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Introduction To Technology
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engineering
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. An arrangement of chemical - electronic - electrical - and mechanical components that commands or directs the management of a system.
Communication
Controls
Resources
Construction
2. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent element or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.
System
Information
Controls
Requirements
3. Contamination of the environment that is the result of introducing harmful substances - such as noise or chemicals.
Impact
Sustainable
Needs
Pollution
4. The raising of crops and animals for food - feed - fiber - fuel - or other useful products.
Agricultural
System
Manufacturing
Energy
5. The process of making a raw material into a finished product; especially in large quantities
Trade- off
Manufacturing
Information
Science
6. The study or system of human morality and conduct.
Capital
Impact
Invention
Ethics
7. 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
Requirements
Manufacturing
Invention
Transportation
8. The process by which passengers or goods are moved or delivered from one place to another.
Advances
Invention
Ethics
Transportation
9. To express a wish for - request - want - or anticipation.
Desired
Environment
Energy
Science
10. The byproducts or outcomes of a decision or idea.
Transportation
Evolution
Consequences
Energy
11. (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.
Communication
Technology
Controls
Trade- off
12. The ability to do work. Energy is one of the basic resources used by a technological system.
Resources
Agricultural
Energy
Machines
13. A community - nation - or broad groups of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests.
Trade- off
Needs
Consequences
Society
14. The process of change over a period of time - such as the adaptation in living organisms to new environments or the improvement of products.
Evolution
Technological change
System
Innovation
15. (1) The body of truth - information - and principles acquired by humankind. (2) Interpreted information that can be used.
Knowledge
Technology
Controls
Society
16. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation.
Needs
Transportation
Sustainable
Invention
17. (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.
Process
Knowledge
Sustainable
Desired
18. Of - or relating to - or resulting from industry.
Industrial
Controls
System
Transportation
19. 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.
Tool
Resources
Construction
Trade- off
20. A device used by humans to complete a task.
Tool
Pollution
Innovation
Capital
21. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Pollution
Agricultural
Impact
Construction
22. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something.
Innovation
Knowledge
Society
Agricultural
23. The systematic act or process of building - erecting - or constructing buildings - roads - or other structures.
Technology
Construction
Science
System
24. 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.
Technological change
Requirements
Process
Science
25. (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.
Power
Tool
Resources
Desired
26. An exchange of one thing in return for another; especially relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for another regarded as more desirable.
Environment
Technological change
Trade- off
Society
27. 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.
Information
Resources
Pollution
Trade- off
28. Refers to something that can continue to be supported or held up in various circumstances.
Sustainable
Biotechnology
Environment
Communication
29. The external conditions or surroundings that affect the quality of plant - animal - and human life.
Industrial
System
Requirements
Environment
30. (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
Machines
Requirements
Biotechnology
Impact
31. Any source of wealth that is used to expand or improve a product or process.
Trade- off
Capital
Needs
Information
32. The progress or improvements made that increase the value of things being developed
Invention
Advances
Environment
Energy
33. The necessity or requirements of a person.
Communication
Invention
Consequences
Needs
34. 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.
Tool
Pollution
Ethics
Biotechnology
35. The successful transmission of information through a common system of symbols - signs - behavior - speech - writing - or signals.
Manufacturing
Needs
Communication
Information
36. The study of the natural world through observation - identification - description - experimental investigation - and theoretical explanations.
Science
Capital
System
Needs