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| A corporation's name and how it will be financed is found in the ____________. |
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| ____________ is the replacing of human supervision by machine supervision. |
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| What type of part can be used to hold a part on a shaft? |
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| In a manufacturing environment, what does CNC stand for? |
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| What order can the federal government use to cause striking workers to return to work? |
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| What type of research is used to gather information? |
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| ____________ is when metal is melted to a liquid state and then poured into a mold to cool. |
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| What are the hard substances used for rubbing off material from softer workplaces called? |
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| What type of process forms materials above their recrystallization point? |
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| ____________ is doing research by reading books and magazines to find out about what has already been done. |
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| What type of process requires the metal to be heated until it becomes malleable? |
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| What is the basis for modern mass production methods and enables large quantities to be produced at a low cost? |
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| Who is responsible for running a company or business? |
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| ____________ is finding out what people want to buy, how much, and at what cost. |
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| Gauges are important tools for what aspect of production? |
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| What type of business is owned by one person? |
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| Vegetable, mineral, and oil are types of ____________. |
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| In the early 1800s, one of the first devices controlled by punched cards was the ____________. |
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| A jointer will machine a surface so that it is ____________. |
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| ____________ set the goals and policies of a company. |
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| A steam turbine is an example of a ____________. |
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| The first plastic developed was ____________; it was designed to replace ivory in billiard balls. |
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| Retooling is the changing of ____________. |
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| Who is the person that recommends a possible solution in a labor dispute? |
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| A combination of iron and carbon with the result being more than 2% carbon is ____________. |
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| Who was the first person to use mass production in manufacturing automobiles? |
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| What is the time needed between ordering supplies and needing them? |
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| What is the process in which workers, through their union, meet with company management to work out a contract dispute? |
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| What is the amount of money used to start a business? |
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| Who is credited with the concept of inter-changeable parts? |
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| Conveyers, hoists, and cranes are three basic types of ____________. |
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| material handling equipment |
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| A ____________ is a description of a business's financial activities for the preceding year, as well as information about the company and its products. |
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| UNF and UNC are types of ____________. |
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| What is the period when the use of stone tools changed to the use of the first metal tools? |
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| ____________ are used in quality control to insure that the product meets specified tolerances. |
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| Land, labor, and ____________ are the basic inputs to a business. |
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| A ____________ is used to prevent motion between two parts such as a rotating collar on a shaft. |
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Which of the following is the first machine tool?
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| ____________ production makes one product at a time. |
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| What part of a company is used to hire new employees? |
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| What is a rod threaded on both ends and is to be screwed into a part with mating internal threads? |
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| What is a person who organizes, manages, and assumes risks of starting a business? |
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| The amount paid to stockholders of a corporation is the ____________. |
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| 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? |
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| A new product designed with new technology and characteristics is ____________. |
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| ____________ generally are a better performing and cheaper material formed by combining two or more unlike materials. |
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| What is a protection granted by the government that ensures an inventor's idea cannot be legally copied? |
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| New products generally come about because of ____________. |
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Which of the following is a process used to harden ceramic materials?
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| What method of production assigns each person a specific task in making a product? |
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| In a labor dispute, the person who makes a decision between the union and the management is the ____________. |
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| An exchange of goods without money is called this. |
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| What is the placement of machines and equipment to enable an easy flow of people and materials? |
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| ____________ is stamping and stretching a material over a pattern called a die. |
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| When workers refuse to work, they are on ____________. |
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| What is the reuse of materials? |
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| A ____________ is a programmable, multifunctional manipulator designed to perform a variety of tasks repeatedly. |
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| The bed, tailstock, and headstock are the three main parts of ____________. |
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| Sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation are the ____________. |
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| The name of a product is its ____________. |
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| With carbon being less than 2% of the total product, a combination of carbon and iron would produce ____________. |
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| What is the point at which metal can be formed without creating internal stress within the crystal structure of the metal? |
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| A ____________ is a complaint by a worker about a manager's violation of a union contract. |
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| An estimate of the revenues and expenses for a period of time for a business is its ____________. |
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| What is the main ingredient of glass? |
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| A ____________ is a common shaping device used in many forming operations on plastic and metal. |
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| What are labor organizations that bargain with employers to set wages and work practices for its members? |
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| The way a product is presented to a user is the ____________. |
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| The number of ___________ of freedom for a robot is given by the number of directions of movement. |
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| Making products for personal use is ___________. |
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| What are those items that a company provides for beyond the basic salary or wage? |
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| What is the pivot point on a lever called? |
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| A ___________ is used to prevent rotation between a shaft and a machine part such as a gear, pulley, or rocker arm. |
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| Joining two parts by melting them together is ___________. Example: welding |
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| The process of closing down a business is ___________. |
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| What are the costs from the normal degradation of components of a system? |
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| To ___________ is to coat a metal surface with zinc as a protective layer from corrosion. |
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| Forming done below the crystallization point is ___________. |
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| The legal name of a company is its ___________. |
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| The ___________ of a company are all the debts owed by that company.. |
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| What is the area marked off around a machine to insure no one distracts the operator? |
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| The abilities to create ideas, to express ideas, and to be open minded to other ideas are important characteristics of ___________. |
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| What is the total value of all items owned by a company? |
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| A ___________ is done when a new product is modified from an existing one. |
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| ___________ is changing materials into something useful. |
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| The main purpose of a pilot run is ___________. |
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| Metallic ores are ___________ to remove impurities. |
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| What is the legal document showing the selling of a property? |
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| What removes the impurities from molten pig iron by forcing a blast of hot air through the pig iron? |
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| From what ore is aluminum extracted? |
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| ___________ is applying the research knowledge acquired to a product or process. |
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| ___________ research is used to learn new things. |
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| ___________ is the practice of buying equipment, supplies, materials, and utilities needed to provide a product or service. |
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| A common way to move materials in an assembly line is by ___________. |
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| ___________ is electrolytic treatment of a metal to produce a protective surface layer on the metal which is usually an oxide of the base metal. |
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| A business owned by stockholders and is considered a separate legal entity is a ___________. |
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Which of the following is the most important group of unions in the United States today?
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