NOCTI GA Engineering & Technology Study Guide Graded A 2024

CAD - computer aided drafting plot plan - diagram showing everything at the project site at a set scale floor plan - diagram showing arrangement of rooms and furniture at a set scale elevation plan - diagram showing the external face of a building showing height at a set scale foundation plan - diagram showing the plane view of a structure at a set scale specification sheets - a document describing the specifications a product or property Brainstorm - A group technique for solving problems, generating ideas, stimulating creative thinking, etc. by unrestrained spontaneous participation in discussion. Client - A person using the services of a professional person or organization. Creativity - The ability to make or bring a new concept or idea into existence; marked by the ability or power to create. Criteria - A means of judging. A standard, rule, or test by which something can be judged. Constraint - 1. A limit to a design process. Constraints may be such things as appearance, funding, space, materials, and human capabilities. 2. A limitation or restriction. Design - 1. An iterative decision-making process that produces plans by which resources are converted into products or systems that meet human needs and wants or solve problems. 2. A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of something before it is built or made. 3. A decorative pattern. Design Brief - A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its criteria, and its constraints. Encourage thinking of all aspects of a problem before attempting a solution. Design Process - 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 Statement - A part of a design brief that challenges the designer, describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem, and identifies the degree to which the solution must be executed. Designer - A person who designs any of a variety of things. This usually implies the task of creating drawings or in some ways uses visual cues to organize his or her work. Engineer - A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. Engineering Notebook - A book in which an engineer will formally document, in chronological order, all of his/her work that is associated with a specific design project. Innovation - An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something. Invention - A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation. Iterative - A process that repeats a series of steps over and over until the desired outcome is obtained. Valid - Well-founded on evidence and corresponds accurately to the real world. open-looped - a system that has to have input each time the system is used feedback - fourth step of a system closed-looped - a system that has feedback process - second step of a system output - third step of a system subsystem - smaller systems intergrated into a larger system What are some important resources for engineering and technology? - People,Energy, Capital(Money), Information,Tools, Machines, Materials, and Time What is a system? - a set or group of parts that all work together, all of them include input, a process and an output What is a subsystem - a system that operates as part of another system What does constraint mean? - a limit, such as appearance, budget, space, materials, or human capital in the design process.