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