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Introduction To Technology
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Instructions:
Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A device used by humans to complete a task.
Trade- off
Tool
Manufacturing
Consequences
2. Any source of wealth that is used to expand or improve a product or process.
Communication
Capital
Industrial
Technology
3. The systematic act or process of building - erecting - or constructing buildings - roads - or other structures.
Tool
Society
Process
Construction
4. The ability to do work. Energy is one of the basic resources used by a technological system.
Manufacturing
Energy
Technological change
Pollution
5. The study of the natural world through observation - identification - description - experimental investigation - and theoretical explanations.
Innovation
Science
Construction
Needs
6. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something.
Technology
Transportation
Innovation
Capital
7. One of the basic resources used by technological systems. Information is data and facts that have been organized and communicated in a coherent and meaningful manner.
Invention
Information
Sustainable
Controls
8. The byproducts or outcomes of a decision or idea.
Environment
Innovation
Consequences
Desired
9. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation.
Invention
Machines
Ethics
Resources
10. Any technique that uses living organisms - or parts of organisms - to make or modify products - improve plants or animals - or to develop microorganisms for specific uses.
Manufacturing
Needs
Biotechnology
System
11. A community - nation - or broad groups of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests.
Requirements
Capital
Society
Resources
12. The process by which passengers or goods are moved or delivered from one place to another.
Transportation
Evolution
Science
Communication
13. (1) The innovation - change - or modification of the natural environment to satisfy perceived human needs and wants. (2) The generation of knowledge and processes to develop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilities.
Information
Technological change
Technology
Evolution
14. The successful transmission of information through a common system of symbols - signs - behavior - speech - writing - or signals.
Tool
Sustainable
Communication
Needs
15. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Transportation
Construction
Tool
Impact
16. The raising of crops and animals for food - feed - fiber - fuel - or other useful products.
Agricultural
Sustainable
Desired
Manufacturing
17. The parameters placed on the development of a product or system. The requirements include the safety needs - the physical laws that will limit the development of an idea - the available resources - the cultural norms - and the use of criteria and con
Capital
Requirements
Power
Innovation
18. The external conditions or surroundings that affect the quality of plant - animal - and human life.
Communication
Desired
Energy
Environment
19. (1) A simple device - such as a lever - a pulley - or an inclined plane - that alters the magnitude or direction - or both - of an applied force. (2) Devices designed to obtain the greatest amount of force from the energy used. (3) A device consistin
Communication
Resources
Machines
Construction
20. (1) Human activities used to create - invent - design - transform - produce - control - maintain - and use products or systems. (2) A systematic sequence of actions that combines resources to produce an output.
Resources
Process
Science
Requirements
21. The things needed to get a job done. In a technological system - the basic technological resources are energy - capital - information - machines and tools - materials - people - and time.
Resources
Technology
Requirements
Construction
22. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent element or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.
System
Evolution
Resources
Agricultural
23. An exchange of one thing in return for another; especially relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for another regarded as more desirable.
Biotechnology
Process
Trade- off
System
24. Contamination of the environment that is the result of introducing harmful substances - such as noise or chemicals.
Technological change
Agricultural
Consequences
Pollution
25. The progress or improvements made that increase the value of things being developed
Society
Capital
Advances
Sustainable
26. The study or system of human morality and conduct.
Requirements
Biotechnology
Ethics
Energy
27. (1) The amount of work done in a given period of time. (2) The source of energy or motive force by which a physical system or machine is operated.
Construction
Environment
Communication
Power
28. The process of change over a period of time - such as the adaptation in living organisms to new environments or the improvement of products.
Manufacturing
Evolution
Society
Science
29. (1) The body of truth - information - and principles acquired by humankind. (2) Interpreted information that can be used.
Knowledge
Advances
Transportation
Ethics
30. The necessity or requirements of a person.
Knowledge
Needs
Society
Pollution
31. To express a wish for - request - want - or anticipation.
Manufacturing
Consequences
Advances
Desired
32. A transformation that is prompted or initiated by an improvement or application of knowledge that has been developed to satisfy needs - solve problems - and increase our capabilities.
Capital
Information
Technological change
Industrial
33. An arrangement of chemical - electronic - electrical - and mechanical components that commands or directs the management of a system.
Power
Controls
Information
Pollution
34. Of - or relating to - or resulting from industry.
Industrial
Knowledge
Tool
Process
35. Refers to something that can continue to be supported or held up in various circumstances.
Tool
Advances
Invention
Sustainable
36. The process of making a raw material into a finished product; especially in large quantities
Manufacturing
Construction
Invention
Advances