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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.






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






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






4. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






6. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






14. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.






15. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






19. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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. The basic framework of a system






26. 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.'






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Stored energy or energy at rest.






34. 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.






35. Someone who starts a business.






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






41. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






45. A popular movement.






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






47. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






48. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.






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






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