Unit 3 - Relationships of Technology

A patent is good for _____ years.

• 20

• 10

• 50

• 40

Many technology transfers or spin-offs come from developments in technology from _____.

• ACDC

• AARP

• NASA

• FDA

Obtaining a patent requires the service of a _______________.

• patent attorney

• encryption program

• federal agent

• judge and jury

Technological ideas are sometimes protected through the process of _____.

• secrecy

• encryption

• patenting

• security

Technological progress promotes the advancement of _____ and _____.

• speed and precision

• criteria and constraints

• science and mathematics

• supply and demand

Technological _____ often results when ideas, knowledge, or skills are shared within a technology, among technologies, or across other fields.

• management

• innovation

• freedom

• security

_____ is the study of the human-made world.

• Systems

• Science

• Mathematics

• Technology

Technology _____ occurs when a new user applies an existing innovation developed for one purpose in a different function.

• design

• security

• criteria

• transfer

_____ offers a language with which to express relationships in science and technology and provides analytical tools for scientists and engineers.

• NASA

• Chemistry

• Mathematics

• Optimization

_____ provides the knowledge about the natural world that underlies most technological products today.

• Science

• Mathematics

• Technology

• Electronics