Technology Interactions
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Chapter 01: How Technology Works
      
  1.Which of the following is a tool of technology?  
  a.   food  
  b.   shelter  
  c.   plow  
  d.   protection  
      
  2.An orderly way of achieving a goal is called a(n) _____  
  a.   system.  
  b.   scheme.  
  c.   approach.  
  d.   routine.  
      
  3.Technology is  
  a.   developing products to satisfy basic human needs.  
  b.   a process of discovering more about nature.  
  c.   the result of industrial development.  
  d.   science put to practical use.  
      
  4.An example of a tool developed during the Agricultural Age is the  
  a.   loom.  
  b.   sickle.  
  c.   ax.  
  d.   steam engine.  
      
  5.The Information Age  
  a.   enabled factories to satisfy consumer demand for new products.  
  b.   was built upon the development of the transistor and the computer.  
  c.   resulted when people in the Stone Age found the need to share complex information.  
  d.   was made possible by the introduction of the steam engine.  
      
  6.The technologies that led to the telephone and radio were developed in the ____ Age.  
  a.   Agricultural  
  b.   Industrial  
  c.   Information  
  d.   Stone  
      
  7.Which of the following is not a basic resource needed for technology?  
  a.   capital  
  b.   time  
  c.   strength  
  d.   information  
      
  8.Communication technologies include  
  a.   computer numerical control systems.  
  b.   processes used to move people and goods.  
  c.   construction of factories to produce goods.  
  d.   cranes and conveyors.  
      
  9.One of the goals of bio-related technologies is to  
  a.   create tools to help manufacture products at a lower cost.  
  b.   help move people and products efficiently.  
  c.   design a human-made structure.  
  d.   make sure that product designs meet human needs.  
      
  10.A command given to a computer system is an example of  
  a.   a process.  
  b.   an input.  
  c.   an output.  
  d.   feedback.  

 
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