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Engineering Technology I Final 2021

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"The concerted human effort to understand, or to understand better, the history of the natural world and how the natural world works, with observable physical evidence as the basis of that understanding." This statement best describes...

a)

Technology

b)

Accuracy

c)

Science

d)

Systems

2.

What is "the modification of our natural world to suit our wants and needs"?

a)

Science

b)

Technology

c)

Systems

d)

Accuracy

3.

From the Greek word techne, meaning art

or artifice or craft, this word literally

means the act of making or crafting, but

more generally refers to the diverse collection of processes and knowledge that people use to extend human abilities and to satisfy human needs and wants.

a)

Technology

b)

Science

c)

Criteria

d)

Design

4.

___________provides the knowledge about

the natural world that underlies most technological products today. In return, technology provides science with the tools needed to explore the world.

a)

Design

b)

Science

c)

Technology

d)

Utility

5.

The design process generally begins with THIS STEP— there is some need to be met or some want to be fulfilled, and the designer must understand exactly what it is and what the specific criterion and constraints there are to solving the problem.

a)

Generate Ideas

b)

Define the Problem

c)

Make the item

d)

Select the Solution

6.

This step of the TDM involves considering the original criteria and ideas,

along with various constraints, one design — or,

in some cases, more than one — and choosing the most promising to make. Generate alternatives and consider limitations.

a)

Generate ideas

b)

Define the Problem

c)

Make the Item

d)

Select the Solution

7.

What step of the Technological Design Model (TDM) requires you to see if your solution worked?

a)

Evaluating the item

b)

Generate Ideas

c)

Presenting Results

d)

Defining the Problem

8.

A group of scientists are explaining how their new medication is a success. They are...

a)

Generate Ideas

b)

Presenting the Results

c)

Testing the Item

d)

Making the Items

9.

In Economics, the forces are...

a)

Supply and Demand

b)

Input and Output

c)

Money and Power

d)

Pros and Cons

10.

A "__________" is a group of interrelated components designed collectively to achieve a desired goal.

a)

Input

b)

Feedback

c)

System

d)

Design

11.

What is the flow of an Open Loop System?

a)

Input, Process, Output

b)

Input, Process, Output, Feedback

c)

Input, Output, Process

d)

Input, Process, Feedback, Output

12.

What is the flow of a closed loop system?

a)

Input, Output, Process

b)

Input, Process, Output

c)

Input, Process, Output, Feedback

d)

Input, Process, Feedback, Output

13.

What does a closed loop system have that an open loop system doesn't?

a)

Input

b)

Feedback

c)

Process

d)

Output

14.

What is the result of the system?

a)

Input

b)

Process

c)

Output

d)

Feedback

15.

What is also known as the "system command"?

a)

Output

b)

Process

c)

Input

d)

Feedback

16.

Successful interfacing of subsystems is called...

a)

Systems design

b)

Systems Integration

c)

Systems thinking

d)

Systems Malfunction

17.

Any implement, instrument,

or utensil held in the hand

and used for cutting, hitting, digging, rubbing, etc...

a)

Energy

b)

Time

c)

Machines

d)

Tools

18.

A device that transmits or changes the application of energy (lever, inclined plane, wheel and axle, screw, pulley, and wedge).

a)

tools

b)

materials

c)

machine

d)

energy

19.

A particular method of doing something; generally involving a number of steps or operations.

a)

Machines

b)

Processes

c)

Tools

d)

Time

20.

Anything formed of matter and has substance.

a)

Materials

b)

Criteria

c)

Constraints

d)

Liquid

21.

What is the most important resource for all technological activity?

a)

Materials

b)

People

c)

Money

d)

Time

22.

"_____" is the money and other finances available for the creation and use

of technological products and systems.

a)

Capital

b)

Technology

c)

Supply

d)

Materials

23.

What is the ability to do work?

a)

Design

b)

Money

c)

Time

d)

Energy

24.

"Gathering, reading, observing, hearsay,

or any way and by any source. It does not always mean facts."

a)

Design

b)

Information

c)

Criteria

d)

Constraints

25.

