Science, Technoloy and Society Prelim Exam

7/1/23, 10:19 PM SCIENCE, TECHNOLOY AND SOCIETY PRELIM EXAM
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1. What is the title of Charles Darwin's book on the theory of evolution?
A The Voyage of the Beagle B Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
The Expression of the Emotions in Man

C On the Origin of Species D
and Animals
2. Science is a methodical way of acquiring knowledge.
A TRUE B Can't say
C FALSE
3. Technology is the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
A FALSE B TRUE
C CAN'T SAY.
4. Science and Technology can be dangerous.
A TRUE B CAN'T SAY.
C FALSE
5. Science, Technology and Society (STS) is the study of how science and technology shape
and are shaped by social influences.
A TRUE B CAN'T SAY.
C FALSE
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6. STS deals with the historical development of science and technology but does not cover
their philosophical underpinnings.
A CAN'T SAY. B TRUE
C FALSE
7. The study of STS primarily concerns students of science and technology programs and
not non-science students as well.
A CAN'T SAY. B TRUE
C FALSE
8. STS is an important area of study because science and technology permeate every aspect
of everyday life.
A TRUE B FALSE
C CAN'T SAY
9. Science and technology are not crucial factors in nation building.
A TRUE B FALSE
C CAN'T SAY.
10. History cannot teach people about evaluating present-day science and technology.
A TRUE B CAN'T SAY.
C FALSE
11. STS draws from other disciplines, such as history, sociology, philosophy, economics,
political science and international relations, and science policy.
A CAN'T SAY. B FALSE
C TRUE
12. is the study of how society, politics, and culture affect scientific research and
technological innovation, and how these, in turn, affect society, politics and culture
A Social Studies B Science, technology and society studies
C Mathematics D Psychology
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 Social Studies D Language
14. It refers to a system of acquiring knowledge which uses observation and experimentation
A Social Studies B Science
C Education D Mathematics
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 Technology
C Mechanics D Engineering
16. A ________ is a grouping of individuals, which is characterized by common interest and

may have distinctive culture and institutions.
A School B Community
C Individual D Society
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 Renaissance Period B Babylonian Civilization
C Intellectual Revolution 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.
A Roman Civilization B Babylonian Civilization
C Renaissance Period D Greek Civilization
20. These are the characteristics of phlegmatic disposition except
task-oriented with great capacity for use verbal defense that often hurts
A B
work others
C only sleep can regenerate their energy D he relies on facts instead of speculations
21. They had a little taste for basic science in its application.
A Renaissance B Roman Civilization
C Greek Civilization D Romantic Era
22. They had no calendar but counted years by the period of moon and from one harvest to
another.
A Iron Age B Stone Age
C Pre-Spanish Era D Spanish Era
23. They learn to weave cotton, they started to make glass ornaments and cultivate lowland rice of
fields.
A Iron Age B Pre-Spanish Era
C Spanish Era D Stone Age
24. Which of the following did NOT support the geocentric model of the universe?
A Copernicus B Aristotle
C Ptolemy D Lamarck
25. This type of characteristic is NOT inherited or something that you are born with
A Acquired characteristic B adaptation
C phenotype
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 stays at the center motionless B Planets revolve around the sun
C The earth is too big to move
28. He studied the theory of natural selection
A Darwin B Copernicus
C Lamarck D Freud
29. He's the father of psychoanalysis
A Freud B Aristotle
C Darwin D Lamarck
30. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A Copernicus B Ptolemy
C Lamarck D Aristotle
31. This reflects how well an organism is adapted to its environment
A survival B evolved
C fitness
32. __________ came up with the heliocentric theory, and _______ proved it to be true with the
use of his telescope.
A Galileo; Copernicus B Bacon; Copernicus
C Copernicus; Galileo D Newton; Copernicus
33. Who developed the Scientific Method?
A Francis Bacon B Isaac Newton
C Copernicus D Galileo Galilei
34. What time period began in the 1700s in France, and was known as the 'Age of Reason'?
A Scientific Revolution B American Revolution
C Enlightenment D Absolutism
35. What is referred to as "logical thinking"?
A Practicality B Correct
C Reason
36. What is the name of the Enlightenment thinkers?
A Reason-er B Consenter
C Philosophe
37. _________ is the belief that the government is only true and just if it comes from the
people.
A Limited Monarchy B Consent of the Governed
38. What is an effort to change a political system and/or social system
A Revolution B Change
C Enlightenment D Political Movement
39. All universal objects are attracted to one another
A inductive reasoning B univeral law of gravitation
C deism D separation of powers
40. The invention of what instruments made it possible for scientific discoveries?
A periodic table and microscope B gravity and telescope
C telescope and microscope D printing press and microscope
41. The scientific method grew out of the belief that the world is best understood through
A imagination B a geocentric view of the universe
C the teachings of Aristotle D direct observation
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 Earth B Solar System
C Moon D Sun
43. A European intellectual movement that stressed the use of human reason to solve
political, social, and economic problems
A Enlightenment B Renaissance
C Reformation D French Revolution
44. Enlightenment philosophers wanted to use the _____________ of the Scientific Revolution
for problems in government and society
A ideas and reasons B money and power
C superstitions and beliefs D traditions and ceremonies
45. After the fall of the Roman Empire the world was plunged into which period?
A Stone Age B Reformation
C Renaissance D Middle Ages
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 Clergy
C Merchants D Peasants
48. Which term is defined as the rebirth of classical (Greek & Roman) knowledge?
A Medieval B Renaissance
C Enlightenment D Reformation
49. Emphasis on the power, potential, and achievements of people came to be known as:
A None of the above B Secularism
C Manifest Destiny D Humanism
50. What is the center of the solar system according to the Geocentric Theory?
A The sun B Earth
C The Milky Way D Geometry
51. Which scientist improved the telescope then used it to see the moons of Jupiter, sun
spots, and other previously unknown objects?
A Copernicus B Galileo
C Newton D Brahe
52. What can be considered as the topmost priority of many countries in these modern
times?
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 Being and Time B Eudaimonia
C The Prince D Utopia
55. What philosophy explores the nature of human as both thinking subject and living
individuals?
A Existentialism B Phenomenology
C Normative Phillosophy D Essentialism
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 False B True
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 slavery to technology
C technology as a means to an end D enframing
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 flourishing.
61. A good leader should understand the human conditions and be able to effectively
manage them by...
making uncomfortable leadership

