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WorksheetsUnit 1 (Lesson 1-4)
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How might you evaluate technology?
a)
How does it work?
b)
Does it work as intended?
c)
Take it apart to see how it funtions.
d)
Ask someone if it works for them.
2.
Which of the following is an impact technology has had on our society?
a)
Political
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
d)
All of the above
3.
How many historical periods were discussed?
a)
4
b)
7
c)
9
d)
12
4.
What is the most significant result based on the development of windmills and waterwheels?
a)
The rise and fall of feudalism
b)
Humans no longer had to use their muscle to move machines
c)
Popularity of money and capitalism
d)
Beginning of mechanical labor
5.
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 mathematics principles
b)
The engineering design process
c)
Technical know-how
d)
Positive and negative effects of using technology
6.
Information Age devices are used to process and exchange information. Which of the following does this as its primary function?
a)
iPad
b)
Paper and pencil
c)
Telephone
d)
Calculator
7.
Television is a technological development that occurred during the ________.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Information Age
c)
Paleolithic Age
d)
Industrial Age
8.
The printing press is a technological development that occurred during the
a)
Middle Ages
b)
Renaissance
c)
Stone Age
d)
Bronze Age
9.
The rate of technological development is __________.
a)
Rapidly decreasing
b)
Rapidly increasing
c)
Slowly increasing
d)
Rapidly increasing
10.
A new and useful tool or process is called an__________________.
a)
Innovation
b)
Invention
c)
Cultural shift
d)
Technology transfer
11.
______________ is a series of improvement or refinements to an existing idea or product.
a)
Invention
b)
Improvement
c)
Innovation
d)
Technological developments
12.
What event from the early 1900s had the most significant impact on the development of technology?
a)
The development of mechanical labor.
b)
The development of steam power.
c)
The development of electricity.
d)
The development of the assembly line.
13.
Most development of technologies these days is driven by ________.
a)
Politics
b)
Profit motives
c)
Morals
d)
Ethics
14.
_________________ allow companies and individuals to protect their product designs from being copied and produced without their permission.
a)
Patents
b)
Trademarks
c)
Lawsuits
d)
Original sketches
15.
Specific, goal-directed research conducted by a company to design new innovations is called _________.
a)
Engineering design
b)
Research and Development
c)
Technological know-how
d)
Technology transfers
16.
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
17.
Why do businesses perform market research?
a)
To determine if their product works.
b)
To determine how much to charge for the product.
c)
To determine who uses the product.
d)
To determine what product to create next.
18.
What might be some issues to address when innovating an existing product?
a)
What can make it work better?
b)
Can the cost be affordable?
c)
The cost of the innovation vs. the cost of the product to the end consumer.
d)
All of the above.
19.
What two (2) purposes does Research & Design have in technology?
a)
To determine use and safety of a product.
b)
To determine cost and effective uses for a product.
c)
To discover new products and gain technical knowledge.
d)
To discover new uses for products and how to market them better.
20.
Who performs Research and Design in a company?
a)
Scientists and engineers
b)
Engineers and marketing professionals
c)
Scientists and quality control engineers
d)
Engineers and cost analysts
21.
Which step in the Research and Design Process is similar to the Scientific Method Process?
a)
Analyze the uses of Crisco
b)
Decide on a product to study
c)
Conduct a survey
d)
Write an essay of why the study is being done
22.
All research should be done in what kind of fashion?
a)
Haphazardly
b)
Careful
c)
Slowly
d)
Systematically
23.
Two types of research are:
a)
Exploratory and Conclusive
b)
Exploratory and Definitive
c)
Exploratory and Explanative
d)
Exploratory and Conditional
24.
Why do companies analyze market data?
a)
Determine effectiveness of their products for consumer use.
b)
To determine the cost of products for consumer use.
c)
To determine future products for consumer use.
d)
All of the above
25.
What is data?
a)
Answers on a survey.
b)
An Excel spreadsheet of people's names.
c)
A spreadsheet of numbers
d)
An Excel spreadsheet of 18 to 21 year old's choice of food choices.
26.
Which of the following contributes to the success or failure of a product?
a)
Strength of the economy
b)
Latest fads
c)
Advertising
d)
All of the above
27.
______________ is when a designer must make a choice between positive and negative impacts for a product.
a)
Principles of design
b)
Marketing
c)
Trade off
d)
Sketching
28.
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are so closely related that progress in one area often _________________.
a)
Stunts progress in other areas
b)
Stunts progress in one but not all other areas
c)
Promotes advancements in all other areas
d)
Promotes advancement in one other area but not others
29.
If a product causes legislation to be enacted, this is an impact on_________.
a)
Economics
b)
Social
c)
Culture
d)
Politics
30.
If thousands of people purchase iPads because they are sooo cool, this is an impact on _______________.
a)
Economics
b)
Culture
c)
Society
d)
Politics
31.
If a product is so revolutionary that everyone is using it, that is an impact on __________.
a)
Economics
b)
Culture
c)
Society
d)
Politics
32.
Determining the prices on products is an impact of __________________.
a)
Economics
b)
Culture
c)
Society
d)
Politics
33.
Do you feel you know more about the history of technology and how it evolves now than at the beginning of the year?
a)
Yes
b)
No
34.
Do you feel you can differentiate between an invention and an innovation now?
a)
Yes
b)
No
35.
Are you ready to start solving problems in the next Unit? (Unit 2)
a)
Yes
b)
No
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