Technology · Unit 2

Everyday Technology

The gadgets we use at home and on the go

The technology people use without thinking is the technology worth examining, because familiarity hides how much is going on.

The unit covers phones and tablets, screens and remotes, kitchen technology, gadgets around the home, and the technology of getting around.

This unit breaks down into 23 short steps and 120 questions, starting at difficulty 1 and building to 4. Below you can see exactly what it covers, how the path is structured, and worked examples with explanations.

Steps: 23
Questions: 120
Difficulty: 1-4

What this unit covers

Getting Around
Kitchen Technology
Screens, TV and Remotes
Gadgets at Home
Phones and Tablets

Where this fits

Follows What is Technology? No prerequisites.

Where people slip

Most everyday devices now contain a computer. A microwave, a car and a thermostat all run software, which is why they can have bugs.

How the unit is structured

Everyday Technology runs as 23 short steps that unlock in order. 17 are practice rounds and 6 are challenge rounds that pull together everything before them. Questions start at difficulty 1 and climb to 4 as you progress.

Step 1 · easierStep 23 · harder

Challenge rounds

Example questions

30 real questions from this unit, with the answer and the reason behind it, grouped by what they practise. There are 120 in the unit altogether.

Gadgets at Home

Multiple choiceLevel 1
1. What is the main job of a washing machine?
- Washing dirty clothescorrect
- Cooking dinner
- Cutting the grass
- Telling the time
A washing machine spins clothes in water and soap to get them clean.
True or falseLevel 1
2. A vacuum cleaner helps clean dust and dirt from the floor.
Answer: True
A vacuum cleaner sucks up dust and dirt to help keep floors clean.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
3. Which of these are gadgets you might find at home? Choose all that apply.
- Televisioncorrect
- Refrigeratorcorrect
- Vacuum cleanercorrect
- Mountain
- Cloud
A TV, fridge, and vacuum cleaner are all home gadgets, while a mountain and a cloud are parts of nature.
Fill the blankLevel 2
4. Many cordless home gadgets are powered by rechargeable ____ so they work without being plugged in.
- batteriescorrect
- buttons
- wheels
- mirrors
Rechargeable batteries store electricity so a gadget can run without a cord.
Odd one outLevel 2
5. Which one is NOT an electronic gadget?
- Wooden spooncorrect
- Hair dryer
- Table lamp
- Toaster
A wooden spoon has no electric parts, while the others all use electricity.
Type the answerLevel 4
6. What do we call the central device, often a smart speaker, that connects and controls many smart home gadgets?
Answer: hub
A hub is the central device that links your smart gadgets together so they can work as one system.

Getting Around

Fill the blankLevel 1
7. An airplane flies high up through the ____.
- skycorrect
- water
- ground
- tunnel
Airplanes fly through the sky, high above the ground.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
8. Which of these are used to travel from place to place? Choose all that apply.
- Buscorrect
- Traincorrect
- Bicyclecorrect
- Toaster
- Refrigerator
Buses, trains, and bicycles carry people, while a toaster and a fridge are kitchen gadgets.
Guess the numberLevel 2
9. How many wheels does a typical car have?
Answer: 4 wheels
A normal car has four wheels, one at each corner.
True or falseLevel 2
10. On traffic lights, red means stop and green means go.
Answer: True
Traffic lights use red to tell drivers to stop and green to tell them it is safe to go.
Multiple choiceLevel 3
11. How does GPS work out where you are?
- By receiving signals from satellites in spacecorrect
- By measuring how loud the traffic is
- By counting the street lights nearby
- By reading the weather forecast
A GPS receiver listens to signals from satellites in space and uses them to calculate your location.
Sort into groupsLevel 3
12. Sort each vehicle by how it is mainly powered.
Answer: Bicycle = Muscle power; Rowing boat = Muscle power; Car = Fuel engine; Bus = Fuel engine; Sailboat = Wind
Bicycles and rowing boats use muscle power, cars and buses use fuel engines, and a sailboat uses wind.

