WorksheetsConcepts of Technology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What are the seven technology resources?
People, Information, Tools and Machines, Capital, Time, Materials, Energy
People, Information, Tools and Machines, Money, Time, Materials, Energy
People, Information, Tools and Machines, Capital, Skills, Materials, Energy
People, Information, Tools and Machines, Capital, Time, Skills, Energy
What is a skill?
An ability developed through knowledge and practice
An ability developed through knowledge and experience
An ability developed through training and practice
An ability developed through learning and experience
What is the relationship between people and technology?
People are the users of the products built by technology
People are the creators of technology
People are the resources of technology
People are the consumers of technology
What is a tool?
A device that increases our ability to do work
A device that decreases our ability to do work
A device that helps us learn new skills
A device that helps us gather information
What are the six simple machines?
Wheel and Axle, Pulley, Lever, Inclined Plane, Wedge, Screw
Wheel and Axle, Pulley, Lever, Ramp, Wedge, Screw
Wheel and Axle, Rope, Lever, Inclined Plane, Wedge, Screw
Wheel and Axle, Pulley, Bar, Inclined Plane, Wedge, Screw
What is capital in the context of technology?
Money, credit, property, or accumulated wealth
Money, credit, property, or accumulated resources
Money, credit, property, or accumulated knowledge
Money, credit, property, or accumulated skills
What is an open loop system?
A system without a way to measure or control its output
A system with a way to measure and control its output
A system that constantly cycles through its output
A system that can be turned off on its own
What is optimization?
Making the most of a product's positive features while reducing the negative
Making the most of a product's negative features while reducing the positive
Making the most of a product's features without any reduction
Making the most of a product's features with equal reduction
Subsystems are smaller systems that exist within a larger one. My classroom is a subsystem to what?
Valley Center School District
West Elementary
Valley Center Middle School
Valley Center High School
What is a trade-off?
A compromise where you give up one thing to gain something else
A compromise where you give up everything to gain something else
A compromise where you gain one thing without giving up anything
A compromise where you gain everything without giving up anything
What does the Beanstalk Principle state?
Systems, processes, and products should not grow beyond an optimal size
Systems, processes, and products should grow beyond an optimal size
Systems, processes, and products should not have any size limitations
Systems, processes, and products should have unlimited size growth
Limits on a products design are known as what?
Optimization
Customization
Criteria
Constraints
What is a resource designed to do?
Gives assistance to a system
Gives help or aid to a system
Destroys a system
Duplicates a system
Basic handheld tools are an example of what?
Primary Tools
Machines
Pulley System
Lever
People and machines need ________ to run all day long
Time
Materials
Capital
Energy
What a system produces or achieves is known as what?
Feedback
Materials
Output
Process
These are needed to create the products and processes of technology:
Materials
Capital
Time
Energy
________ a system shows how that system operates and how one part relates to the others.
Mapping
Planning
Diagramming
Processing
What is a tool with a power system that takes advantage of certain scientific laws that help it work better?
Power Tools
Machines
Tools
Primary Tools
An example of optimization we talked about in class, is how _______ used to be heavier and larger, but have gotten skinnier and easier to carry and lift in recent years.
Cars
Computers
Bicycles
Televisions
