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1. Science is a methodical way of acquiring knowledge.

A TRUE B Can't say

C FALSE

2. What is the title of Charles Darwin's book on the theory of evolution?

A The Voyage of the Beagle B The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

C Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle D On the Origin of Species


3. Technology is the use of scienti c knowledge for practical purposes.

A FALSE B TRUE

C CAN'T SAY.

4. Science and Technology can be dangerous.

A FALSE B CAN'T SAY.


C TRUE

5. Science, Technology and Society (STS) is the study of how science and technology shape and are shaped by social in uences.

A FALSE B TRUE

C CAN'T SAY.

6. STS deals with the historical development of science and technology but does not cover their philosophical underpinnings.

A TRUE B CAN'T SAY.

C FALSE

7. The study of STS primarily concerns students of science and technology programs and not non-science students as well.

A FALSE B TRUE

C CAN'T SAY.

8. STS is an important area of study because science and technology permeate every aspect of everyday life.

A CAN'T SAY B FALSE

C TRUE

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9. Science and technology are not crucial factors in nation building.

A FALSE B CAN'T SAY.

C TRUE

10. History cannot teach people about evaluating present-day science and technology.

A FALSE B TRUE

C CAN'T SAY.

11. STS draws from other disciplines, such as history, sociology, philosophy, economics, political science and international relations, and science
policy.

A TRUE B CAN'T SAY.

C FALSE

12. is the study of how society, politics, and culture a ect scienti c research and technological innovation, and how these, in turn, a ect society,
politics and culture

A Science, technology and society studies B Mathematics

C Psychology D Social Studies


13. It makes the assumption that science and technology are essentially intertwined and that they are each profoundly social and profoundly
political.

A Education B Science, technology and society studies

C Language D Social Studies


14. It refers to a system of acquiring knowledge which uses observation and experimentation

A Education B Science

C Mathematics D Social Studies


15. from two Greek words
“techne” meaning art, craft, or skill and “logos” meaning to speak of; to imply the practical application of techne.

A Social Studies B Mechanics

C Engineering D Technology
16. A ________ is a grouping of individuals, which is characterized by common interest and may have distinctive culture and institutions.

A Individual B Community

C Society D School
17. Science will try to discover facts and relationships and then tries to create theories that makes sense of these facts and relationships.

A False B True

18. Printing shops had become very numerous and the number of printed books had increased.

A Intellectual Revolution B Renaissance Period

C Babylonian Civilization D Greek Civilization


19. They can determine whether a hunting expedition would be successful, whether a marriage would be a happy one, whether a battle would be
won, etc.

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A Greek Civilization B Babylonian Civilization

C Roman Civilization D Renaissance Period

20. These are the characteristics of phlegmatic disposition except

A only sleep can regenerate their energy B use verbal defense that often hurts others

C task-oriented with great capacity for work D he relies on facts instead of speculations

21. They had a little taste for basic science in its application.

A Romantic Era B Greek Civilization

C Renaissance D Roman Civilization


22. They had no calendar but counted years by the period of moon and from one harvest to another.

A Spanish Era B Pre-Spanish Era

C Stone Age D Iron Age


23. They learn to weave cotton, they started to make glass ornaments and cultivate lowland rice of elds.

A Pre-Spanish Era B Stone Age

C Iron Age D Spanish Era


24. Which of the following did NOT support the geocentric model of the universe?

A Aristotle B Copernicus

C Ptolemy D Lamarck
25. This type of characteristic is NOT inherited or something that you are born with

A phenotype B Acquired characteristic

C adaptation

26. This explained why Mars seemed to moved backwards as seen from the Earth

A Evolution B Rotation

C Retrograde motion D Revolution

27. Which of the following arguments supports heliocentrism

A The earth is too big to move B The earth stays at the center motionless

C Planets revolve around the sun

28. He studied the theory of natural selection

A Darwin B Copernicus

C Freud D Lamarck

29. He's the father of psychoanalysis

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A Lamarck B Aristotle

C Darwin D Freud

30. Which of the following does not belong to the group?

A Aristotle B Copernicus

C Ptolemy D Lamarck

31. This re ects how well an organism is adapted to its environment

A survival B tness

C evolved

32. __________ came up with the heliocentric theory, and _______ proved it to be true with the use of his telescope.

A Galileo; Copernicus B Copernicus; Galileo

C Newton; Copernicus D Bacon; Copernicus

33. Who developed the Scienti c Method?

A Isaac Newton B Galileo Galilei

C Copernicus D Francis Bacon


34. What time period began in the 1700s in France, and was known as the 'Age of Reason'?

A Absolutism B Scienti c Revolution

C Enlightenment D American Revolution

35. What is referred to as "logical thinking"?

A Practicality B Reason

C Correct

36. What is the name of the Enlightenment thinkers?

A Consenter B Philosophe
C Reason-er

37. _________ is the belief that the government is only true and just if it comes from the people.

