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Technology & Engineering Design I Exam Review
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1
On a desktop computer, what is an example of an output device?
microphone
keyboard
printer
mouse
2
For a band concert, which device would be considered to be the decoder?
amplifier
speaker
microphone
cd recorder
3
When designed engineering solutions, which is NOT necessary?
scientific laws
CAD systems
properties of materials
engineering principles
4
Which provides information to adjust its function according to the provided information?
output
feedback
process
input
5
Which is NOT a way to reduce the possibility of failure of parts?
Pretesting of parts
Tolerances
Redundancy
Overdesign
6
Most significant result of the development of windmills and waterwheels?
Rise and Fall of Feudalism
Humans no longer had to use their muscles to move machines
Beginning of industrialization
Polulatiry of money and capitalism
7
Conceptual, physical and mathematical models are used to:
evaluate design solutions
train designers
define criteria for a solution
determine trade-offs
8
Construction is a systemic process, which is NOT in proper order?
completing site, building framework, installing utillities
site preparation, setting foundation, building the framework
enclosing structure,installing utilities, finishing exterior
building framework, enclosing structure,installing utilities
9
When designing solutions to technological problems, engineers use
technological theory of design
engineering design process
scientific method
scientific design theory
10
The effectiveness of the manufacturing process was increased by
batch production methods
interchangeable parts
custom made parts
natural materials
11
Which is a feedback mechanism for a system?
The alarm on alarm clock
Temperature Setting Knob
Progress Bar when downloading a file on iTunes
Computer monitor LED light
12
In the desert Southwest homes are built with . . .
steel frame
adobe
straw bale
rock/stone
13
The Engineering Design Process follows:
an undefined circular path
an undefined linear path
a defined circular path
a defined linear path
14
Medical related images and simulations available to education patients is an example of
videoconferencing
continuing medical education
remote monitoring of vital signs
nursing call centers
15
Event from the early 1900's with the most significant effect on the progress of science?
Development of the transistor
Development of the pump
Development of the waterwheel
Development of the automobile
16
Agricultural products include . . .
food, fiber, fuel, and chemicals
fiber, food, chemicals, and clothing
buildings, clothing, food, and fuel
buildings, food, fiber, and fuel
17
In Science, you form a hypothesis, in Engineering, you
identify criteria
Brainstorm
Define a problem
Build a prototype
18
Structural insulated panels have the ability to insulate and
conduct eletricity
support weight
act as a concrete form
collect rainwater
19
Materials can be classified as
natural, synthetic, and mixed
metal, plastic, and leather
natural, plastic, and leather
metal, synthetic, and leather
20
Which of the constraints listed below is NOT considered a physical constraint?
size
color
cost
shape
21
What type of resources are crops grown on a farm?
non renewable
reusable
exhaustible
renewable
22
Uses natural and recycled materials; is off-the-grid, and reduces reliance on public utilities.
Adobe
Earthship
Structural insulated panels
Insulated concrete forms
23
System produces, processes, and distributes food, fiber, fuel, chemical, and other products.
Construction
Energy and Power
Agriculture
Telemedicine
24
In a systems model, a student speaking on a cell phone, the cell phone is
input
process
feedback
output
25
Science, technology, engineering, and math are so closely related that progress in one area
promotes advancements in all other areas
promotes advancements in one area but not others
stunts progress in one but not all other areas
stunts progress in all other areas
26
Which is an output of an email communication system?
The person sending the email
The modem used for an Internet connection
The computer used by the person sending the email
The sent email
27
Engineering design principles are used to evaluate designs according to flexibility, and
proportion
economics
historical significance
ethics
28
Technology transfer occurs when . . .
An innovation is used in different time periods
one society uses a product from another society
Innovation used for one purpose is used for another purpose
One society deems product unethical
29
What part of local FM radio station is considered to be the input?
The FM waves
The music at the radio station
The listener
The listener's radio
30
A constraint that is concerned with cost and must be considered when designing is
social
political
economic
aesthetic
31
Time, budget, and safety are almost always considered to be:
trade-offs
constraints
efficiency
criteria
32
Which includes resources such as energy, capital, people, materials, tools and machines?
input
feedback
output
process
33
The ability of a material to resist various kinds of rapidly changing stresses is known as
hardness
creep strength
tensile strength
fatigue strength
34
Which of the following situations is not considered part of telemedicine?
remote monitoring of vital signs
videoconferencing
word processing
transmission of digital images
35
A trade-off is a desired result that is
spun off to form a new company
granted ahead of other desired results
forfeited in favor of other desired results
forfeited solely due to high cost
36
What is the correct order from softest to hardest?
Stone, iron, bronze
Bronze, stone, iron
Iron, bronze, stone
Stone, Bronze, iron
37
Troubleshooting diagrams are used to tell the user . . .
How to list the size and tolerances of the parts
Where to repair the product
How to use and maintain a system/product
How to list of the product parts
38
Identified elements and features of a product or system are the
trade-offs
criteria
contraints
efficiencies
39
All are examples of processes and procedures used in construction,
except
availability of resources
mathematical calculations
scientific concepts
impact of interchangeable parts
40
What device in common use today can claim a design by Leonardo da Vinci as its predecessor?
four-wheel-drive jeep
truck
plane
tank
41
A characteristic of a 3D model that a 2D model does not have is
width
surface area
height
volume
42
What heat-resistant material would be good to protect the outer skin of a spacecraft?
semiconductor
plastic
ceramic
metal
43
Which of the following represents new technologies?
