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41 Cards in this Set
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Weighing the tradeoffs to detemine if the technology is feasible, or for the best, refers to which part of technology?
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impacts
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Exploratory forecating predicts future events and developments by:
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using past and present conditions
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Laws that govern human cloing are
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Political
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In the Iron Age, a significance development in communication was the
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Alphabet
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What age accounts for the fewest technological develpments?
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Stone Age
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When it comes to technology assessment, normative and exploratory are both types of what?
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Forcasting
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During what age did people move from the farm to the city?
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Industrial
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John's religion does not allow medical intervention. This is an example of what type of impact?
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Cultural
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"The generation of knowledge and processes to decelop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilitives."
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Technology
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Which of the following is an example of a desirable impact of technology?
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Affordale products for the masses
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Technology can be characterized as
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Things that extend human capability
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The fact that we tolerate some technologies, even though they have negative impacts on us is a
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Trade-off
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The industial age is characterized by
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steam power
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Which one of the following is an example of extending human capabilty?
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A person cutting grass with lawn mower
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The student organization for technology education is
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tECHNOLOGY STUDENT aSSOCIATION
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In technology, exploratory and normative are two types of
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forecating
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In the Bronze Age, glasss was used for jewelry and ornamentation. In the Information Age its use has enhanced
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Commuication
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What invention led to the mass production of written material?
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Printing Press
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Which of the following are used in monitoring the aspects of technology related to our environment?
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Doppler radar and weather satllites
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Technology can relate to language arts in which of the following
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technical reports
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During the Bronze Age,the wheel was improved by using spokes. What is most significant about the improved wheel?
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Lighter
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A forecating technique that depends on professional opinions of experts is called a(an)
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Delphi study
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Which one of following is an example of technology?
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Computer
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This age emphasizes processing and exchanging information.
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Information
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During the industrial age factory growth led people to
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migrate to cities for jobs
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Which of the following is NOT true?
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Technology always benefits the environment
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In what age, did the influnece of technology make technological obsolescence a factor?
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Information
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What invention has enabled weather forecaters to monitor weather patterns more efficiently?
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Doppler Radar
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The use of technology affects humans in various ways including
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May make things safer
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North Carolina technology education programs divide technology into six systems. Which of the following is one of the systems?
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Communication
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How technology impacts society relates to which disipline?
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social studies
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What is the most significant technological development thus far in the Information Age?
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Integrated circuit
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What type diagram shows the steps needed to achieve the ultimate goal via a path?
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Flow diagram
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Desktop Publishing is an example of integrating which of the following disciplines into technology education?
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Language Arts
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Someone who is able to use, manage, understand, and access technology is considered to be
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Technologically literate
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What type of forecasting helps people look into the future by using past and present conditions to predict future events and developments?
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Exploratory
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Determining whether or not cloning is right is what type of concern?
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Ethical
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Canal building dramatically improve shipping routes during the
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Industrial Age
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In 1995, 16 MBs of RAM was standard on a top of the line computer. In 2000, 128 MBs of RAM is standard on most computers. This is an example of:
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Exponential Growth
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During the Industrial Age, Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. What was most significant about the telegraph?
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Enabled faster communications over long distances
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During the Iron Age, water wheels were used to:
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grind grain
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