TRENDS QUIZ 2

Your school cafeteria introduces many small changes this semester — new snack flavors, different lunch line setups, and students trying new clothing styles. These tiny, everyday shifts happening across campus best describe:

• Gigatrends

• Macrotrends

• Megatrends

• Microtrends

A decades long shift causes people worldwide to change how they live, work, and communicate; it becomes widely recognized and reshapes societies over generations. This kind of trend is called:

• Gigatrends

• Macrotrends

• Megatrends

A toy becomes wildly popular for a month and then disappears from stores and conversations. That phenomenon is most accurately termed:

• Gigatrends

• Macrotrends

• Megatrends

• Microtrends

A local surge in telecommuting, online marketplaces, and remote learning—each small but related—combine to produce a broad, society level shift in how people live and work. This aggregation of small changes is known as:

• Gigatrends

• Macrotrends

• Megatrends

• Microtrends

A global shift—such as widespread digital connectivity—that touches nearly every aspect of life (economy, education, culture, politics) is best described as:

• Gigatrends

• Macrotrends

• Megatrends

• Microtrends

Your city experiences broad, lasting shifts—new industries emerge, social institutions change, and policies adapt over many years. This characteristic of trends is called:

• Gigatrends

• Macrotrends

• Megatrends

• Microtrends

Which of the following statements about elements of a trend is NOT true in this classroom scenario: your teacher claims trends form when students repeat behaviors, last for decades, stay popular a long time, and never disappear quickly?

• A trend is formed from repetitive actions of people.

• A trend that has a long‑time frame, sometime running for decades.

• Trends have long staying power and enjoy a long period of popularity.

• The lifespan of products or ideas that became trends do not disappear quickly.

A researcher lists items that make up a trend while auditing local habits. Which of these is NOT an element of a trend?

• cause

• truth

• consequence

• long period of time

During a community study you are asked to identify components of trends. Which option is NOT an element or component of a trend?

• long period of time

• pattern of behavior

• strategic alternatives

• number of participants

Your class compiles the trend hierarchy for a project. Which of these is NOT listed as part of the module’s trend hierarchy?

• Gigatrends

• Macrotrends

• Megatrends

• Nanotrends