The technology of putting mechanical parts together to produce, control and transmit motion.

a)

Mechanical technology

b)

Electronic technology

c)

Materials technology

d)

Structure technology

26.

The technology of producing, storing, controlling,

transmitting and getting work from electrical energy.

a)

Electrical technology

b)

Electronic technology

c)

Materials technology

d)

Optical technology

27.

The technology of using small amounts of electricity for controlling; detecting; and information collecting, storing, retrieving, processing and communicating.

a)

Electronic technology

b)

Electrical technology

c)

Structural technology

d)

Fluid technology

28.

The technology of putting parts and materials together to create supports, containers, shelters, connectors and functional shapes.

a)

Structural technology

b)

Construction technology

c)

Optical technology

d)

Electronic technology

29.

The technology of using fluid, either gaseous (pneumatics) or liquid (hydraulic) to apply force or to transport.

a)

Fluid technology

b)

Structural technology

c)

Construction technology

d)

Air technology

30.

The technology of producing light; controlling light,

using light for information collection, processing, storage,

retrieval and communication; and using light to do work.

a)

Optical technology

b)

Fluid technology

c)

Structural technology

d)

Light technology

31.

A brand new device, product, system, or method of doing something.

a)

Invention

b)

Innovation

c)

Design

d)

System

32.

An improvement to an existing technological system, or method of doing something.

a)

Innovation

b)

Invention

c)

System

d)

Design

33.

"Unlike other forms of problem solving that deal with things already in existence, _________launches into the unknown and the untried."

a)

Invention

b)

Innovation

c)

Technological Design Model (TDM)

d)

Evaluating the item

34.

This term is central to the process of invention and innovation. All technological products and systems first existed in the human imagination.

a)

Creativity

b)

Close-minded ideas

c)

Fixing

d)

Innovating

35.

Product innovation is driven by what?

a)

Needs and Wants

b)

Supply and Demands

c)

Knowledge and Ideas

d)

None of these answers

36.

If a society wants a product, then it is generally evident in the ______ _______of products that satisfy that want.

a)

Sales Figures

b)

Materials Lists

c)

None of these

d)

Transporation Costs

37.

Identifying criteria and specifying _______ will provide the basis for what the design should be and what its limits are.

a)

Constraints

b)

Prices

c)

Customer Needs

d)

Consumer Wants

38.

This term involves a choice or exchange for one quality over another.

a)

Trade-Off

b)

Evaluation

c)

Trade-on

d)

Assessment

39.

A planned process to ensure that a product, service, or system meets established criteria.

a)

Quality Control

b)

Trade-off

c)

Evaluation

d)

Optimization

40.

An exclusive right granted by the federal government to the inventors of new and useful machines, articles, substances or processes.

a)

Patent

b)

Copyright

c)

Trademark

d)

Technological Design Model (TDM) Right

41.

Which of the following is NOT a type of patent?

a)

Structural patent

b)

Design patent

c)

Plant patent

d)

Utility patent

42.

In general, exclusive patent rights last for how many years?

a)

20 years

b)

30 years

c)

15 years

d)

Not here

43.

What administration issues a Patent?

a)

United States Patent Office

b)

United States Armed Forces

c)

US Secretary of the Interior

d)

National Security Agency

44.

Who performs a search to see if the same or similar technology has already been claimed in a patent or publicly disclosed in other types of publications?

a)

Patent Examiner

b)

Trademark Executive

c)

Patent Office

d)

Not here

45.

Under which of the following circumstances could Northwest Guilford High School be sued for trademark infringement?

a)

NWGHS uses a logo that already belongs to a business

b)

NWGHS posts a song lyric video without giving credit to the actual author

c)

NWGH copies pages of a book and posts it on their homepage for profit

d)

Not here

46.

Something that makes something else happen. Out of two events, it is the event that happens first

a)

Cause

b)

Affect

c)

Effect

d)

detriment

47.

What happens as a result of the cause. Of two related events, it’s the one that happens second or last.

a)

Effect

b)

Affect

c)

Detriment

d)

Cause

48.

