Engineering Tech 1 Voc.set#3

What is the last step in the design process?

• Brainstorm

• Define the Problem

• Making ther Item

• Presenting the solution

Jackie is at a fast-food restaurant and is surprised to find a machine with a touch screen that not only takes an order, but also receives payment. The new ordering system is an example of what type of communication?

• Human to Machine

• Human to Computer

• Human to Internet

• Communication

What system produces, processes, and distributes food, fiber, fuel, chemical, and other useful products

• Natural Resources

• Agriculture

• Biotechnology

• Biofuels

Technologies that include inputs, processes, and outputs associated with sending and receiving information are examples of:

• Impact of interchangeable parts

• Input technologies

• Business

• Communication

All are examples of processes and procedures used in construction, except:

• impact of interchangeable parts

• construction

• blueprints

• cost

A focus group usually consists of groups of 5-7 people that are surveyed. The data collected from a focus group should be considered:

• Rights

• Common practice

• Opinion

• Assumption

As knowledge and skills increase, modification to products advance from one generation to the next. This is an example of?

• Technological Evolution

• Generational Evolution

• Personal Evolution

• Technical Evolution

A hydroelectric dam uses flowing water to spin a turbine which in turn spins a generator which produces electricity. The input of the hydroelectric dam is the mechanical energy in the flowing water. What type of energy is the output of the dam?

• Electronic

• Electrical

• Mechanical

• Physics

A coal-fired power plant creates coal ash as a waste product. An accident occurs when the container for coal ash leaks the waste into a river. What area has the leak affected most?

• Waterways

• Plains

• Atmosphere

• Environment

To stay competitive, companies create new technologies resulting in new processes. The following are results of new technologies except:

• inventions

• a car company changing management protocols

• innovations

• Research & Development