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Technical Design And Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
IDENTITY THEFT
POWER
ELECTROLYSis...
ANALYSIS
2. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ENTREPRENEUR
POTENTIAL ENERGY
WORK
3. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
IMPACTS
SATELLITE
DESIGN
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
4. 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
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
NUCLEAR FISSION
WORK
5. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
AMPLITUDE
PROFIT
ELECTROLYSis...
6. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
RECEIVERS
HARD DISK
SYNTHESIS
ENTREPRENEUR
7. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
INFRASTRUCTURE
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
WORK
8. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
SATELLITE
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
9. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
FREQUENCY
10. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CIRCUIT
BOYLE'S LAW
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
11. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SYSTEM
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
12. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
POWER
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
13. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
SYSTEM
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
FREQUENCY
CONSTRAINTS
14. The basic framework of a system
HARD DISK
PRODUCTIVITY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
15. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
ENGINEERING
PROFIT
SYNTHESIS
WORK
16. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
TEAM
BRAINSTORMING
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
17. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
SATELLITE
ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY
SIMPLE MACHINES
18. A popular movement.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CRITERIA
TREND
NAFTA
19. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
GLOBAL MARKET
TEAM
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
20. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
SATELLITE
HARD DISK
TECHNOLOGY
RECEIVERS
21. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
OPTIMIZATION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
22. 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.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY
FEEDBACK
23. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
BRAINSTORMING
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
24. Someone who starts a business.
DESIGN
ENTREPRENEUR
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
PROCESS
25. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
CRITICAL THINKING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CRITERIA
26. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ELECTROLYSis...
RECEIVERS
DESIGN
27. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
DESIGN
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
KINETIC ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
28. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
SIMULATION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SERIES CIRCUIT
29. 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.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
POWER
SYSTEM
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
30. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
ASSEMBLY LINE
OPTIMIZATION
SENSORS
HOLOGRAPHY
31. 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.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
IDENTITY THEFT
PRODUCTIVITY
AMPLITUDE
32. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PROCESS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
33. 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
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
TEAM
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
34. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
35. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ASSEMBLY LINE
RECEIVERS
FREQUENCY
36. A resource that is entered into a system.
ASSEMBLY LINE
RECEIVERS
INPUT
BIO-CONVERSION
37. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
BIO-CONVERSION
ENTREPRENEUR
SENSORS
38. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
SERIES CIRCUIT
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
NUCLEAR FISSION
39. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
MOTHERBOARD
PROCESS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
BIO-CONVERSION
40. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
NAFTA
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING
PROCESS
41. 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.'
IDENTITY THEFT
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
PRODUCTIVITY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
42. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
ENGINEERING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
NAFTA
RECEIVERS
43. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
PROFIT
SIMULATION
NUCLEAR FISSION
44. 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.
SATELLITE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
LOAD
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
45. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
46. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SENSORS
EVALUATION
KINETIC ENERGY
SIMPLE MACHINES
47. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
CRITERIA
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
SERIES CIRCUIT
48. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SENSORS
SATELLITE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
BIO-CONVERSION
49. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
OPTIMIZATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA
IDENTITY THEFT
50. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ENERGY
NAFTA
HARD DISK