Mech 202 Week 1-5 Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Tech as Material Substance - CORRECT ANSWER Treated as a physical entity autonomous
from its effects on society. Simply just an object/tool designed for a task.
Tech as Knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER Technology is based upon, generates, and uses
complex knowledge. The aim is to facilitate activities and achieve specific goals. Artifacts carry such
knowledge and are examined.
Tech as Practice - CORRECT ANSWER As set of practices embedded into everyday activities.
Perspective emphasizes how tech is normalized in society, and a structured force behind how we live
and work.
Tech as Technique - CORRECT ANSWER Goes to explain technology is a human activity and
describes a concept not an object/process. It is a mechanism through which goals are achieved.
Divided into goal (what) and mechanism (how).
Tech as Society - CORRECT ANSWER Technology encompasses knowledge, techniques,
skills which transform society. Transforms the world and acts as society, both in the present and
future.
3 Issues in Technology - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Simulation - development of tools that
resemble or outperform humans (AI)
2) Augmentation - Integrate machines and humans into hybrids (AR, cellphones)
3) Automation - Employing tech to fully automate processes (robots, AI)
6 Challenges Studying Technology - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Rapid Advances - evolving too
fast, leads to further developments
2) Social Change - tech affects social aspects and is difficult to study
3) Direction and Type - determining direction of effect is difficult
4) Target Groups - social change associated with tech is specific to a group
5) Use change - single objects can serve multiple purposes
6) Ethics - as tech evolves, ethics can crash (AI)
, Tool - CORRECT ANSWER Provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a physical
task, powered by humans or animals.
Machine - CORRECT ANSWER A device that substitutes that is substituted for the element of
human or animal physical effort.
Automation - CORRECT ANSWER A machine that replaces the element of human control.
Engineering - CORRECT ANSWER Planning, evaluating, maintenance, or operation of any
structure or process. Mechanical is the branch concerned with the design, manufacturing, and
operation of machines/engines.
- MET's collect data to work alongside engineers.
History - CORRECT ANSWER A mechanism of social change moving into new norms. Has
made our present way of life possible (lifespan, literacy, healthcare). Enables megacities through
advancements. History does not repeat, but patterns do.
Downfalls in studying history:
1) Gap in time/space - makes it difficult to think what life was like long ago.
2) Reliance on artifacts - how do we know we are interpreting them correctly as evidence>
Periods of Technology - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Stone Age - stone used for limited range of
tools/technology
2) Ancient (Iron/Bronze Age) - new tech led to higher productivity/development of engineering
3) Renaissance - oral/literature culture led to langue standardizations
4) Enlightenment - military/war advancements
5) Industrial Revolution - era of social change
6) Electronic Age - changes in mass media/communication
7) Information Society - mass production/loss of individualism (social media)
Utopianism - CORRECT ANSWER Embraces technology as a way of achieving progress and
efficiency. Tech leads to higher societal goals and domination.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Tech as Material Substance - CORRECT ANSWER Treated as a physical entity autonomous
from its effects on society. Simply just an object/tool designed for a task.
Tech as Knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER Technology is based upon, generates, and uses
complex knowledge. The aim is to facilitate activities and achieve specific goals. Artifacts carry such
knowledge and are examined.
Tech as Practice - CORRECT ANSWER As set of practices embedded into everyday activities.
Perspective emphasizes how tech is normalized in society, and a structured force behind how we live
and work.
Tech as Technique - CORRECT ANSWER Goes to explain technology is a human activity and
describes a concept not an object/process. It is a mechanism through which goals are achieved.
Divided into goal (what) and mechanism (how).
Tech as Society - CORRECT ANSWER Technology encompasses knowledge, techniques,
skills which transform society. Transforms the world and acts as society, both in the present and
future.
3 Issues in Technology - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Simulation - development of tools that
resemble or outperform humans (AI)
2) Augmentation - Integrate machines and humans into hybrids (AR, cellphones)
3) Automation - Employing tech to fully automate processes (robots, AI)
6 Challenges Studying Technology - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Rapid Advances - evolving too
fast, leads to further developments
2) Social Change - tech affects social aspects and is difficult to study
3) Direction and Type - determining direction of effect is difficult
4) Target Groups - social change associated with tech is specific to a group
5) Use change - single objects can serve multiple purposes
6) Ethics - as tech evolves, ethics can crash (AI)
, Tool - CORRECT ANSWER Provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a physical
task, powered by humans or animals.
Machine - CORRECT ANSWER A device that substitutes that is substituted for the element of
human or animal physical effort.
Automation - CORRECT ANSWER A machine that replaces the element of human control.
Engineering - CORRECT ANSWER Planning, evaluating, maintenance, or operation of any
structure or process. Mechanical is the branch concerned with the design, manufacturing, and
operation of machines/engines.
- MET's collect data to work alongside engineers.
History - CORRECT ANSWER A mechanism of social change moving into new norms. Has
made our present way of life possible (lifespan, literacy, healthcare). Enables megacities through
advancements. History does not repeat, but patterns do.
Downfalls in studying history:
1) Gap in time/space - makes it difficult to think what life was like long ago.
2) Reliance on artifacts - how do we know we are interpreting them correctly as evidence>
Periods of Technology - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Stone Age - stone used for limited range of
tools/technology
2) Ancient (Iron/Bronze Age) - new tech led to higher productivity/development of engineering
3) Renaissance - oral/literature culture led to langue standardizations
4) Enlightenment - military/war advancements
5) Industrial Revolution - era of social change
6) Electronic Age - changes in mass media/communication
7) Information Society - mass production/loss of individualism (social media)
Utopianism - CORRECT ANSWER Embraces technology as a way of achieving progress and
efficiency. Tech leads to higher societal goals and domination.