The unintended effects of a product
Inventions being shared between cultures
Geodesic domes used for structures
The integration of robotics in manufacturing
44
In the systems model, if a friend talks back to a friend on a cell phone, the response is
feedback
output
process
input
45
The role of transportation in other industries such as agriculture is
vital
not important
very important
somewhat important
46
Mathematical models allow engineers and designers to express ideas:
randomly
conceptually
physically
precisely
47
Manufacturing production systems can be classified as
customized, synthetic, and continuous
customized, batch, and natural
customized, batch, and continuous
natural, batch, and continous
48
When designers made compromises, the result is often:
increased efficiency
a trade-off
more constraints
additional criteria
49
Mathematical modeling aids in technological design by simulating how:
physical models should be built
designs should be used
a proposed system might behave
a solution should be designed
50
In non verbal communication, a red hexagon shaped traffic sign means?
stop
yield
caution
go
51
Health workers in remote areas can communicate with specialists via webcams and
network security
satellites
electrocardiograms
fiber optics
52
An example of mathematics being used in medicine is. . .
setting a broken bone
taking an x-ray image
taking a blood sample
the mixing of prescription med
53
The mathematical formula for the volume of a pyramid is:
V = cube of diameter x .5236
V= square of diameter x length x .7854
V = area of base x 1/3 perpendicular height
V = length x width x height
54
A systemic application of mathematical, scientific, and technical principles is:
sociological design
engineering design
psychological design
scientific design
55
In science, you report your results; in engineering, you:
define a problem
communicate results
brainstorm
build a prototype
56
Identified limitations on the design of a product or system are the
trade-offs
constraints
criteria
efficiencies
57
What transportation system is designed to move harvested grain up into silos or grain bins?
grain elevator
conveyors
rotary tiller
combine
58
Software that allows students to read email is what type of device?
retrieval
storage
decoder
destaintion
59
A store's structure is enclosed and the utilities installed. The next step in construction is
finishing the exterior
preparing the site
setting foundations
building the framework
60
Design portfolios, design journals, drawings, and schematics are all used to:
optimize
test
evaluate
communicate
61
As part of a communication system what kind of device is the computer hard drive?
storage device
transmitter
decoder
encoder
62
The mathematical formula for the area of a triangle is:
A= length x width x height
A = length x width
A = I x (radius)2
A = base x A 1/2 (height)
63
Telemedicine allows hospitals to optimize the use of their personnel by
outsourcing all possible work
allowing outside specialists to view patient x-rays
cross training doctors, nurses, and maintenance workers
allowing them to take more vacation days
64
Which of the personal characteristics below does NOT influence engineering design
resourcefulness
ability to visualize
creativity
sensitivity
65
Magnetrons in a microwave oven create microwaves; which are an example of what type of energy
radiant
chemical
mechanical
nuclear
66
Engineers, architects, and others who engage in design to solve practical problems use
intuition and parental advise
mathematical applications and intuition
scientific knowledge and mathematical applications
scientific knowledge and parental advice
67
A prototype is a model that
performs exactly as the final solution will
does not meet the stated contraints
does not meet the stated criteria
that looks exactly as the final solution but not functional
68
Agriculture can help the transportation industry reduce dependency on foreign oil sources by
hiring cowboys to herd cattle into stockyards
not shipping product cross country
providing milk to transport to transport to the creamery
producing grain for bio-fuels
69
Agricultural businesses must do three things
process, manufacture, market
produce, process, distribute
produce, process, and market
manufacture, distribute, market
70
The Scientific Method is A/An:
Undefined linear procedure
Defined circular procedure
undefined circular procedure
defined linear procedure
71
When designing engineering solutions to problems, which is NOT considered?
engineering principles
scientific laws
properties of materials
CAD systems
72
Setting up auto pay on an electric bill is an example of what type of communication?
human to human
human to machine
machine to human
machine to machine
73
Isometric, oblique, perspective, and orthographic are different types of:
mathematical models
mathematical processes
modeling techniques
technical sketches/drawings
74
Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchange from one site to another via
print communication
verbal communication
written communication
electronic communication
75
By defining the problem, the designer clearly identifies what humans:
need or want
like and don't like
like and want
like or want
76
The light in the refrigerator no longer turns on when someone opens the door. What's wrong?
Operator error
Faulty door hinge
Poorly designed circuit
Improper use of refrigerator
77
The process of checking to see if a solution to a problem already exists is called:
optimizing
research
brainstorming
testing
78
In non verbal communication system, what is an emoticon?
a symbol used to warm about harmful emissions
an icon that empresses emotion
a symbol used for traffic control
a type of Braille used in public buildings
79
In a nuclear fission reaction, what is considered to be the process?
homes and businesses
the splitting of the atoms
the uranium atoms
the electricity
80
Materials are classified according to the properties of
thermal, radiant, and electrial
mechanical, thermal, and electrical
thermal, radiant, and nuclear
mechanical, radiant, and nuclear
81
An automobile engine is a smaller system that is embeded into larger
environmental system
social system
technological system
political system
82
Data is collected during
optimization
evaulating
refinement
testing
83
Carbon fiber is relatively high in _______ strength, because it cannot be easily pulled apart.
creep
hardness
tensile
fracture
84
Which of the following of an example of a closed system?
A clothes dryer
A motion-detecting exterior-light
A coffeepot
A microwave
85
Which Information Age device does not process and exchange information?
GPS Receiver
iPod
Laptop
Electric-Powered Vehicle