A Consent of the Governed B Limited Monarchy

38. What is an e ort to change a political system and/or social system

A Enlightenment B Political Movement

C Revolution D Change

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39. All universal objects are attracted to one another

A inductive reasoning B deism

C separation of powers D univeral law of gravitation


40. The invention of what instruments made it possible for scienti c discoveries?

A printing press and microscope B telescope and microscope

C gravity and telescope D periodic table and microscope


41. The scienti c method grew out of the belief that the world is best understood through

A a geocentric view of the universe B the teachings of Aristotle

C direct observation D imagination


42. Copernicus's, Kepler's, and Galileo's theories were important because they all contributed to proving that the universe was centered around
the

A Solar System B Moon

C Earth D Sun
43. A European intellectual movement that stressed the use of human reason to solve political, social, and economic problems

A Renaissance B French Revolution

C Reformation D Enlightenment
44. Enlightenment philosophers wanted to use the _____________ of the Scienti c Revolution for problems in government and society

A traditions and ceremonies B money and power

C superstitions and beliefs D ideas and reasons


45. After the fall of the Roman Empire the world was plunged into which period?

A Stone Age B Middle Ages

C Renaissance D Reformation
46. On/in what did most peasants lived during the Medieval Period?

A City-states B Hunter-gatherer groups

C Mountain-side retreats D Manors


47. What social class did most of Europe belong to during the Medieval period?

A Lords/nobles B Merchants

C Clergy D Peasants
48. Which term is de ned as the rebirth of classical (Greek & Roman) knowledge?

A Medieval B Enlightenment

C Reformation D Renaissance
49. Emphasis on the power, potential, and achievements of people came to be known as:

A Secularism B Manifest Destiny

C Humanism D None of the above


50. What is the center of the solar system according to the Geocentric Theory?

A Earth B Geometry

C The sun D The Milky Way


51. Which scientist improved the telescope then used it to see the moons of Jupiter, sun spots, and other previously unknown objects?

A Galileo B Brahe

C Newton D Copernicus
52. What can be considered as the topmost priority of many countries in these modern times?

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A Development of Science and Technology B Political Stability

C Globalization

53. It is considered the strongest implication of the incidence of war.

A Loss of lives B Economic sabotage

C Food shortage

54. What was the title of Martin Heidegger's book that explained the idea of subject and object as inseparable concepts?

A Utopia B The Prince

C Being and Time D Eudaimonia


55. What philosophy explores the nature of human as both thinking subject and living individuals?

A Existentialism B Essentialism

C Normative Phillosophy D Phenomenology


56. The highest human good is the activity that is an end in itself. That good is happiness according to Heidegger.

A False B True

57. Technology as a means to an end pertains to the use of technology for no particular reason.

A True B False

58. "We're always on, always plugged in, always stimulated, always in a constant state of self-presentation" illustrates _____.

A technology as an end to a means B technology as a means to an end

C enframing D slavery to technology


59. Enframing is an example of technology used as a means to an end.

A False B True

60. It is a Greek word which means happiness or human ourishing.

61. A good leader should understand the human conditions and be able to e ectively manage them by...

A making uncomfortable leadership changes B using the ten step leadership model to remove them
weaving the right actions into your general leadership
D
C having good 90 day plans approach
62. It is an Eastern Philosophical movement with great prominence during the Edo Period of Japan that promotes the study of the Sciences not
for one's self but for the service of the many.

A Zen Buddhism B Bushido

C Shintoism D Taoism
63. "Two heads are better than one."
This adage is re ective of what importance of collaboration and diversity?

A Collaboration and diversity balance possible ideas B Diversity and collaboration stimulate problem solving

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Diversity and collaboration are inspiration and


C D Diversity and collaboration facilitate specialization
motivation

64. Human ourishing in terms of Science and Technology is a result of check and balance by the basic tenets of societal ethics and morality.
Where should science and technology place itself in the society then?

A they should be the primary source of divisionary force B alongside human society

C as vanguard of the society D they should be left behind

65. He invented the rst re ecting telescope

A Copernicus B Isaac Newton

C Albert Einstein D Galileo Galeli


66. He was one of the most in uential philosophers of the 20th century and Technology was an important element in his work

A Albert Heidegger B Gary Heidegger

C Martin Heidegger D Albert Einstein


67. "It is something that we must use with extreme caution, not necessarily in the physical, but also in metaphysical and conceptual sense"

A Technology it is a way of understanding the world B Technology is “the highest danger”,

C Technology is an instrument D Technology develops beyond human control

68. It is something that reveals it self to us, a way of exposing an idea

A Revealing B Technology

C Enframing D Clearing

69. the material cause

A Causa materialis B causa nalis

C causa formulis D causa e ciens

70. the shape into which the material is fashioned

A causa e cient B causa formulis

C causa materialis D causa nalis

71. It allows human being to reveal reality as standing reserve

A clearing B revealing

C amnipulating D enframing
72. It is an e ort to achieve self-actualization and ful llment within the context of a larger community of individuals, each with the right to pursue
his or her own such e orts

A Enframing B Clearing

C Human ourishing D Technology


73. If we allow ourselves to get swallowed by modern technology, we lose essence of who we are as beings in this world.

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A True B False

74. For Heidegger, enframing is the supreme danger, because it causes the event of revealing (Being itself) to slip into oblivion

A True B False

75. Utilitarianism makes moral decisions based on

A being the best human you can be B your intentions

C what you want to do D the likely consequences


76. hedonism is when we try to...