Kitchen Technology

Multiple choiceLevel 1
13. Which gadget would you use to keep ice cream frozen?
- A freezercorrect
- A toaster
- A kettle
- A hair dryer
A freezer is very cold, so it keeps ice cream frozen solid.
Put in orderLevel 2
14. Put the steps for heating soup in a microwave in the right order.
Answer: Pour the soup into a microwave-safe bowl -> Put the bowl in the microwave -> Set the time and press start -> Carefully take out the hot soup
You pour the soup into a safe bowl, put it in, set the time, then carefully take out the hot soup.
Type the answerLevel 2
15. What kitchen gadget spins fast to mix or crush food into a smooth liquid?
Answer: blender
A blender uses spinning blades to mix or crush food, like when making a smoothie.
Odd one outLevel 3
16. Which of these appliances does NOT keep food or a room cold?
- Toastercorrect
- Refrigerator
- Freezer
- Air conditioner
A toaster heats bread, while a refrigerator, freezer, and air conditioner all cool things down.
Fill the blankLevel 4
17. A fridge stays cold by moving heat from inside to outside using a special liquid called a ____.
- refrigerantcorrect
- shampoo
- vinegar
- syrup
A refrigerant is the liquid that carries heat out of the fridge, keeping the inside cold.
True or falseLevel 4
18. A microwave heats food mainly by making the water molecules inside the food vibrate.
Answer: True
Microwaves make water molecules in the food vibrate quickly, and that movement produces the heat.

Phones and Tablets

Multiple choiceLevel 2
19. Why do phones ask for a password, PIN, or fingerprint?
- To stop other people from using your phonecorrect
- To make the battery last longer
- To make the screen brighter
- To take better photos
A lock like a PIN or fingerprint stops other people from using your phone and seeing your private things.
Odd one outLevel 2
20. Which of these is NOT a common feature built into a smartphone?
- A toastercorrect
- A camera
- A GPS map
- An alarm clock
Phones usually include a camera, a GPS map, and an alarm clock, but not a toaster.
Fill the blankLevel 2
21. You download new apps onto a phone from an ____ store.
- appcorrect
- egg
- ice
- art
An app store is the place where you find and download apps for your phone.
Fill the blankLevel 3
22. The chip that runs the apps on a smartphone, like a computer's brain, is called its ____.
- processorcorrect
- speaker
- charger
- wallpaper
The processor is the chip that does the phone's thinking and runs all its apps.
True or falseLevel 4
23. A phone touchscreen works partly because your body carries a tiny electric charge that the screen can sense.
Answer: True
Most phone screens are capacitive, meaning they detect the small electric charge in your finger when you touch them.
Type the answerLevel 4
24. What sensor lets a phone know it has been tilted or turned, so the screen can rotate?
Answer: accelerometer
An accelerometer senses movement and tilt, which lets the screen switch between upright and sideways.

Screens, TV and Remotes

True or falseLevel 1
25. A television shows both moving pictures and sound.
Answer: True
A TV plays video and sound together so you can watch shows.
Fill the blankLevel 2
26. Watching a show over the internet instead of on a scheduled channel is called ____.
- streamingcorrect
- sleeping
- shouting
- sweeping
Streaming means playing video over the internet whenever you want, like on a movie app.
Match the pairsLevel 2
27. Match each remote button to its job.
Answer: Power = Turns the TV on or off; Volume up = Makes the sound louder; Channel up = Goes to the next channel; Mute = Turns the sound off
Each button on a remote controls a different part of watching TV.
Choose all that applyLevel 3
28. Which of these are true about a modern flat-screen TV? Choose all that apply.
- It is made of many tiny lights called pixelscorrect
- Many can connect to the internetcorrect
- It shows images by lighting up pixelscorrect
- It is powered by burning candles
- It needs to be wound up by hand
A flat TV is made of many tiny pixels, can connect to the internet, and builds pictures by lighting up those pixels.
Multiple choiceLevel 3
29. What is a pixel?
- One of the tiny dots of light that make up a screen imagecorrect
- The button that turns the screen on
- A cable behind the television
- A type of remote control
A pixel is one of the millions of tiny dots of light that join together to make the image on a screen.
Type the answerLevel 4
30. What word describes how many pixels a screen has across and down, such as 1920 by 1080?
Answer: resolution
Resolution is the measure of how many pixels a screen shows, which affects how sharp the picture looks.

Where these questions come from. Each unit starts as a plan of the concepts it should cover and the difficulty it should span. Questions are written against that plan with AI assistance, then checked by a validator that rejects anything without a single defensible answer, an explanation, or plausible wrong options. How we write questions sets out the whole process, and corrections are fixed in the bank and reach the site and the app the same day.

How you practise

This unit mixes 10 different question formats, so you are recalling and applying rather than recognising the same layout every time.

Choose all that apply
Fill the blank
Guess the number
Match the pairs
Multiple choice
Odd one out
Put in order
Sort into groups
True or false
Type the answer

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120 questions across 23 steps. Start with step one and crawl at your own pace.

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