Technology Foundations/ Intro to Tech

In technology, humans change the environment using ____.

• A. systems
• B. machines
• C. materials
• D. All of the above.

Which of the following periods provided the technology of the printing press?

• A. Stone Age.
• B. Bronze Age.
• C. Iron Age.
• D. Middle Ages.

Because it is always changing and causing change, technology is considered to be a(n) ____ process.

• A. static
• B. inert
• C. dynamic
• D. scientific

During the Renaissance, ____.

• A. Leonardo da Vinci drew plans for a movable bridge
• B. Edmund Cartwright invented a power loom
• C. humans learned how to harness fire for heating
• D. the waterwheel was discovered

____ is a measure of the ability to amplify the amount of effort exerted using a mechanical device.

• A. Mechanical advantage
• B. Optimization
• C. Mechanical engineering
• D. Advantage modification

In engineering, ____ are procedures designed to examine a particular technological device to ensure it works as designed and meets desired specifications.

• A. hypotheses
• B. experiments
• C. tests
• D. None of the above.

Mathematics is a tool that allows people to ____ the world by expressing situations as numbers, equations, and inequalities.

• A. observe
• B. optimize
• C. qualify
• D. quantify

Innovations are ____.

• A. new products or processes that solve a problem and that did not previously exist
• B. refinements or improvements made to preexisting products or processes
• C. proposed explanations of a situation
• D. the processes used to communicate a solution

The conversion of raw materials into useful products is the focus of ____ engineering.

• A. chemical
• B. civil
• C. mechanical
• D. electrical

The term iterative means ____.

• A. trial-and-error
• B. scientific
• C. repetitive
• D. unique