A maximise pain and minimise pleasure B maximise pleasure and minimise pain

C minimise pain and minimise pleasure

77. hedonism is...

A the pursuit of pleasure B ourishing

C about being the best human you can be D the attempt to minimise pleasure

78. consequences are...

A too little of something B the result of an action

C to do with the development of your character D to do with ourishing


79. doing the thing which results in the greatest happiness for the greatest number is known as the...

A golden mean B equity

C greatest happiness principle D universalisable


80. One of the famous civilization that lasted for approximately 2,000 years in Mesoamerica.

A Nostradamus Civilization B Inca Civilization

C Aztec Civilization D Maya Civilization


81. This is the entire area of Central America from Southern Mexico up to the border of South America.

A Mesa america B Mesoamerica

C South America D North America


82. They incorporated their advanced understanding of astronomy into their temples and other religious structures. This allow them to use their
temples for astronomical observation. What civilization is this?

A Maya B Aztec

C Mexica D Inca

83. Their knowledge and understanding about celestial bodies was advanced for their time, as evidence of their knowledge of predicting eclipse
and using astrological cycles in planting and harvesting. Who are they?

A Mexica B Inca

C Maya D Aztec

84. The following are contributions of Aztec Civilization, Except;

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A Mandatory education B Quipu

C Chocolates D Antispasmodic medication


85. A light narrow boat used for travelling in water systems.

A Canoe B Balsa

C Titanic D Chinampa
86. This is the largest empire in pre-columbian america, and possibly the largest empire in the whole world in the early 16th century.

A Mexica B Aztec

C Inca D Maya

87. This civilization is polytheist and they worshipped Gods of nature.

A Maya B Inca

C Aztec D Mexica

88. The civilization that has approximately 350,000 residents in mesoamerica.

A Mayan B Aztec

C Inca D Maya

89. A complete change in the ways of thinking, working, or living

A technology B Paleolithic

C revolution D nomad

90. the science or practice of farming

A surplus B agriculture

C specialization D hunter-gatherer

91. beliefs, customs, practices, & behavior of a group of people

A domesticate B technology

C migration D culture

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92. movement of people from one place to another

A Neolithic B domesticate

C migration D surplus

93. person who lives by hunting & gathering plants

A animism B hunter-gatherer

C technology D revolution

94. person who moves from place to place without a permanent home

A irrigate B settler

C culture D nomad

95. tools & skills people use to meet their needs & wants

A nomad B hunter-gatherer

C revolution D technology

96. Old Stone Age; time of the hunter-gatherers

A Neolithic Era B Paleolithic Era

97. New Stone Age; time of the Agricultural Revolution

A Neolithic Era B Paleolithic Era

98. Which term BEST describes the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers?

A nomadic B stable

C e ortless D isolated
99. Which of these BEST describes the importance of mankind's rst use of re approximately 1 million years ago?

Harnessing re meant that dinosaur meat could now be Hunter-gatherers' ability to hunt at night meant they
A B cooked. could eat more.

C Humans could now invent tools to make life easier. D People were more protected from predators.

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100. About 10,000 years ago, human civilization changed in a major way. What was this change?

A Humans began to farm & domesticate animals. B Humans began to use spoken language.

C Humans increasingly became literate. D Humans began to make tools.

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Answer Key

1.a 2.d 3.b 4.c

5.b 6.a 7.b 8.c

9.a 10.a 11.a 12.a

13.b 14.b 15.d 16.c

17.b 18.b 19.b 20.d

21.d 22.b 23.c 24.b

25.b 26.c 27.c 28.a

29.d 30.d 31.b 32.b

33.d 34.c 35.b 36.b

37.a 38.c 39.d 40.b

41.c 42.d 43.d 44.d

45.b 46.d 47.d 48.d

49.c 50.a 51.a 52.c

53.c 54.c 55.a 56.a

57.b 58. 59.a 60.Eudaimonia

61.d 62.b 63.b 64.b

65.b 66.c 67.b 68.d

69.a 70.b 71.d 72.c

73.a 74.a 75.d 76.b

77.a 78.b 79.c 80.d

81.b 82.a 83.c 84.b

85.a 86.c 87.b 88.b

89.c 90.b 91.d 92.c

93.b 94.d 95.d 96.b

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97.a 98.a 99.d 100.a

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