True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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Most technological development has been
evolutionary, the result of a series of refinements to a basic invention.
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2.
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The evolution of civilization has been directly
affected by the development of tools and materials.
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3.
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The Renaissance, a time of rebirth of the arts and
humanities, was also an important period in the history of technology.
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4.
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Established design principles are used to evaluate
existing designs, to collect data, and to guide the design process.
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5.
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Computers have greatly improved the power and use
of mathematical models by performing computations that are very long, very complicated, or
repetitive.
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6.
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Engineers are problem solvers.
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7.
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Design is the result of a formal, sequential
process.
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8.
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Design problems always arise in a clearly defined
form.
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9.
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Design is seldom driven by profit motive and
market.
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10.
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Design is the result of goal-oriented
research.
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11.
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Designs should never be checked, refined and
improved.
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12.
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Each step in the engineering design process
involves obtaining information and specific skills.
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13.
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One of the drawbacks to brainstorming is that it
doesn’t allow for input from a number of people.
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14.
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The fewer ideas a person can draw from, the better
the chance that an optimum solution can be found.
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15.
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An engineer is, in essence, a problem
solver.
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16.
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Collaboration tends to enhance creativity and
expand the range of possibilities.
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17.
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It is not necessary to repeat the steps in the
design process to optimize the design.
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18.
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Constraints are new products, systems, or processes
that have never existed before.
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19.
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Feedback is used to regulate or control a
technological system.
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20.
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A door latch is an example of mechanical
technology.
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21.
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Laser surgical instruments are an example of fluid
technology.
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22.
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A hot water heater is an example of
biotechnology.
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23.
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Producing paper from wood is an example of
materials technology.
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24.
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A swimming pool is an example of structural
technology.
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25.
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Flashlights are examples of mechanical
technology.
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26.
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A telescope is an example of optical
technology.
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27.
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An artificial leg is an example of
biotechnology.
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28.
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A bridge is an example of structural
technology.
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29.
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Computers are examples of electronic
technology.
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30.
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Manufacturing systems may be classified into types, such as customized
production, batch production, and continuous production.
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31.
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Casting and molding are manufacturing processes?
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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32.
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 What type of line convention is described
above? a. | Hidden Line | c. | Visible Line | b. | Construction Line | d. | Center Line |
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33.
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 What line type is described above? a. | Hidden Line | c. | Visible Line | b. | Construction Line | d. | Center Line |
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34.
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 What line type is described above? a. | Hidden Line | c. | Visible Line | b. | Construction Line | d. | Center Line |
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35.
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 The arrow indicates what type of line? a. | Hidden Line | c. | Visible Line | b. | Construction Line | d. | Center Line |
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36.
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Isometric Sketches are drawn at what angle?
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37.
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The simplest way to begin drawing an isometric sketch is what method?
a. | The Square Method | c. | The Box Method | b. | The 30 degree Method | d. | The Circle
Method |
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38.
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Isometric sketches show what dimensions?
a. | Width | c. | Width, Height, & Length | b. | Width &
Height | d. | Width, Height, &
Depth |
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39.
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When using Tonal Shading, what direction does the light source come from?
a. | Top | c. | Right Side | b. | Bottom | d. | Left Side |
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When using Tonal Shading, what view is the lightest hue?
a. | Top | c. | Right Side | b. | Front | d. | Left Side |
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41.
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When using Tonal Shading, what view is the medium hue?
a. | Top | c. | Right Side | b. | Front | d. | Left Side |
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42.
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When using Tonal Shading, what view is the dark hue?
a. | Top | c. | Right Side | b. | Front | d. | Left Side |
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43.
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Oblique sketches are drawn at what angle?
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44.
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An oblique cavalier sketch represents what percentage of the actual
depth?
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45.
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An oblique cabinet sketch represents what percentage of the actual depth?
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46.
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A one point perspective has how many vanishing points?
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47.
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A two point perspective has how many vanishing points?
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48.
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A three point perspective has how many vanishing points?
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49.
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The horizontal lines that stretch across the top of a one, two, and three point
perspective is called?
a. | Horizon Line | c. | Reference Line | b. | Vanishing Point Line | d. | Horizontal Line |
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50.
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When creating a one point perspective, which lines are true shape?
a. | Horizontal and Depth | c. | Horizontal and Vertical | b. | Vertical and
Depth | d. | Depth, Horizontal,
and Vertical |
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Traditionally multiview sketches consist of what three views?
a. | Top, Front, Left Side | c. | Bottom, Right Side, Top | b. | Top, Front,
Bottom | d. | Top, Front, Right
Side |
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52.
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Multiview sketches show drawings using a series of drawings, that are drawn in
what dimension?
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53.
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What three dimensional drawing is generally included in a multiview
sketch?
a. | Oblique | c. | Cabinet Oblique | b. | Perspective | d. | Isometric |
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54.
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What activities are involved in the feed back loop set of the design
process?
a. | Define the problem and set desired results | c. | Brainstorm, select best idea,
construction | b. | Test product, compare actual results with desired results | d. | Results of
process |
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What activities are involved in the output step in the design process?
a. | Define the problem and set desired results | c. | Brainstorm, select best idea,
construction | b. | Test product, compare actual results with desired results | d. | Results of the
process |
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56.
