Technical knowledge which is difficult for the expert to express in words or numerical form is predicted and reproduced. A technical knowledge prediction apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a problem setting unit configured to automatically create and set a problem which includes a control factor of a manufacturing step, and a variable of the control factor, an answer acquiring unit configured to acquire an answer with respect to the problem and indicating a decision of the manufacturing step, a query acquiring unit configured to acquire a query, and a prediction output unit configured to predict and output an answer corresponding to the query acquired by the query acquiring unit, based on a corresponding relationship between the problem and the answer.