Deck 1: Technology: The Human-Designed World

Question 1

____ means finding ways to reduce the size of the product,to reduce the amount of material used in the product,or to use materials that are more environmentally friendly.

A) Technology
B) Waste prevention
C) Recycling
D) Composting

Answer 1

B

Question 2

____________________ design,also called green or eco-design,happens when designers think about the ecological impacts of the design solution.

Answer 2

Sustainable

Question 3

____________________ principles are rules used to explain how people respond to what they see.

Answer 3

Aesthetic

Question 4

____ is a branch of philosophy that considers how to apply concepts of right or wrong.

A) Science
B) Technology
C) Sustainability
D) Ethics

Question 5

Type ____ Outputs are both expected and desired.

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 6

Aesthetic judgments are ____.

A) subjective
B) objective
C) based on mathematics
D) not based on looks

Question 7

The ____________________ view of population and resources is that the world population will eventually cause severe shortages of some resources.

Question 8

____ use their detailed knowledge of physical principles to design and produce new products,systems,or environments.

A) Stage designers
B) Engineers
C) Graphic designers
D) Industrial designers

Question 9

The United States has been in the ____ Age since 1957.

A) Agriculture
B) Engineering
C) Industrial
D) Information

Question 10

In 2006,the ____ created a list of 20 engineering achievements and posed the question "How many of the twentieth century's greatest engineering achievements will you use today?"

A) IEEE
B) NAS
C) NAE
D) ASME

Question 11

Technology asks the question "____"?

A) How
B) When
C) Why
D) What

Question 12

Science describes the natural world by asking "How?"

Question 13

A(n)____ is a person who establishes a new enterprise or business and assumes financial risks in the hope of gaining wealth.

A) industrial designer
B) entrepreneur
C) engineer
D) white-collar worker

Question 14

The Industrial Revolution began in France around 1750.

Question 15

____________________ is a descriptive discipline that makes observations through experimental investigation in order to explain physical and natural phenomena.

Question 16

____________________ is a process of establishing a technical consensus agreement which provides a common set of expectations for quality or compatibility of a material or product without creating an unfair competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Question 17

Future design professionals must recognize Type III Outputs as the most critical concerns for future possible design solutions.

Question 18

The electricity in our homes and offices is largely due to the work of Benjamin Franklin.

Question 19

Between 1880 and 1900,a great debate raged between Edison and Westinghouse over the use of direct current (DC)or ____ current (AC)electricity.

A) anti-
B) assimilated
C) alternating
D) absent

Question 20

Reliability is the percentage of time a customer receives service versus not receiving service over a one year time period.

Question 21

Explain Ohm's Law.

Question 22

In a technological system,what is the difference between inputs and processes?

Question 23

What is industrial design?

Question 24

There are 1.63 million engineers in the United States.Is this a relatively small or large number?