TEN100: Technology Engineering Test #1

Study Guide

Chapters 1-3: The Engineering Process

Engineering: Interdisciplinary field, drawing on scientific and mathematical
knowledge of the natural world to create human-built technologies.
Engineers: Individuals who use the laws and theories that scientists develop to
design new technologies.
Technology: Anything people do to change the natural world to suit human needs
and wants.
Constraints: A limitation to be considered in designing and developing
technology.
Criteria: Desired features of a product.
Patent: Document issued by the government that gives an inventor the sole right
to make, distribute, or sell a particular invention for a certain number of years.
Pugh Matrix: a tool used to facilitate a disciplined, team-based process for
concept generation and selection.

Chapter 4: Engineering Drawing

Scale: The ratio of an object in a drawing to the size of the true object.
Metric system: System of measurement in which all units are based on multiples
of ten.
Hidden Lines: Dashed lines that are drawn to show part of a drawings geometry
that can not be seen directly in a particular view.

Chapters 5-7: Production Processes

Mass market: refers to a product made for all consumers in general; the product
has a wide range of available customers but typically has tougher competition.
Niche market: describes a product tailored for a specific target demographic; the
product has a narrow range of customers but can typically yield higher profits per
item.
Market research: process of learning more about consumers attitudes and
thoughts about products.
Assembly line system: allows for continuous manufacturing whereby good are
produced at a steady rate.

Batch production: the process of producing standardized parts or components in

quantity to be assembled later into larger parts.
Interchangeable parts: Pre-fabricated, standardized parts that are assembled
into products.
System: a group of parts that works together to achieve a certain goal.

Chapter 8: Manufacturing
Separating: The process of removing unwanted materials.
Webbing: The process of stapling sheets of fabric together.
Forming: The process of using force to shape a material.
Assembling: The process of putting the parts of a product together.
Molding and Casting: Process by which material is liquefied, poured into a mold
of a desired shape, allowed to solidify in that shape, then removes form the mold.
Conditioning: Any process that uses high temperatures, chemicals, or mechanical
force to change the properties of a material.
Finishing: The final treatment done to the surface of a product to make it more
attractive to the consumer.