STAAR EOC Technology and Geography Strands

Which of these is an example of a successful innocation of the assembly-line production model?

• A social media company initiates a new privacy policy for its subscribers

• A financial adviser redistributes money throughout a customer's portfolio

• A computer is built to a purchaser's specifications using the available inventory of supplies

• A cable television company updates its system to include more channels

How did the events on this timeline affect U.S. businesses?

• Profit sharing became a standard practice for industrial corporation

• Monoplistic practices were abolished by federal legislation

• Mass-manufacturing techniques were adopted to maximize production

• Retirement plans were guaranteed to factory workers

Which technological advance from WWII fulfilled this mission

• Sonar

• Jet engines

• Radar

• Cipher machines

Which of these best explains the change in money spent at the movies from 1946-1965

• an increase in unemployment

• the popularity of television

• a decrease in urban population

• the resurgence of fundamentalism

Which words correctly complete this excerpt

• 1: chicken pox, 2: antibiotics

• 1:tuberculosis, 2:iron lung treatements

• 1: polio 2: vaccines

• 1: whooping cough 2: serum

Jobs such as the ones described in this 1956 advertisement became available because

• federal law required private businesses to recruit for the military

• weak college programs had produced few scientist qualified for higher-level research

• Cold War defense programs had spurred technological innovations

• most U.S. citizens opposed the development of atomic weapons

The introduction of vaccines to the United States helped-

• limit the risk in consuming imported produce

• improve the hygiene of medical procedures

• improve the quality of the water supply

• limit the spread of infectious diseases

What is one major reason various industries have adopted the use of automated robotic assembly

• to increase employee work hours

• to increase monetary investment

• to decrease safety requirements

• to increase manufacturing productivity

Which of the following is an example of using a renewable resource to generate electricity

• Building pipelines to mazimize the efficiency of transporting oil and gas

• Placing large wind turbines in areas with strong steady winds

• Using hydraulic fracturing with water and sand to release oil and gas

• Conducting open-pit mining in areas where coal is found near the surface

One advantage offered by hybrid cars is that they

• shorten driving time to destinations

• decrease household electricity usage

• reduce the amount of money spent on gasoline

• expand the use of carpools