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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
DESIGN
CONSTRAINTS
TECHNOLOGY
WORK
2. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
SENSORS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SYNTHESIS
3. 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.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
IDENTITY THEFT
BRAINSTORMING
FREQUENCY
4. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
RECEIVERS
PROCESS
ENERGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
5. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
GLOBAL MARKET
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
RECEIVERS
TEAM
6. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
SIMULATION
NUCLEAR FISSION
NANOTECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
7. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
MOTHERBOARD
NANOTECHNOLOGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
8. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING
ENERGY
SYSTEM
9. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
10. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
ENTREPRENEUR
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
11. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
GLOBAL MARKET
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
SYSTEM
ANALYSIS
12. 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
SYNTHESIS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
13. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
CRITICAL THINKING
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
IDENTITY THEFT
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
14. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
SIMULATION
15. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
ELECTROLYSis...
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GLOBAL MARKET
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
16. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
KINETIC ENERGY
CIRCUIT
ENTREPRENEUR
MODULATION
17. 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.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
BRAINSTORMING
FREQUENCY
18. 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.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
TEAM
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
19. The formal rules that guide the design process.
RECEIVERS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CRITICAL THINKING
20. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
TEAM
NAFTA
HARD DISK
21. 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.
POWER
IMPACTS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
INPUT
22. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
WORK
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
BOYLE'S LAW
SYNTHESIS
23. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
DESIGN
NANOTECHNOLOGY
EVALUATION
SENSORS
24. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
SENSORS
ANALYSIS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
HOLOGRAPHY
25. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
NAFTA
TEAM
SERIES CIRCUIT
CRITICAL THINKING
26. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CIRCUIT
CRITERIA
27. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
AMPLITUDE
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
MODULATION
28. A popular movement.
POWER
IMPACTS
WORK
TREND
29. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
DESIGN
POTENTIAL ENERGY
30. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ENERGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
NAFTA
31. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
BIO-CONVERSION
GLOBAL MARKET
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
32. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
SENSORS
ELECTROLYSis...
NAFTA
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
33. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
NUCLEAR FISSION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
34. Energy in motion.
PROFIT
PROCESS
CRITERIA
KINETIC ENERGY
35. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
RECEIVERS
TEAM
ASSEMBLY LINE
BOYLE'S LAW
36. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
KINETIC ENERGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM
37. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
BIO-CONVERSION
HOLOGRAPHY
38. 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.'
NUCLEAR FISSION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
39. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
SERIES CIRCUIT
SYSTEM
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
HOLOGRAPHY
40. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
ENGINEERING
AMPLITUDE
41. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
ANALYSIS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
WORK
42. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
LOAD
EVALUATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SYSTEM
43. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
KINETIC ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ASSEMBLY LINE
PROCESS
44. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
CONSTRAINTS
ENERGY
FEEDBACK
45. Someone who starts a business.
ENTREPRENEUR
INPUT
FREQUENCY
BIO-CONVERSION
46. 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.
FEEDBACK
TREND
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SYNTHESIS
47. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
TREND
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SERIES CIRCUIT
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
48. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
BRAINSTORMING
49. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
LOAD
GLOBAL MARKET
BIO-CONVERSION
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
50. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ASSEMBLY LINE
POWER
SYNTHESIS