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FET Unit 01 Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is an area that technology has impacted society?
a)
Political
b)
Environmental
c)
Economic
d)
All of these
2.

Originating in the Middle Ages, what is the most significant result of the development of windmills and waterwheels?

a)

The rise and fall of feudalism

b)

The ability to work longer hours

c)

Popularity of money and capitalism

d)

Using machines to do work for us

3.
Information Age devices are used to process and exchange information. Which of the following does this as its primary function?
a)
iPod
b)
Laptop
c)
GPS Receiver
d)
All of these
4.
Television is a technological development that occurred during the ________. 
a)
Renaissance
b)
Paleolithic
c)
Industrial Age
d)
Information Age
5.
The microscope is a technological development that occurred during the ________. 
a)
Renaissance
b)
Middle Ages
c)
Neolithic Age
d)
Industrial Age
6.
Digital photography is a technological development that occurred during the ________. 
a)
Renaissance
b)
Middle Ages
c)
Mesolithic
d)
Information Age
7.
The printing press is a technological development that occurred during the ________. 
a)
Information Age
b)
Middle Ages
c)
Renaissance
d)
Iron Age
8.
The rate of technological advancement is ________.
a)
Slowly decreasing
b)
Rapidly decreasing
c)
Rapidly increasing
d)
Slowly increasing
9.
A new or useful tool or process is called a(n) ___________.
a)
Invention
b)
Innovation
c)
Culture shift
d)
Technology transfer
10.
_________ is a series of refinements or improvements to an existing idea or invention.
a)
Technology transfer
b)
Culture shift
c)
Innovation
d)
Invention
11.
Most development of technologies in the modern era is driven by _______.
a)
Political desire
b)
Profit motives
c)
Moral fiber
d)
Ethical concerns
12.
_________ allow companies and individuals to protect their product designs from being copied and produced without their permission.
a)
Patents
b)
Trademarks
c)
Lawsuits
d)
Sketches
13.
Specific, goal-directed research conducted by a company to design new innovations is called _________. 
a)
Engineering design
b)
Research & development
c)
Technology transfer
d)
Technical know-how
14.
Research and Development is used for the following purposes:
a)
To reverse-engineer a product and to develop new products
b)
To reverse-engineer a product and discover new scientific/technical knowledge
c)
To develop new products and discover new scientific/technical knowledge
d)
To develop new products and improve a company’s operations
15.

Comparing tools made of stone, iron, and bronze: place them in the correct order from least to most durable.

a)

Stone, Iron, Bronze

b)

Iron, Bronze, Stone

c)

Stone, Bronze, Iron

d)

Bronze, Stone, Iron

16.
Today, the development of tools and machines is based on scientific knowledge and engineering design; however, early in the history of technology, the development of tools and machines was based on __________________.
a)
Technology and mathematical principles
b)
The engineering design process
c)
Technical know-how
d)
Positive & negative effects of using technology
17.

During what time period did mankind begin to domesticate animals and settle down into societies?

a)

Paleolithic Age

b)

Mesolithic Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Bronze Age

18.

At the end of the Neolithic Age, man discovered that melting together tin and copper made a new, much stronger material we call:

a)

Iron

b)

Steel

c)

Bronze

d)

Aluminum

19.

The history of technology has been evolutionary; this means that technology has...

a)

gradually gotten more advanced over time.

b)

mostly advanced by sudden leaps forward.

c)

seen a lot of cross-over into different fields.

d)

stayed more or less the same for a long time.

20.

Design problems are __________ presented in a clearly defined form.

a)

always

b)

sometimes

c)

seldom

d)

never

21.

Engineering has a more direct influence on society than science because it solves...

a)

vague problems

b)

general problems

c)

practical problems

d)

specific problems

22.

What power source was one of the main causes of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Water

b)

Steam

c)

Wind

d)

Animals

23.

When a designer gets rid of a product feature in order to reduce the cost of manufacturing the product, it's a good example of a...

a)

Trade-off

b)

Design principle

c)

Design process

d)

Marketing strategy

24.

A technological impact is considered a(n) _______ when it impacts the way people interact with each other and the world around them.

a)
economic impact
b)
environmental impact
c)
political impact
d)
social impact
25.

A technological impact that affects the way people earn and spend money is considered a(n) ________ impact.

a)
social
b)
political
c)
economic
d)
environmental
26.

The word "engineer" began as the Latin word "ingeniare", which means "to ______".

a)

consider

b)
destroy
c)
observe
d)

design