What is using a computer to control machines making an object know as?

a. CADD

b. CAM

c. CAE

d. output

A corporation's name and how it will be financed is found in the :

a. stock certificate

b. charter

c. deed

d. approval notice

______ is the replacing of human supervision by machine supervision.

a. automation

b. production

c. controlling

d. upgrading

What type of part can be used to hold a part on a shaft?

a. bearing

b. weld

c. screw

d. set screw

In a manufacturing environment, what does CNC stand for?

a. Created through Numeric Control

b. Computer Network Control

c. Computer Numerical Control

d. Cased National Course threads

What order can the federal government use to cause striking workers to return to work?

a. hearing

b. work notice

c. injunction

d. summit

What type of research is used to gather information?

a. developmental research

b. applied research

c. market research

d. basic research

_______ is when metal is melted to a liquid state and then pured into a mold to cool.

a. shelling

b. casting

c. forming

d. forging

What are hard substances used for rubbing off material from softer workpieces called?

a. annealers

b. softeners

c. shavers

d. abrasives

What type of process forms materials above their recrystallization point?

a. hot forming

b. cold forming

c. cooling

d. room temperature

______ is doing research by reading books and magazines to find out what has already been done?

a. post processing

b. testing

c. following up

d. retrieving

What type of process requires the metal to be heated until it becomes malleable?

a. stretching

b. hammering 

c. forming

d. forging

What is the basis for modern mass production methods and enables large quantites to be produced at a low cost?

a. assembly line production

b. custom production

c. specializing

d. job-lot production

Who is responsible for running a company or business?

a. board of directors

b. labor

c. shareholders

d. management personnel

______ is finding out what people want to buy, how much, and at what price.

a. basic research

b. market research

c. complany research

d. applied research

Which of the following economic systems best describes the one used in the United States?

a. socialism

b. democracy

c. communism

d. captialism

Gauges are important tools for:

a. packaging

b. shipping

c. quality control

d. jigs and fixtures

What type of business is owned by one person?

a. single entity business

b. corporation

c. sole proprietorship

d. partnership

Vegetable, mineral, and oil are types of:

a. tanning

b. bases for plants

c. varnishes

d. burnishing

In the early 1800s, one of the first devices controlled by punched cards was the:

a. jaquard loom

b. analytical engine

c. cotton gin

d. locomotive

A jointer will machine a surface so that it is:

a. rectangular

b. ready for finishing

c. smooth and flat

d. rounded edged

______ set the goals and policies of a company. 

a. board of directors

b. unions

c. managers

d. labor

A stream turbine is an example of a(n) : 

a. internal combustion engine

b. heat engine

c. generator

d. rocket engine

The first plastic developed was ______; it was designed to replace ivory in billiard balls.

a. celluloid

b. tempered plastic

c. plexiglass

d. nylon

Retooling is the changing of:

a. materials

b. personel

c. labor

d. machines

Who is the person that recommends a possible solution in a labor dispute?

a. mediator

b. union steward

c. conciliator

d. arbitrator

A combination of iron and carbon with the result being more than 2% carbon is:

a. composite

b. cast iron

c. pig iron

d. steel

Who was the first person to use mass production in manufacturing automobiles?

a. mercedes-benz

B. Nikalaus Otto

c. Karl Benz

d. Henry Ford

What is the time needed between ordering supplies and needing them?

a. vacation time

b. down time

c. just in time ordering

d. lead time

What is the process in which workers, throught their union, meet with company management to work out a contract dispute?

a. unionizing

b. collaborating

c. striking

d. collective bargaining

What is the amount of money used to start a business?

a. venture capital

b. capital expenditures

c. gross profit

d. overhead expense

Which of the following people is credited with the concept of inter- changeable parts?

a. Henry Ford

b. Thomas Edison

c. Samuel Colt

d. Eli Whitney

Conveyors, hoists, and cranes are three basic types of:

a. storage facilities

b. material handling equipment

c. internal communications systems

d. production equipment

A(n) ______ is a description of a business's financial activites for the preceding year as well as information about the company and its products.

a. annual report

b. average

c. balance sheet

d. quarterly

UNF and UNC are types of :

a. screw thread

b. screws

c. nuts

d. washers

What is the period when the use of stone tools changed to the use of the first metal tools?

a. exploration age

b. information age

c. stone age

d. bronze age

______ are used in quality control to insure that the product meets sepcified tolerances.

a. rulers

b. gauges

c. calipers

d. prototypes

Land, labor, and _____ are the basic inputs to a business. 

a. equipment

b. captial

c. buildings

d. employees

A(n) _______ is used to prevent motion between two parts such as a rotating collar on a shaft.

a. bearing

b. rivet

c. set screw

d. countersink

Which of the following is the first machine tool?

a. hanner

b. lathe

c. drill press

d. planer

_____ production makes one product at a time.

a. distributed

b. job-lot

c. custom

d. assembly line

What part of a company is used to hire new employees?

a. accounting department

b. unions

c. personnel department

d. managers

What is a rod threaded on both ends and is to be srewed into a part with mating internal threads?

a. stud

b. rivet

c. set screw

d. bold

Using a filler metal to join two pieces together is : (ex) soldering and brazing

a. fusion welding

b. fission fastening

c. flow bonding

d. adhesion

What is a person who organizes, manages, and assumes risks of starting a business?

a. entrepreneur

b. CEO

c. proprietor

d. stockholder

The amount paid to stockholders of a corporation is the: 

a. dividend

b. gross profit

c. overhead expense

d. net profit

What is done when the surface around a hole needs to be cleaned up or leveled to provide a bearing for a bolt head or nut?

a. spotface

b. pilot hole

c. chamfer

d. countersink

A new product designed with new technology and characteristics is a(n):

a. innovation

b. service

c. renewal

d. upgrade