Technology, by itself, is neither good

or bad, but decisions about the use

of products and systems can result in desirable or undesirable consequences. This is an explanation of...

a)

Technological Ethics

b)

Technological Models

c)

Criteria

d)

Constraints

49.

When technologies work as intended, consequences can be..

a)

Anticipated and Unanticipated

b)

Only Anticipated

c)

Only Unacticipated

d)

Neither Anticipated nor Unacticipated

50.

Ethical considerations are important in the development, selection, and use of technologies. This statement is...

a)

Always True

b)

Always False

c)

Never True

d)

Outdated

51.

This era was a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union, that lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved the efforts to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to land people on the Moon.

a)

Space Race

b)

Renaissance Era

c)

Bronze Age

d)

Iron Age

52.

Soon after World War II, the United States became locked in a global conflict pitting democracy against communism. What country was the United States "fighting" against?

a)

USSR

b)

Germany

c)

South Korea

d)

Japan

53.

History changed on October 4, 1957, when the first artificial satellite was launched. What country launched this satellite?

a)

USSR

b)

USA

c)

China

d)

North Korea

54.

What was the name of the first artificial satellite that was launched in 1957?

a)

Sputnik I

b)

Apollo II

c)

Voyager I

d)

Project Gemini

55.

Who, in 1961, publicly announced that the United States would put a man on the moon before 1970?

a)

John Kennedy

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John Glenn

d)

Richard Nixon

56.

In what year did the first human orbit the earth?

a)

1961

b)

1959

c)

1957

d)

1969

57.

Who was the first person in space?

a)

Yuri Gagarin

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

John Glenn

d)

Neil Armstrong

58.

Who was the first American in space?

a)

Alan Shephard

b)

John Glenn

c)

Yuri Gagarin

d)

Buzz Aldrin

59.

Who was the first man on the moon?

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

John Glenn

c)

Michael Collins

d)

Buzz Aldrin

60.

What year did man first land on the moon?

a)

July 1969

b)

November 1963

c)

September 1957

d)

June 1944

61.

This age started with the development

of stone tools used for hunting, cutting, and pounding vegetables and meat and progressed to the harnessing of fire for heating, cooking,

and protection.

a)

Stone Age

b)

Iron Age

c)

Bronze Age

d)

Renaissance Era

62.

This age began with the discovery of copper and copper-based metals. Agricultural techniques were developed to improve the cultivation of food and its supply.

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Iron Age

c)

Stone Age

d)

Renaissance Era

63.

During this age, the uses of iron and steel were used as the primary materials for tools.

During this period, sustained technological development caused many people to migrate from farms to developing towns and cities.

a)

Iron Age

b)

Bronze Age

c)

Steel Age

d)

Renaissance Era

64.

This time in history saw a rebirth of the arts and humanities, was also an important development in the history of technology.

a)

Renaissance Era

b)

Bronze Age

c)

Stone Age

d)

Steel Age

65.

The Technology Design Model (TDM)

a)

is cyclical

b)

is terminal

c)

is outdated

d)

guarantees a correct answer

66.

Which of the following factors can affect engineering and design?

a)

All of these answers

b)

Environmental Impacts

c)

Ethical Considerations

d)

How mush a technology will cost to produce

67.

For which of the following technologies would ergonomics NOT be needed?

a)

Sputnik I

b)

Apollo I

c)

A computer keyboard

d)

A car

68.

Which of the following is NOT a concern in the design process?

a)

Not listed

b)

Quality Control

c)

Reliability

d)

Safety

69.

what is the release for piggy?

a)

1/20/2020

b)

1/18/2020

c)

1/02/2020

d)

1/22/2020

70.

Core technologies produce technology ___

a)

Ideas

b)

systems

c)

designs

d)

methods

71.

In order to maintain established requirements, _____ are made in order to meet the characteristics of an optimum design.

a)

rough prototypes

b)

design models

c)

budget decisions

d)

trade-offs

72.

In order to maintain established requirements, _____ are made in order to meet the characteristics of an optimum design.

a)

rough prototypes

b)

design models

c)

budget decisions

d)

trade-offs

73.

Quality control is concerned with how well a product, service, or system conforms to _____ and _____ required by the design.

a)

specifications and tolerances

b)

costs and benefits

c)

rules and regulations

d)

parts and services

74.

