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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






5. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






14. 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.'






15. 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.






16. The basic framework of a system






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






18. 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.






19. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A resource that is entered into a system.






34. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






43. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.






44. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






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






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