Tech I - Ch 15 & 16 - Vocab
  • 1. A device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy
A) generator
B) current
C) circuit
D) Battery
  • 2. In electricity, the pathway through which electrons travel
A) transistor
B) generator
C) current
D) circuit
  • 3. The flow of electrons in a wire or other conductor.
A) circuit
B) current
C) transistor
D) generator
  • 4. Tghe flow of electrons from atom to atom along a conducting pathway.
A) current
B) transistor
C) electricity
D) circuit
  • 5. The relationship between electricity and magnetism.
A) transistor
B) resistance
C) electromagnetism
D) circuit
  • 6. A device that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy. A generator uses electromagnetic induction to force electrons from their atoms.
A) generator
B) transistor
C) battery
D) current
  • 7. When voltage is applied to a conductor, the current that moves through the conductor is directly proportional to the applied voltage.
A) potential difference
B) Ohm's Law
C) battery
D) electromagnetism
  • 8. The force that causes electrons to flow.
A) electricity
B) resistance
C) Potential difference
D) Ohm's Law
  • 9. The opposition to the flow of electrons.
A) generator
B) potential difference
C) resistance
D) Ohm's Law
  • 10. A semiconductor device that amplifies electronic signals and acts as an electronic switch.
A) electromagnetism
B) generator
C) transistor
D) resistance
  • 11. A process that combines computer aided drawings and computer aided manufacturing. Output from the computer used to design a product is used to operate the machines that manufacture it.
A) CAD/CAM
B) USB
C) PT2
D) IBM
  • 12. Software that can test a product design by simulating the environment in which the product must be able to work.
A) specifications
B) standard
C) simulation software
D) smart materials
  • 13. The letter-number combinations that locate points. The letters identify imaginary lines running through an object.
A) Cartesian coordinates
B) computer aided drawings
C) computer aided manufacturing
D) resistance
  • 14. A system that allows the manufacturer to make a variety of design using the same machine.
A) OLM
B) USB
C) RAM
D) FMS
  • 15. A control system that uses computers to control the operation of machines during production.
A) CNC
B) PT2
C) FMS
D) CAD
  • 16. A process that uses computer aided manufacturing to sesign a product to operate a machine that manufactures it.
A) CAD
B) CNC
C) CAM
D) RMS
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