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