02.0 Demonstrate an understanding of the core concepts of technology.

The student will be able to:

1. Describe technological systems including input, processes, output, and, at times, feedback.
2. Apply systems thinking, involving considering how every part relates to others.
3. Identify control systems having no feedback path and requiring human intervention, and control systems using feedback.
4. Explain how technological systems can be connected to one another.
5. Repair malfunctions of any part of a system that may affect the function and quality of the system.
6. Compare and contrast requirements or parameters placed on the development of a product or system.
7. Compare and contrast trade-offs as a decision process recognizing the need for careful compromises among competing factors.
8. Describe different technologies that involve different sets of processes.
9. Perform basic maintenance as the process of inspecting and servicing a product or system on a regular basis in order for it to continue functioning properly, to extend its life, or to upgrade its capability.
10. Utilize controls and mechanisms or particular steps that people perform using information about the system that causes systems to change.

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