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- Weighing the tradeoffs to detemine if the technology is feasible, or for the best, refers to which part of technology?
- impacts
- Exploratory forecating predicts future events and developments by:
- using past and present conditions
- Laws that govern human cloing are
- Political
- In the Iron Age, a significance development in communication was the
- Alphabet
- What age accounts for the fewest technological develpments?
- Stone Age
- When it comes to technology assessment, normative and exploratory are both types of what?
- Forcasting
- During what age did people move from the farm to the city?
- Industrial
- John's religion does not allow medical intervention. This is an example of what type of impact?
- Cultural
- "The generation of knowledge and processes to decelop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilitives."
- Technology
- Which of the following is an example of a desirable impact of technology?
- Affordale products for the masses
- Technology can be characterized as
- Things that extend human capability
- The fact that we tolerate some technologies, even though they have negative impacts on us is a
- Trade-off
- The industial age is characterized by
- steam power
- Which one of the following is an example of extending human capabilty?
- A person cutting grass with lawn mower
- The student organization for technology education is
- tECHNOLOGY STUDENT aSSOCIATION
- In technology, exploratory and normative are two types of
- forecating
- In the Bronze Age, glasss was used for jewelry and ornamentation. In the Information Age its use has enhanced
- Commuication
- What invention led to the mass production of written material?
- Printing Press
- Which of the following are used in monitoring the aspects of technology related to our environment?
- Doppler radar and weather satllites
- Technology can relate to language arts in which of the following
- technical reports
- During the Bronze Age,the wheel was improved by using spokes. What is most significant about the improved wheel?
- Lighter
- A forecating technique that depends on professional opinions of experts is called a(an)
- Delphi study
- Which one of following is an example of technology?
- Computer
- This age emphasizes processing and exchanging information.
- Information
- During the industrial age factory growth led people to
- migrate to cities for jobs
- Which of the following is NOT true?
- Technology always benefits the environment
- In what age, did the influnece of technology make technological obsolescence a factor?
- Information
- What invention has enabled weather forecaters to monitor weather patterns more efficiently?
- Doppler Radar
- The use of technology affects humans in various ways including
- May make things safer
- North Carolina technology education programs divide technology into six systems. Which of the following is one of the systems?
- Communication
- How technology impacts society relates to which disipline?
- social studies
- What is the most significant technological development thus far in the Information Age?
- Integrated circuit
- What type diagram shows the steps needed to achieve the ultimate goal via a path?
- Flow diagram
- Desktop Publishing is an example of integrating which of the following disciplines into technology education?
- Language Arts
- Someone who is able to use, manage, understand, and access technology is considered to be
- Technologically literate
- What type of forecasting helps people look into the future by using past and present conditions to predict future events and developments?
- Exploratory
- Determining whether or not cloning is right is what type of concern?
- Ethical
- Canal building dramatically improve shipping routes during the
- Industrial Age
- In 1995, 16 MBs of RAM was standard on a top of the line computer. In 2000, 128 MBs of RAM is standard on most computers. This is an example of:
- Exponential Growth
- During the Industrial Age, Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. What was most significant about the telegraph?
- Enabled faster communications over long distances
- During the Iron Age, water wheels were used to:
- grind grain