Management of Technology Quiz

What is the coordinated set of actions that fulfill a company’s objectives, purpose, and goals?

• Strategic management

• Technology management

• Operational management

• Innovation management

What is the definition of innovation?

• The introduction of new goods only

• The conquest of new sources of supply

• The carrying out of new combinations

• The opening of new markets

Which type of innovation involves a new or significantly improved production or delivery method?

• Marketing innovation

• Process innovation

• Organizational innovation

• Product innovation

What is the purpose of the compass?

• To measure time

• To generate electricity

• To navigate the oceans

• To communicate over long distances

Which innovation enabled society to liberate from a near-total reliance on daylight?

• The telegraph

• The steam engine

• The electric light

• The printing press

What is the purpose of the domestication of the horse?

• To clear forests

• To carry cargo

• To plow farmland

• All of the above

Who developed the first long-lasting light bulbs?

• None of the above

• Both A and B

• Joseph Swan

• Thomas Edison

What did the telegraph use to convey messages?

• Radio waves

• Sound waves

• Electricity

• Morse code

Who accidentally discovered the bacteria-inhibiting mold known as penicillin?

• Robert Hook

• Alexander Fleming

• Joseph Lister

• Louis Pasteur

Who perfected the steam engine in the late 1700s?

• Nikola Tesla

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• James Watt