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An example of a durable good is?
a. | Car motor | c. | Hamburger | b. | Cell phone | d. | CD |
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57.
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An example of a non durable good is?
a. | Automobile | c. | Coffee | b. | Boat | d. | Computer |
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58.
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Technology can be defined as:
a. | Human inovation in action. | c. | Application of math and
science. | b. | The use of computers | d. | A chronological record of significant
events. |
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59.
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Design problems are _________ presented in a
clearly defined form.
a. | always | c. | seldom | b. | sometimes | d. | never |
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60.
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Design needs to be ____________ checked and
critiqued, and the design must be refined and improved.
a. | continually | c. | seldom | b. | randomlly | d. | never |
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61.
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Goods that are designed to operate for a short period of time.
a. | durable | c. | synthetic | b. | non-durable | d. | non-renewable |
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62.
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Involves establishing a product’s identity, conducting research on its
potential, advertising it, distributing it, and selling it.
a. | prototyping | c. | assessing | b. | marketing | d. | modeling |
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The successful operation of a designed system usually involves
__________________.
a. | innovation | c. | feedback | b. | decoding | d. | support systems |
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The design of a truss, which is usually a varient of a triangle, creates both a
very rigid structure and one that __________________ the load from a sinlge point to a considerably
wider area.
a. | transfers | c. | alters | b. | communicates | d. | aquires |
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Multiple Response
Identify one
or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
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65.
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What activities are involved in the Input step in the design process?
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66.
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What activities are involved in the Process step in the design process?
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Matching
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Match the following definitions: a. | What dimensions to 3D sketches
illustrate? | c. | Height | b. | Width | d. | Depth |
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67.
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Associated with the side to side dimension
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68.
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Associated with the front to back dimension
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69.
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Associated with the top to bottom dimension
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70.
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Height, Width, Depth
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Match the ages to the descriptions given: a. | Palaeolithic Age | f. | Mesolithic
Age | b. | Iron Age | g. | Renaissance Age | c. | Neolithic Age | h. | Information Age | d. | Middle
Ages | i. | Industrial
Age | e. | Bonze Age |
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10,000 - 4000 BC: Leatherwork, basketry, fishing tackle, farming and
domestication of animals
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72.
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2300 - 700 BC: bronze jewelry, tools, and weapons, earliest civilization,
developement of metallurgy
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73.
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4000 - 2300 BC: pottery, spinning and weaving tools, stone plow, year round
agriculture, division of labor
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74.
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700 - 450 AD: iron tools and weapons, military dominance, iron bladed
plow
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500,000 - 10,000 BC: used stone tools and bone needles, improved health
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1400 - 1750 AD: telescope, thermometer, barometer, scientific observation or
natural phenomena
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1950 - Present: transistor, integrated circut, nuclear power, infomation
becoming widely available
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450 - 1400 AD: rise and decline of serfdom and feudalism, rise of money and
capitalism, ocean going ships, compass, mechanical clock
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1750 - 1950 AD: steam engine, factories, automobile, industrial revolution,
population expansion
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Match the terms with the definitions: a. | Personal characteristics involved
in engineering | c. | Constraints involved with the engineering design process | b. | Engineering | d. | Resources used to create technology |
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80.
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Safety, reliability, economic considerations, quality control, environmental
concerns, manufacturability, maintenance, human factors (ergonomics)
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81.
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The systematic application of mathematical, scientific, and technical
principals to yield tangible end products that meet our needs and desires
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82.
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People, information, time, capital, machines and tools, materials, and
energy
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83.
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Creativity, resourcefulness, and ability to visualize and think
abstractly
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Match the core techology to the definition: a. | Mechanical
technology | f. | Optical technology | b. | Structural technology | g. | Thermal technology | c. | Electrical
technology | h. | Biotechnology | d. | Electronic technology | i. | Material technology | e. | Fluid
technology |
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84.
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The technology of producing, storing, controling, transmitting and getting work
from electrical energy
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85.
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The technology of putting mechanical parts and materials together to create
supports, containers, shelters, connectors, and functional shapes
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86.
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The technology of producing light; using light for information collecting,
storing, retrieving, processing, and communicating; and using light to do work.
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87.
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The technology of using, adapting, and altering organisms and biological
processes for a desired outcome
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88.
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The technology of putting together mechanical parts to produce, control, and
transmit motion
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89.
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The technology of using fluid, either gaseous (pneumatics) or liquids
(hydraulic) to apply force or to transport
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90.
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The technology of producing, altering, and combining materials
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91.
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The technology of producing, storing, controlling, transmitting, and getting
work from heat energy
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92.
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The technology of using small amounts of electricity for controling: detecting;
and information collecting, storing, retrieving, processing, and communicating
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Match the term to the picture that best describes it: a. | Customized production | d. | Primary manufacturing | b. | Batch
production | e. | Secondary
manufacturing | c. | Continuous production |
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94.
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95.
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96.
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97.
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Match the manufacturing process with the material it produces: a. | Mechanical process | c. | Chemical and electrochemical processes | b. | Thermal
process |
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98.
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steel, glass, refining petroleum
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99.
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lumber, plywood
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100.
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aluminum
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