Deck 30: Landscaping in the Age of Technology

Question 1

Where technology is concerned, today's cutting edge is tomorrow's museum piece.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The use of office software has not been found to reduce repetitive tasks, minimize errors, or improve support services provided to customers.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Despite numerous technological advances, heavy equipment still requires an operator who is physically large and strong for its operation.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A problem with GIS (Geographic Information Systems) maps is that they do not recognize the curvature of the earth and cannot provide precise locations of a site on the surface of the earth.

Question 5

Landscapers are now able to use software to quantify materials for designs and prepare precise bids in a fraction of the time required by conventional methods.

Question 6

Synthetic substitutes for traditional hardscape materials can offer advantages such as increased strength, weather resistance, and/or cost savings.

Question 7

Landscape companies still acquire customers in traditional ways such as word of mouth and media advertising.

Question 8

The United States is the world's marketplace of choice.

Question 9

AutoCAD has the advantage of being affordable and appropriate for both professional users and average homeowners.

Question 10

New paving materials are capable of providing a durable hard surface, while also permitting water permeation.

Question 11

Of the types of industries listed, which one is NOT typical of the landscape industry?

A) manufacturing
B) service
C) transportation labor intensive
D) technology

Question 12

What instrument is most commonly used to capture and record site data for use in computer drafting?

A) scanner
B) printer
C) computer
D) digital camera

Question 13

Three of the devices listed are input devices for numerical calculations. Which one is not?

A) keyboard
B) scanner
C) modem
D) digitizer

Question 14

What traditional piece of maintenance equipment is being automated to operate without human assistance?

A) mowers
B) weed eaters
C) pruners
D) aerators

Question 15

What software will enable designers and clients to visually walk through a project, designing as they go, before work starts?

A) AutoCAD
B) virtual reality
C) LANDCAD
D) GIS

Question 16

What distinguishes the landscape industry from retail businesses?

A) financially demanding
B) highly competitive
C) labor intensive
D) product centered

Question 17

What accounts for many technological advances in the landscape industry?

A) trial and error
B) tradition
C) the need to replace equipment
D) research at universities

Question 18

Many new paver surfaces are more durable than earlier versions because of what jointing material used in their installation?

A) concrete
B) polymeric sand
C) steel filings
D) stone dust

Question 19

The Site Planning and Landscape Design Module of LANDCADD permits creation of what views?

A) 2-D and 3-D plan
B) perspective
C) elevation
D) All answers are correct

Question 20

____________________ is an umbrella term that describes how things get done.

Question 21

New products and technology come to the landscape industry from two major sources: researchers at universities and ____________________.

Question 22

Technology is constantly __________________.

Question 23

Clients and landscape professionals often learn about new products from articles and advertisements in ____________________.

Question 24

Web pages now make the offerings of a landscape company available for client review on the ____________________.

Question 25

One great advantage of designs done with computer technology is the ease of making ____________________ when necessary.

Question 26

Assuming that data is entered correctly, computers can improve the ____________________ of calculations.

Question 27

A recent technique for cooling the temperature of a building is the ____________________.

Question 28

Support information about a site's geography can be obtained from ____________________.

Question 29

Ledger books and estimating worksheets have been replaced by ____________________ software programs.