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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. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal
Inclined Plane
Orthographic Projection
System
Friction
2. An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder
Job Safety
Screw
Simple Machine
Design Brief
3. Uses energy to produce power for motion
Complex
Lever
Assembling
Propulsion (vehicle)
4. 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
Engineering Drawing
Inclined Plane
Job Safety
System
5. 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.
System
Design Brief
Sketch
Constraint
6. Two cylindrical objects fastened together that rotate on a common axis
Finishing
Wheel and Axle
Inclined Plane
Propulsion (vehicle)
7. The process of making a raw material into a finished product; especially in large quantities.
Complex
Manufacturing
Design Brief
Construction
8. A ridged bar that is free to pivot or rotate on a fixed point
Friction
Lever
Shaping
Gravity
9. The force that brings moving objects to rest - friction occurs when objects come in contact with each other
Wheel and Axle
Primary Processes
Friction
Propulsion (vehicle)
10. A method of drawing views of an object as it is seen from different positions and arranged in a standard order
Job Safety
Multiview Drawing
Machine
Vehical Guidance
11. Simple handheld artifacts that require human muscle power or air or electric power to make them work
Machine
Hand tool
Wheel and Axle
Secondary Processes
12. A device that is thick at one end and tapers to a thin edge at the other end
Mass production
Process
Primary Processes
Wedge
13. The system that makes changes in speed and direction of a vehicle possible
Vehicle Control
Job Safety
System
Engineering Design
14. Process of designing on a computer.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Design Brief
Suspension/Support
Synthetic Material
15. Tools used to aid in the process of creating an engineering drawing.
Drawing Tools
Primary Processes
Engineering
Construction
16. Decision-making process that produces plans for products or systems that meet human needs and wants or solve problems.
Assembling
Wedge
Design
Gravity
17. A limit to the design process. Constraints may be such things as appearance - funding - space materials - and human capabilities.
Material
System
Constraint
Vehicle Control
18. Are processes that turn industrial materials into finished materials
Screw
Secondary Processes
Complex
Vehical Guidance
19. Systematic and creative application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends
Pulley
Design Process
Suspension/Support
Engineering Design
20. Is the process by which part of a material is removed - usually through cutting Separating uses tools to shear or machine away unwanted material
Custom production
Separate
Complex
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
21. Is the use of knowledge - tools - and resources to help people solve problems.
Orthographic Projection
Hold
Technology
Prototype
22. An action that causes material to be removed
Job Safety
Suspension/Support
Separate
Cutting
23. Force that pulls objects towards the center of the earth.
Gravity
Propulsion (vehicle)
Drag
Cutting
24. Coats or modifies the surface of parts or products to protect them - make them more appealing to the consumer or both
Cutting
Screw
Lever
Finishing
25. An individual self-sustaining unit of life or living material. Five forms of organisms: plants - animals - fungi - protists - and bacteria
Engineering
Suspension/Support
Organism
Process
26. The successful transmission of information through a common system of symbols - signs - behavior - speech - writing - or signals.
Pulley
Wedge
Manufacturing
Communication
27. Substance (chemical - biological - or mixed) that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Primary Processes
Multiview Drawing
Material
Process
28. Material that is not found in nature (glass - concrete - and plastics)
Synthetic Material
Sketch
Separate
Vehical Guidance
29. Increases our mechanical advantage and help us apply forces we could not provide with just our own strength.
Simple Machine
Secondary Processes
Assembling
Shaping
30. A vehicular system that produces proper support for the weight of the vehicle and cargo
Suspension/Support
Vehical Guidance
Propulsion (vehicle)
Construction
31. Brings materials and parts together to make a finished product
Assembling
Communication
Engineering
Pulley
32. A manufacturing system that involves producing a limited quantity of a product to a customer's specifications.
Orthographic Projection
Simple Machine
Drag
Custom production
33. 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.
Inclined Plane
Engineering
Friction
Design Process
34. 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.
Friction
Simple Machine
Drag
Engineering
35. Making sure that quality remains high during manufacturing
Quality Control
Complex
Constraint
Prototype
36. The system by which the views of a multiview drawing are arranged in relation to each other
Engineering
Orthographic Projection
Engineer
Multiview Drawing
37. A drawing created to communicate specific details about an object following specific design guidelines
Design Process
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Engineering Drawing
Quality Control
38. The system receiving information needed to operate the vehicle
Process
Primary Processes
Vehical Guidance
Separate
39. The capacity for doing work
Mass production
Energy
Process
Screw
40. A full-scale working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments.
Construction
Inclined Plane
Prototype
Manufacturing
41. Made of a grooved wheel with a rope or cable wrapped around it
Screw
Engineering Drawing
Pulley
Hand tool
42. A rough drawing that represents the main features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study.
Sketch
Multiview Drawing
Suspension/Support
Separate
43. Human activities used to create - invent - design - transform - produce - control - maintain - and use products or systems
Machine
Process
Mass production
Drawing Tools
44. The system of making many of the same items very quickly - usually by machine
Finishing
Energy
Mass production
Machine
45. The resistance of an object to the flow of a fluid - such as air or water
Drag
Organism
Primary Processes
Complex
46. The systematic act or process of building - erecting - or constructing buildings - roads - or other structures.
Mass production
Custom production
Construction
Sketch
47. 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.
Biotechnology
Synthetic Material
Multiview Drawing
Process
48. To push or drive quickly and forcibly
Thrust
Communication
Design
Manufacturing
49. To keep from falling or moving; support Lift is an upward force used to overcome gravity
System
Hold
Design Process
Wedge
50. Is the process by which a material is chipped away to change its shape
Shaping
Suspension/Support
Drag
Energy