Final Review

The change from the quill pen to the ballpoint pen used today is referred to as:

• Brainstorming

• Innovation

• A discovery

• A patent

The changes in cell phones from one generation to the next generation is an example of:

• Updating services

• Technological evolution

• Technological invention

• Manufacturing process

When a new technology is introduced, it immediately begins to undergo scrutiny and this leads to:

• A poor economy

• Innovation

• Invention

• Fewer patents

Which is a trade-off when selecting a resource for a design?

• Exchange one resource for another

• Giving up on a benefit for a more desirable one

• Compromising between the benefits of resources to achieve results

• Substituting different approaches

Technological literacy is defined as:

• The ability to use computers to solve problems

• An understanding of the history of technology

• An understanding of the relationship between science, math, and technology

• The ability to successfully interact with technology, and to make informed decisions

Which is a trade-off when selecting a resource for a design?

• Exchange one resource for another

• Giving up on a benefit for a more desirable one

• Compromising between the benefits of resources to achieve results

• Substituting different approaches

Since people are able to transfer the knowledge and skills related to the creation and production of technology to next generations, which statement is a reasonable conclusion:

• The development and use of technologies exhibits an evolutionary characteristic

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

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

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

Describe the rate of technological development through time.

• Rapidly decreasing

• Rapidly increasing

• Slowly increasing

• Slowly decreasing

Common characteristics of technologists, scientists, and mathematicians could include such things as:

• a reluctance to try new ideas and new solutions

• creativity, curiosity, and a desire for new knowledge

• satisfaction with the present state of knowledge

• not using math to solve problems.

The invention by the U.S. Army of a water filter that is now available for public use is an example of:

• a trade-off.

• technology transfer.

• design optimization.

• streamlining.