Introduction to Technology

What is Technology?

• The practical use of human knowledge to extend human abilities and to satisfy human needs and wants.
• Impractical use of human knowledge to extend human abilities and to satisfy human needs and wants.
• Limits human abilities
• None of these

Which of these groups are ALL groups or types of technology.

• Hydro dams, computers, and buildings
• Energy & power, communication, and construction
• Hydro dams, biotechnology, and manufacturing
• Buildings, construction and transportation

Nanotechnology is the science of working with atoms or molecules of materials to develop very small machines.

• True
• False

What does "nano" mean?

• One million
• One billionth
• One terabye
• Nothing

"Machine Tools" are used for shaping and finishing metals and other materials.

• True
• False

Which one of the following is not one of the five areas of technology?

• Production
• Bio-Technology
• Communication and Information 
• Digital

Bio-technology is the giving or exchanging of information.

• True
• False

Cloning plants and animals is an example of which area of technology?

• Production Technology
• Science
• Bio-technology
• Energy and Power Technology

Production technology can be split into what two main categories 

• Manufacturing and Construction
• Making and Building
• Custom and Mass production

The purpose of construction is to build structures that protect us from the environment and support loads. Which of the following is a load that the Hoover Dam supports?

• cars
• people 
• water pressure
• all of the above