Choose the letter of the correct answer:
1. ____________________ is about discoveries and inventions, the products and methods that man uses to control or make use of his environment.
a. Technology
b. Science
c. Discovery
d. Innovation
2. Which of the following statements about discovery and invention is true?
a. Inventions always follow discoveries.
b. Discoveries always follow inventions.
c. Invention is creating things that did not exist before, while discovery is finding out about things that already exist.
d. Discovery and invention are about improving things that are already in existence.
3. On what technology is the electric lamp an innovation?
a. incandescent bulb
b. oil lamp
c. fluorescent lamp
d. flashlight
4. Which one among the inventions below did not revolutionize the world?
a. computer
b. horse carriage
c. automobile
d. television
5. How did the introduction of the Internet revolutionize the world?
a. It enabled computers to be linked together.
b. It enabled a widespread sharing of information.
c. It enabled people to do many things including shopping using the computer.
d. all of the above
6. Technology enables workers to ____________________.
a. increase their production
b. reduce the amount of labor
c. have more leisure time
d. all of the above
7. In the field of health, technology is able to ____________________.
a. cure all illnesses
b. diagnose all illnesses
c. provide cures for many illnesses
d. prevent all illnesses
8. Technology can change our beliefs and value systems by ____________________.
a. giving us access to various sources of information
b. giving us the opportunity to be exposed to other people’s culture
c. giving us the chance to hear others’ opinions and beliefs
d. all of the above
9. Most problems that are related to technology are mainly brought about by____________________.
a. lack of planning and consideration of the possible negative effects
b. lack of funding to implement the technology
c. lack of knowledge on the technology
d. all of the above
10. Technology causes some people to lose their job because____________________.
a. it is able to do the tasks that human workers used to do
b. it is able to do the tasks faster and more efficiently
c. it is able to do the task at less cost
d. all of the above
11. According to Emmanuel Mesthene, “Technology is ____________________”
a. good
b. bad
c. neutral
d. all of the above
12. Which of the following is a desirable effect of technology?
a. Rapid use of natural resources
b. Loss of job
c. Products innovation
d. Less face-to-face interaction
13. The negative effects of technology can be prevented through/by __________
a. technology assessment
b. increased use
c. customer’s satisfaction
d. mechanization
14. Which of the following is NOT a challenge that technology faces today?
a. Spreading its benefits to most people
b. Preventing its undesirable effects on future technology
c. Preventing unemployment
d. Fighting its negative effects
15. To change a process so that it is performed by machinery rather than with the use of human or animal labor is called _________.
a. innovation
b. mechanization
c. industrialization
d. machination
16. He is the inventor of the television
a. Philo Taylor Farnsworth
b. Alexander Graham Bell
c. Isaac Newton
d. Thomas Edison
17. Which of the following is considered as primitive vs. modern technology
a. Telephone and cell phone
b. Gas stove and oven
c. Electric fan and air-conditioner
d. Stone and lighter
18. Which is NOT a product of technology
a. chalk
b. coal
c. calculator
d. cellular phone
19. A system for transmitting messages and data from one computer to another, using a telephone connection and a modem.
a. internet
b. facsimile machine
c. telephone
d. e-mail
20. Which is NOT a desirable effect of technology?
a. It speeds up the exchange of information.
b. It makes leisure time better.
c. It increases the use of natural resources.
d. It brings us a higher standard of living.
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