It is telling you to research a job that has to use technology to make art, like a graphic designer. Then it wants you to research that job and find out what level of education you need. Some levels of education are a high school diploma, bachelor's degree, etc. They could also be asking for what type of college and clubs you would need to attend.
A proportion is simply a statement that two ratios are equal. It can be written in two ways: as two equal fractions a/b = c/d; or using a colon, a:b = c:d. The following proportion is read as "twenty is to twenty-five as four is to five.
