Foundations Of Technology Sem Exam Practice
Foundations of technology semester 1 practice quiz
- 1.Technology is humans using objects to change the natural and human-made world.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Which of the following is not a basic feature of technology?
- A.
Technology is human knowledge.
- B.
Technology is a complex, space age phenomenon.
- C.
Tech uses tools, materials, and systems.
- D.
Tech is developed by people to modify or control the environment.
- 3.Tech is a dynamic process because it _____.
- A.
Is changing
- B.
Causes change
- C.
Improves on existing tech.
- D.
All of the above.
- 4.Which of the following is a downside of tech?
- A.
Increases productivity
- B.
Can cause workers to lose jobs
- C.
Tech advancement weakens the economy.
- D.
Increases product costs.
- 5.Technology extends human abilities or potential to do work.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6._______ is knowledge of the natural world.
- A.
Technology
- B.
Science
- C.
Both A and B.
- D.
Neither A or B.
- 7.The Middle Ages immediately followed the Renaissance.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Which of the following is not true of the Industrial Revolution?
- A.
It started in England.
- B.
The steam engine was developed during this period.
- C.
Few changes in technology occurred during this period.
- D.
Employees were divided into production workers and managers.
- 9.The printing press technological development that occurred during the ________.
- A.
Renaissance
- B.
Middle Ages
- C.
Industrial Revolution
- D.
None of the above
- 10.The Information Age places emphasis on _______.
- A.
Information processing
- B.
Cooperative working relations between production workers and managers.
- C.
Material processing
- D.
Both A and B.
- 11.Every tech has parts that work together in a predictable way.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Inputs to technological system include:
- A.
Information
- B.
Energy
- C.
Finances
- D.
All of the above
- 13.Which of the following is consumed or processed by a technological system?
- A.
Goals
- B.
Feedback
- C.
Inputs
- D.
Outputs
- 14.Tools are the most important input in a technological system.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.The second step in the problem-solving/design process is ________.
- A.
Developing solutions to the problem.
- B.
Modeling and evaluating the solution.
- C.
Identifying the problem.
- D.
None of the above.
- 16.Production processes are used to _______.
- A.
Grow and harvest crops
- B.
Transform info into media images
- C.
Convert a form of energy
- D.
All of the above.
- 17.Which of the following is not a function of management processes?
- A.
Planning
- B.
Controlling
- C.
Designing
- D.
Organizing
- 18.Noise is a positive technological output.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Feedback and control involve using info about the outputs of a process or system to regulate that system.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.The problem-solving/design process includes evaluating the plan for solving a problem.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.A technological opportunity involves solving a problem.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.The first step in solving tech problems involves:
- A.
Developing possible solutions
- B.
Defining the problem
- C.
Modeling the best solution
- D.
Interpreting the solution
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