Engineering Technology I Review C

The technology of using small amounts of electricity for controlling; detecting; and information collecting, storing, retrieving, processing and communicating.

• Electronic technology

• Electrical technology

• Structural technology

• Fluid technology

The technology of putting parts and materials together to create supports, containers, shelters, connectors and functional shapes.

• Structural technology

• Construction technology

• Optical technology

• Electronic technology

The technology of using fluid, either gaseous (pneumatics) or liquid (hydraulic) to apply force or to transport.

• Fluid technology

• Structural technology

• Construction technology

• Air technology

The technology of producing light; controlling light,

using light for information collection, processing, storage,

retrieval and communication; and using light to do work.

• Optical technology

• Fluid technology

• Structural technology

• Light technology

A brand new device, product, system, or method of doing something.

• Invention

• Innovation

• Design

• System

An improvement to an existing technological system, or method of doing something.

• Innovation

• Invention

• System

• Design

"Unlike other forms of problem solving that deal with things already in existence, _________launches into the unknown and the untried."

• Invention

• Innovation

• Technological Design Model (TDM)

• Evaluating the item

This term is central to the process of invention and innovation. All technological products and systems first existed in the human imagination.

• Creativity

• Close-minded ideas

• Fixing

• Innovating

Product innovation is driven by what?

• Needs and Wants

• Supply and Demands

• Knowledge and Ideas

• None of these answers

If a society wants a product, then it is generally evident in the ______ _______of products that satisfy that want.

• Sales Figures

• Materials Lists

• None of these

• Transporation Costs