Introduction to Technology

Chapter 2: Concepts of Technology 

Self Check Quiz

1
What is capital?
A)money, credit, or property
B)standards a product must meet
C)the conversion of ideas or activities into products
D)the part of a system that measures and controls
2
Which is not part of an open-loop system?
A)process
B)input
C)feedback
D)output
3
Your stomach is a subsystem of your digestive
A)output.
B)system.
C)machine.
D)capital.
4
Which of the following is a technology resource?
A)materials
B)capital
C)people
D)all of the above
5
A(n) __________ is a limit on a product's design.
A)optimization
B)resource
C)trade-off
D)constraint
6
What part of a system comes between the input and the output?
A)process
B)feedback
C)open-loop system
D)subsystem
7
Giving up one thing in order to gain something else is called
A)criteria.
B)an impact of technology.
C)a trade-off.
D)the Beanstalk Principle.
8
Adding __________ to an open-loop system changes it to a closed-loop system.
A)resources
B)materials
C)impacts
D)feedback
9
What is one negative impact of the automobile?
A)being able to travel in comfort
B)pollution
C)carpooling
D)listening to the radio
10
On which simple machine is a gear based?
A)the pulley
B)the inclined plane
C)the lever
D)the wheel
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