When Incremental Improvements Are Made to a Dominant Technological Design

question 23

Multiple Choice

When incremental improvements are made to a dominant technological design such that the improved version of the technology is fully backward compatible with the older version,____________ is said to have occurred.

• A) a milestone
• B) intuitive change
• C) generational change
• D) coercive change
• E) discontinuous innovation

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Definitions:

Substantial Evidence

Evidence that is adequate and sufficient to support a conclusion or the finding of a fact in legal proceedings, more than a mere scintilla but less than a preponderance.

Formal Agency Adjudications

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Agency "Captives"

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Agency Independence

The degree of autonomy and freedom from external control and influence that an administrative agency has, allowing it to operate without political pressure.