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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 a message travels from the sender to receiver.
TREND
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
2. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
IMPACTS
TREND
WORK
NAFTA
3. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
SERIES CIRCUIT
4. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
INPUT
SENSORS
CRITERIA
5. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
BRAINSTORMING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
AMPLITUDE
FLUID POWER
6. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PROFIT
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
BIO-CONVERSION
7. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
CRITERIA
NAFTA
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ENERGY
8. A resource that is entered into a system.
INPUT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PROFIT
ENERGY
9. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
SATELLITE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
10. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
RECEIVERS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
HOLOGRAPHY
11. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
SERIES CIRCUIT
NANOTECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
12. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
IMPACTS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
13. 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.
FREQUENCY
DESIGN
LOAD
OPTIMIZATION
14. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SYSTEM
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
15. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
IDENTITY THEFT
CONSTRAINTS
CRITICAL THINKING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
16. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SYSTEM
MODULATION
ASSEMBLY LINE
17. 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.
KINETIC ENERGY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
PROCESS
18. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
ANALYSIS
CIRCUIT
SYSTEM
MODULATION
19. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
FLUID POWER
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
MODULATION
SYNTHESIS
20. 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
MOTHERBOARD
AMPLITUDE
PRODUCTIVITY
21. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
WORK
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
LOAD
TEAM
22. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
23. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SATELLITE
INFRASTRUCTURE
SYNTHESIS
24. Creating things through the process of planning.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ANALYSIS
DESIGN
25. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
WORK
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
26. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
BIO-CONVERSION
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
EVALUATION
TEAM
27. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
WORK
FLUID POWER
GLOBAL MARKET
28. Stored energy or energy at rest.
KINETIC ENERGY
AMPLITUDE
SYNTHESIS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
29. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SYSTEM
MODULATION
30. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
FREQUENCY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
31. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
SIMPLE MACHINES
RAPID PROTOTYPING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CONSTRAINTS
32. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
CRITERIA
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
KINETIC ENERGY
LOAD
33. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
SENSORS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR FISSION
34. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
INFRASTRUCTURE
SIMULATION
ASSEMBLY LINE
PROFIT
35. 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
NANOTECHNOLOGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
36. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
CRITICAL THINKING
POWER
SYNTHESIS
37. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
BOYLE'S LAW
GLOBAL MARKET
SYSTEM
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
38. 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.
SIMULATION
FEEDBACK
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
39. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
IDENTITY THEFT
NANOTECHNOLOGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
40. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
HARD DISK
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
41. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
RECEIVERS
BRAINSTORMING
42. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
ENERGY
PROFIT
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
NUCLEAR FISSION
43. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
44. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
IMPACTS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
EVALUATION
45. Someone who starts a business.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
FEEDBACK
TREND
ENTREPRENEUR
46. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
IMPACTS
SENSORS
HOLOGRAPHY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
47. 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.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
BRAINSTORMING
48. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
PROCESS
INFRASTRUCTURE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
RAPID PROTOTYPING
49. 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.
SYSTEM
AMPLITUDE
GLOBAL MARKET
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
50. The basic framework of a system
ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
INFRASTRUCTURE