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WorksheetsEngineering, Technology, and Society
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Genetic engineering has been used to produce
a)
medicines.
b)
food animals.
c)
improved crops.
d)
all of these.
2.
An engineer has designed and built a prototype to improve the brake system of a car. What is the next step that the engineer should take in the process?
a)
Test the prototype.
b)
Make sketches of the prototype.
c)
Identify constraints.
d)
Collect and analyze the test results.
3.
What is the first step in the Design Process?
a)
Identify the Problem
b)
Construct a Prototype
c)
Develop Possible Solutions
d)
Optimize
4.
A prototype is a model that
a)
functions like the final solution would
b)
is made of the same materials as the final product
c)
is made after the final product is made
d)
has to be 3D
5.
Selective, deliberate change of genes by man. (Putting genes from one organism into another)
a)
Genetic Engineering
b)
Cloning
c)
Hybridization
d)
Inbreeding
6.
The five steps that engineers use to design something to solve a problem, to: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve.
a)
Engineer
b)
Problem
c)
Engineering Design Process
d)
Test
7.
A person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of materials, tools, mathematics, and science to design things that solve problems.
a)
Engineering Design Process
b)
Engineer
c)
Teamwork
d)
Technology
8.
Ana bought a new speaker for her computer. What type of device is a speaker?
a)
Input
b)
Output
c)
Storage
9.
A keyboard in an __________________device.
a)
Input
b)
Output
10.
What type of device is this?
a)
Input
b)
Output
c)
Storage
11.
What are these obsolete storage devices called?
a)
jump drive
b)
hard disk
c)
floppy disk
d)
thumb drives
12.
A system can be defined as
a)
A collection of parts that work together to complete a purpose
b)
A system
c)
A piece of a whole
d)
A group that individually does work
13.
What types of systems are there?
a)
Mechanical and Electrical Systems
b)
Inside and Outside Systems
c)
Open and Closed Systems
d)
Human and Machine Systems
14.
What steps or process is required in order for a system to work
a)
Engineering and Design Process
b)
Stairs
c)
Construction Process
d)
Input, Process, Output, Feedback
15.
Tom went to the store and bought chairs. Each chair cost 5 dollars. How much money did Tom spend for the 4 chairs he bought?
a)
$20
b)
$1
c)
$15
d)
$10
16.
This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist.
a)
dependent (responding) variable
b)
independent (manipulated) variable
c)
observations
d)
control group
17.
Technology is the study of the ______________ world?
a)
Natural
b)
Manufacturing
c)
Man-made
d)
Digital
18.
Bio-technology is the giving or exchanging of information.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Science is the study of the ____________ world?
a)
Man-made
b)
living
c)
natural
d)
plant
20.
The ultimate purpose of engineering is to ____________?
a)
Solve problems
b)
Fix things
c)
Build new things
21.
A drinking cup helps humans satisfy a ________?
a)
Want
b)
Need
c)
None of the above
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