Unit 1: Innovation and Inventions

Which of the following is NOT an example of the phrase "New technologies create new processes?"

• Moon->Light->Tides

• Car->Roads->Traffic Lights

• Cell phone->Texting->Hands free driver

• Computer->Desktop->Laptop

As knowledge and skills increase modification to products advance from one generation to the next. This is called:

• Technological design

• Technical creativity

• Manufacturing

• Technological evolution

A company surveyed college students to determine their need and want for a new portable computer accessory. Once the data was gathered, the company began designing the accessory to specifications determined by the data. This is an example of:

• Strategic design

• Consumer marketing

• Design and development

• Research and development

Assuming that along with the creation and adoption of new technologies, people were able to transfer the knowledge and skills related to the production of these items to subsequent generations, which statement is a reasonable conclusion:

• A thorough understanding of science is necessary for the development of technology.

• Future technological development has little relationship with how it was used in earlier times.

• The development and use of technologies exhibits an evolutionary characteristic.

• Only those with technical abilities are prepared to use new technologies

The criteria and constraints of a product or system and the determination of how they affect the final design and development are called:

• Resources

• Recommendations

• Requirements

• Risks

The transfer of technological knowledge and skills from one generation or society to another is usually accompanied with modifications to the products created through the application of these knowledge and skills. This process is called:

• Manufacturing

• Technical creativity

• Technological evolution

• Technological design

A new office building has been planned and will be built in Phoenix, AZ. The roof will have a three foot overhang and the exterior walls will be constructed using twelve inch adobe brick. The design features of this building have been established based on:

• cultural conditions

• environmental conditions

• enterprise conditions

• usage conditions

Studying the historical development of technology helps citizens

• Rely on the expertise of others to make technological decisions.

• Vote for public funding for new science and technology initiatives.

• Appreciate how innovation is an essential component of history.

• Select the best solution to a problem.

A software design team is working on a new computer operating system. They analyze the market and work to develop new software using what type of problem-solving approach?

• Technological

• Industrial design

• Research and development

• Total quality management

The dependence of America on gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles has had both negative and positive effects. A positive effect has been the ability to distribute goods to areas where they are not manufactured. A negative effect has been the proliferation of illegal used tire dumping. This is an example of a(n):

• Unanticipated effect

• Environmental sustainability

• Trade-off

• Constraint