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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
POWER
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CIRCUIT
CRITICAL THINKING
2. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
BIO-CONVERSION
NANOTECHNOLOGY
POWER
WORK
3. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NAFTA
NUCLEAR FISSION
FLUID POWER
ELECTROLYSis...
4. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
PRODUCTIVITY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SATELLITE
SYSTEM
5. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
OPTIMIZATION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
IMPACTS
6. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
SIMPLE MACHINES
ENERGY
BIO-CONVERSION
7. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CRITICAL THINKING
CRITERIA
CONSTRAINTS
8. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CRITICAL THINKING
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
9. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CRITICAL THINKING
EVALUATION
10. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
CRITERIA
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
MODULATION
11. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
LOAD
ENGINEERING
DESIGN
SENSORS
12. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
INPUT
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SENSORS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
13. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
NANOTECHNOLOGY
BIO-CONVERSION
TEAM
HARD DISK
14. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
CONSTRAINTS
INPUT
CRITERIA
SYSTEM
15. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
RECEIVERS
TECHNOLOGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ENERGY
16. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SYSTEM
CRITERIA
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
17. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
MOTHERBOARD
SERIES CIRCUIT
DESIGN
CRITICAL THINKING
18. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SIMPLE MACHINES
EVALUATION
MODULATION
19. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
NANOTECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
20. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CIRCUIT
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
HARD DISK
21. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
BOYLE'S LAW
OPTIMIZATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
22. 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.
FREQUENCY
NUCLEAR FISSION
KINETIC ENERGY
FLUID POWER
23. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
TEAM
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SYNTHESIS
24. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
FLUID POWER
IMPACTS
HARD DISK
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
25. A resource that is entered into a system.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
TREND
INPUT
TEAM
26. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
LOAD
ENERGY
EVALUATION
27. Creating things through the process of planning.
HOLOGRAPHY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
DESIGN
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
28. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
PRODUCTIVITY
PROCESS
BRAINSTORMING
29. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
HOLOGRAPHY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
FEEDBACK
30. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
MODULATION
SIMPLE MACHINES
OPTIMIZATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
31. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
NAFTA
DESIGN
SYSTEM
32. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
CRITICAL THINKING
RECEIVERS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
SIMULATION
33. 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
SIMULATION
MOTHERBOARD
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
34. 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.
CRITICAL THINKING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
35. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
TREND
ENGINEERING
ENERGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
36. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
ANALYSIS
SIMULATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
37. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ENTREPRENEUR
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
38. A popular movement.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
EVALUATION
TREND
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
39. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
INPUT
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
FREQUENCY
CIRCUIT
40. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
41. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CONSTRAINTS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
IMPACTS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
42. 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.
SATELLITE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
43. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
CIRCUIT
ELECTROLYSis...
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SENSORS
44. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
PROCESS
CIRCUIT
AMPLITUDE
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
45. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
EVALUATION
OPTIMIZATION
SENSORS
46. The formal rules that guide the design process.
BIO-CONVERSION
ELECTROLYSis...
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
BOYLE'S LAW
47. Someone who starts a business.
BOYLE'S LAW
ENTREPRENEUR
HARD DISK
PRODUCTIVITY
48. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
TECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
SIMPLE MACHINES
49. 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.
ENGINEERING
ENTREPRENEUR
RECEIVERS
FEEDBACK
50. 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
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CRITERIA
BIO-CONVERSION