TED Practice even

Which of the following does not represent an innovation derived from the NASA space program?

• firefighter self contained breather system

• adjustable patient harness system

• crash test dummies

• die free laundry detergent

________________________ is a series of refinements to an original idea or product.

• technology transfer

• invention

• innovation

• culture shift

Which of the following represents new technologies creating new processes?

• the integration of robotics in manufacturing

• geodesic domes used for structures

• inventions being shared between cultures

• the unintended effects of a product

Most development of technologies these days is driven by __________________:

• politics

• profit motives

• morals

• ethics

______________ is when a designer must make a choice between a positive and negative impact for a product.

• principles of design

• marketing

• trade off

• sketching

Specific, goal-directed research conducted by a company to design new innovations is called ____________.

• engineering design

• research and development

• technical know how

• technology transfer

Which of the following is least likely to be a reason to reverse engineer a technological device?

• bad features of a product need to be designed out

• the device needs to be compared to the original design documentation

• you want to analyze the good and bad features of a competitor's product

• the original manufacturer no longer makes the product

Science, technology, engineering and math are so closely related that progress in one area:

• stunts progress in all other areas

• stunts progress in one but not all other areas

• promotes advancements in all other areas

• promotes advancement in one area only

Early in the history of technology, the development of many tools and machines was based not on scientific knowledge but on:

• technology and mathematics principles

• the engineering design process

• technical know-how

• positive and negative effects of using technology

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of impacts technology has on our society?

• political

• economic

• experimental

• environmental