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