The Core Technologies are considered to be the basic "_____ _____" from which all technology systems are created.

a)

design rules

b)

building blocks

c)

selling points

d)

time savers

75.

The Core Technologies are the bridge between _____ concepts and real‐world technology.

a)

science

b)

construction

c)

central

d)

material

76.

The Core Technologies provide numerous opportunities to describe, analyze, and predict physical phenomena using _____.

a)

history

b)

materials

c)

mathematics

d)

machinery

77.

There are _____ Core Technologies.

a)

four

b)

six

c)

nine

d)

two

78.

_____ is the process of planning, organizing, and controlling work

a)

Optimization

b)

Research

c)

Management

d)

Design

79.

_____ _____ is a planned process to ensure that a product, service, or system meets established criteria.

a)

Quality control

b)

Cost analysis

c)

Market research

d)

Design constraint

80.

All materials are categorized as _____ or __

a)

man‐made or synthetic

b)

renewable or exhaustible

c)

reliable or unreliable

d)

available or unavailable

81.

All materials must be grown or located in _____.

a)

nature

b)

society

c)

technology

d)

processes

82.

Once located, materials must be harvested or _____.

a)

frozen

b)

extracted

c)

packaged

d)

duplicated

83.

Technological processes as well as ______ processes are used in agriculture, energy conversion, information processing and communication, construction, manufacturing, medical and transportation technologies.

a)

artificial

b)

natural

c)

biodegradable

d)

chemical

84.

The world is full of _____ and _____ that keep the planet working.

a)

inventions and innovations

b)

people and places

c)

systems and cycles

d)

causes and effects

85.

There are hundreds of materials available. They can be used in various ways to meet various human needs and wants. They are the key to our _____.

a)

prosperity

b)

employment

c)

existence

d)

pleasure

86.

_____ are a basic input to technological processes and systems.

a)

Chemicals

b)

Materials

c)

Ingredients

d)

Fuels

87.

_____ materials can be grown and harvested.

a)

Exhaustible

b)

Renewable

c)

Technological

d)

Obtainable

88.

_____ resources have a limited supply and cannot be replaced once they are used up.

a)

Nuclear

b)

Exhaustible

c)

Organic

d)

Natural

89.

is the application of science for the real-world purposes

a)

Science

b)

Engineering

c)

Technology

d)

Prototype

90.

Limitations or challenges

a)

criteria

b)

constraints

c)

trade-off

d)

prototype

91.

A sample product that is used to represent the real product

a)

Constraints

b)

Trade-off

c)

Engineering Design Process

d)

Prototype

92.

Spending more money to get stronger metal for a bridge is an example of

a)

Trade-off

b)

Constraints

c)

Prototype

d)

Technology

93.

In the engineering design process, which step requires to brainstorm possible solutions

a)

ask

b)

imagine

c)

plan

d)

create

94.

Spending more money to get stronger metal for a bridge is an example of

a)

Trade-off

b)

Constraints

c)

Prototype

d)

Technology

95.
The process of doing something again and again, usually to improve it.
a)
Brainstorming
b)
Probability
c)
Variable
d)
Iterations
96.
The process of taking something apart and analyzing its workings in detail.
a)
Graphic Design
b)
Reverse Engineering
c)
Process
d)
Evaluation
97.

Why do engineers follow the design process?

a)

To find solutions to real life problems

b)

To understand how Earth formed

c)

To practice making measurements

d)

To use the same solution for every problem

98.

_____ resources have a limited supply and cannot be replaced once they are used up. Select one: a) Nuclear b) Exhaustible c) Organic d) Natural

a)

Nuclear

b)

Exhaustible

c)

Organic

d)

Natural

99.

_____ materials can be grown and harvested. Select one: a) Exhaustible b) Renewable c) Technological d) Obtainable

a)

Exhaustible

b)

Renewable

c)

Technological

d)

Obtainable

100.

There are hundreds of materials available. They can be used in various ways to meet various human needs and wants. They are the key to our _____.

a)

prosperity

b)

employment

c)

existence

d)

pleasure