A&R Quiz One

Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems is the definition of what?

• Technology

• Engineering

• Science

• Mathematics

The way people use resources to meet their needs and wants.

• Technology

• Invention

• Innovation

• Engineering

Desired specifications (elements or features) of a product or system are also known as what?

• Criteria

• Exterior

• Trade-off's

• Candy

An ordered set of instructions that are used to carry out a task.

• Algorithm

• Flowchart

• Directions

• Recipe

Which of the following is not an advantage of algorithmic thinking?

• easier to understand

• less complex

• instructions are vague

• predictable results

Scientists who apply their knowledge of computation to creating solutions using a computer system are referred to as what?

• Doctor

• Computer Scientist

• Teacher

• Salesman

A flowchart is a visual representation of what?

• An isometric drawing

• A shortcut

• a volcano

• An algorithm

Giving up one thing for another thing is also known as what?

• A loss

• A trade-off

• a task

• a benefit

A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation.

• Innovation

• Observation

• Christmas

• Invention

Improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.

• Innovation

• Debug

• Invention

• Flags