What type of forecasting helps people look into the future by using past and present conditions to predict future events and developments?
- Normative
- Assessment
- Negative to Positive
- Exploratory
The use of technology affects humans in various ways including:
- May make things safer
- May cause crime
- May make people more religious
- May make people be nicer to each other
What is the term that descrives a variety of techniques for determining the effects of the interactinos of technology and society?
- Analogy
- flow chart
- brainstorming
- Technology assessment
A dam is built in a riverside city. It has the potential of meeting various needs. A positive impact of the dam is:
- Tax increases
- Provide water for the city
- Technology always benefits the environment
- Technology impacts all areas of life
What type diagram shows the steps needed to achieve the ultimate goal via a path?
- Relevance tree
- A delphi diagram
- Normative diagram
- Flow diagram
Wht it comes to technology assessment, normative and exploratory are both types of what?
- Forecasting
- Historical documentation
- Impacts of technology
- Alternative pathways of technology
A forecasting technique that depends on professional opinions of experts is called a(an):
- Delphi Study
- case study
- trend
- exploratory forecasting
Research is done to:
- earn a degree
- spend time reading
- spend time writing
- gather information
In research, gather information that is already known is:
- copyrighting
- retrieving
- describing
- experimenting
In research, information that describes current conditions is:
- copyrighting
- retrieving
- describing
- experimenting
In research, after gather information and describing current conditions the next step is:
- copyrighting
- retrieving
- describing
- experimenting
Generating ideas in a group setting to solve a problem is:
- teamwork
- brainstorming
- think tank
- marketing