRITICAL THINKING
FEEDBACK
37. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
FEEDBACK
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
RECEIVERS
38. Creating things through the process of planning.
ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
DESIGN
SYNTHESIS
39. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SATELLITE
SYNTHESIS
40. The formal rules that guide the design process.
IDENTITY THEFT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
MOTHERBOARD
41. Someone who starts a business.
PROFIT
ENTREPRENEUR
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SATELLITE
42. 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.
AMPLITUDE
SENSORS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
BOYLE'S LAW
43. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
GLOBAL MARKET
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
PROFIT
SIMULATION
44. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
MOTHERBOARD
WORK
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
45. 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
CONSTRAINTS
IDENTITY THEFT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
46. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
IDENTITY THEFT
ENGINEERING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
BOYLE'S LAW
47. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
FEEDBACK
RAPID PROTOTYPING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
CRITERIA
48. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
49. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SYSTEM
PROCESS
TECHNOLOGY
50. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
ENERGY
MODULATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
HARD DISK