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Technology Vocab
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engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Coats or modifies the surface of parts or products to protect them - make them more appealing to the consumer or both
Job Safety
Finishing
Cutting
Organism
2. To push or drive quickly and forcibly
Thrust
Vehical Guidance
Engineering
Design
3. A ridged bar that is free to pivot or rotate on a fixed point
Shaping
Hand tool
Lever
Engineering Drawing
4. A method of drawing views of an object as it is seen from different positions and arranged in a standard order
Engineering Drawing
Biotechnology
Multiview Drawing
Organism
5. The successful transmission of information through a common system of symbols - signs - behavior - speech - writing - or signals.
Wedge
Hold
Communication
Complex
6. Uses energy to produce power for motion
Primary Processes
Manufacturing
Assembling
Propulsion (vehicle)
7. Decision-making process that produces plans for products or systems that meet human needs and wants or solve problems.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Energy
Finishing
Design
8. Device with fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy in order to do work.
Wedge
Orthographic Projection
Machine
Screw
9. To keep from falling or moving; support Lift is an upward force used to overcome gravity
Secondary Processes
Technology
Hold
Vehical Guidance
10. Protection from risk of harm or injury while operating equipment or working Safety Device- Apparatus or attachments that prevent a mechanism from being operated unintentionally or inappropriately
Organism
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Design Brief
Job Safety
11. A flat sloped surface
Engineering
Constraint
Inclined Plane
Wedge
12. A drawing created to communicate specific details about an object following specific design guidelines
Engineering Design
Engineering Drawing
Friction
Hold
13. Simple handheld artifacts that require human muscle power or air or electric power to make them work
Hand tool
Engineering Design
Biotechnology
Communication
14. Brings materials and parts together to make a finished product
Assembling
Prototype
Design
Propulsion (vehicle)
15. A full-scale working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments.
Prototype
Engineering
Technology
Quality Control
16. Written plan that identifies a problem to be solved - its criteria - and its constraints; used to encourage thinking of all aspects of a problem before attempting a solution.
Design Brief
Suspension/Support
Vehical Guidance
Drag
17. The system that makes changes in speed and direction of a vehicle possible
Thrust
Job Safety
Friction
Vehicle Control
18. The process of making a raw material into a finished product; especially in large quantities.
Thrust
Engineering
Drag
Manufacturing
19. The systematic act or process of building - erecting - or constructing buildings - roads - or other structures.
Energy
Engineering
Construction
Quality Control
20. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal
Engineering Drawing
Pulley
Drawing Tools
System
21. A manufacturing system that involves producing a limited quantity of a product to a customer's specifications.
Custom production
Separate
Drag
Engineering Design
22. An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder
Material
Separate
Screw
Assembling
23. The system by which the views of a multiview drawing are arranged in relation to each other
Vehicle Control
Inclined Plane
Simple Machine
Orthographic Projection
24. A limit to the design process. Constraints may be such things as appearance - funding - space materials - and human capabilities.
Constraint
Design Brief
Thrust
Mass production
25. The capacity for doing work
Separate
Friction
Energy
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
26. Are processes that turn industrial materials into finished materials
Organism
Inclined Plane
Drawing Tools
Secondary Processes
27. Force that pulls objects towards the center of the earth.
Orthographic Projection
Gravity
Technology
Vehicle Control
28. A device that is thick at one end and tapers to a thin edge at the other end
Shaping
Design
Wedge
Wheel and Axle
29. The force that brings moving objects to rest - friction occurs when objects come in contact with each other
Synthetic Material
Engineering Drawing
Job Safety
Friction
30. Process of designing on a computer.
Engineering Drawing
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Gravity
Job Safety
31. Substance (chemical - biological - or mixed) that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Wheel and Axle
Material
Design
Engineering
32. Any technique that uses living organisms - or parts of organisms - to make or modify products - improve plants or animals - or to develop microorganisms for specific uses.
Engineering
Biotechnology
Engineering Design
Engineer
33. Are processes that change raw materials into industrial materials
Primary Processes
Process
Energy
Multiview Drawing
34. Made of a grooved wheel with a rope or cable wrapped around it
Drag
Separate
Suspension/Support
Pulley
35. A systematic problem solving strategy - with criteria and constraints - used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem or satisfy human needs and wants and to winnow (narrow) down the possible solutions to one final choice.
Hold
Machine
Sketch
Design Process
36. Two cylindrical objects fastened together that rotate on a common axis
Design Brief
Wheel and Axle
Manufacturing
Design Process
37. An individual self-sustaining unit of life or living material. Five forms of organisms: plants - animals - fungi - protists - and bacteria
Propulsion (vehicle)
Organism
Thrust
Vehicle Control
38. Tools used to aid in the process of creating an engineering drawing.
Process
Pulley
Screw
Drawing Tools
39. Increases our mechanical advantage and help us apply forces we could not provide with just our own strength.
Biotechnology
Simple Machine
Synthetic Material
Design
40. Human activities used to create - invent - design - transform - produce - control - maintain - and use products or systems
Process
Propulsion (vehicle)
Separate
Vehical Guidance
41. Machinesmade up of various combinations of simple machines
Secondary Processes
Pulley
Complex
Vehicle Control
42. Making sure that quality remains high during manufacturing
Lever
Engineer
Quality Control
Job Safety
43. The resistance of an object to the flow of a fluid - such as air or water
Pulley
Custom production
Vehicle Control
Drag
44. An action that causes material to be removed
Organism
Cutting
Engineering Drawing
Design Brief
45. Material that is not found in nature (glass - concrete - and plastics)
Construction
Synthetic Material
Drawing Tools
Engineering Design
46. A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
Primary Processes
Engineer
Design Brief
Cutting
47. Is the process by which part of a material is removed - usually through cutting Separating uses tools to shear or machine away unwanted material
Hand tool
Wedge
Energy
Separate
48. Is the process by which a material is chipped away to change its shape
Screw
Cutting
Shaping
Material
49. The system of making many of the same items very quickly - usually by machine
Engineering
Hold
System
Mass production
50. Work performed by an engineer -involves the knowledge of mathematical and natural sciences applied with judgment and creativity to develop ways to utilize materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.
Engineering
Machine
Complex
Sketch