A having good 90 day plans B
changes
using the ten step leadership model to weaving the right actions into your
C D
remove them general leadership 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 Shintoism B Bushido
C Taoism D Zen Buddhism
63. "Two heads are better than one."

This adage is reflective of what importance of collaboration and diversity?
Diversity and collaboration stimulate Collaboration and diversity balance

A B
problem solving possible ideas
Diversity and collaboration facilitate Diversity and collaboration are

C D
specialization inspiration and motivation
64. Human flourishing 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 as vanguard of the society B they should be left behind
they should be the primary source of

C D alongside human society
divisionary force
65. He invented the first reflecting telescope
A Copernicus B Albert Einstein
C Isaac Newton D Galileo Galeli
66. He was one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century and Technology was
an important element in his work
A Albert Einstein B Albert Heidegger
C Gary Heidegger D Martin Heidegger
67. "It is something that we must use with extreme caution, not necessarily in the physical,
but also in metaphysical and conceptual sense"
Technology develops beyond human

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

C Technology is an instrument D
the world
68. It is something that reveals it self to us, a way of exposing an idea
A Revealing B Enframing
C Technology D Clearing
69. the material cause
A causa formulis B causa finalis
C Causa materialis D causa efficiens
70. the shape into which the material is fashioned
A causa formulis B causa materialis
C causa efficient D causa finalis
71. It allows human being to reveal reality as standing reserve
A enframing B revealing
C clearing D amnipulating
72. It is an effort to achieve self-actualization and fulfillment within the context of a

larger community of individuals, each with the right to pursue his or her own such
efforts
A Human flourishing B Technology
C Clearing D Enframing
73. If we allow ourselves to get swallowed by modern technology, we lose essence of who we
are as beings in this world.
A False B True
74. For Heidegger, enframing is the supreme danger, because it causes the event of revealing
(Being itself) to slip into oblivion
A False B True
75. Utilitarianism makes moral decisions based on
A what you want to do B the likely consequences
C your intentions D being the best human you can be
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 flourishing B the pursuit of pleasure
C the attempt to minimise pleasure D about being the best human you can be
78. consequences are...
to do with the development of your

A the result of an action B
character
C too little of something D to do with flourishing
79. doing the thing which results in the greatest happiness for the greatest number is known
as the...
A greatest happiness principle B universalisable
C golden mean D equity
80. One of the famous civilization that lasted for approximately 2,000 years in Mesoamerica.
A Maya Civilization B Inca Civilization
C Nostradamus Civilization D Aztec Civilization
81. This is the entire area of Central America from Southern Mexico up to the border of
South America.
A Mesa america B North America
C Mesoamerica D South 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 Inca B Mexica
C Aztec D Maya
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 Maya B Aztec
C Mexica D Inca
84. The following are contributions of Aztec Civilization, Except;
A Mandatory education B Chocolates
C Antispasmodic medication D Quipu
85. A light narrow boat used for travelling in water systems.
A Canoe B Chinampa
C Titanic D Balsa
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 Inca B Maya
C Aztec D Mexica
87. This civilization is polytheist and they worshipped Gods of nature.
A Mexica B Aztec
C Inca D Maya
88. The civilization that has approximately 350,000 residents in mesoamerica.
A Mayan B Inca
C Aztec D Maya
89. A complete change in the ways of thinking, working, or living
A technology B revolution
C nomad D Paleolithic
90. the science or practice of farming
A surplus B hunter-gatherer
C agriculture D specialization
91. beliefs, customs, practices, & behavior of a group of people
A domesticate B migration
C culture D technology
92. movement of people from one place to another
A domesticate B migration
C surplus D Neolithic
93. person who lives by hunting & gathering plants
A hunter-gatherer B revolution
C animism D technology
94. person who moves from place to place without a permanent

home
A nomad B irrigate
C culture D settler
95. tools & skills people use to meet their needs & wants
A revolution B hunter-gatherer
C nomad 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 Paleolithic Era B Neolithic Era
98. Which term BEST describes the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers?
A effortless B stable
C isolated D nomadic
99. Which of these BEST describes the importance of mankind's first use of fire
approximately 1 million years ago?
Harnessing fire meant that dinosaur Hunter-gatherers' ability to hunt at night

A B
meat could now be cooked. meant they could eat more.
People were more protected from Humans could now invent tools to make
C D
predators. life easier.
100. About 10,000 years ago, human civilization changed in a major way. What was this
change?
A Humans began to use spoken language. B Humans began to make tools.
Humans began to farm & domesticate

C Humans increasingly became literate. D
animals.
Answer Key
1. c 2. a 3. b 4. a
5. a 6. b 7. b 8. a
9. b 10. c 11. c 12. b
13. b 14. b 15. b 16. d
17. b 18. a 19. b 20. d
21. b 22. c 23. a 24. a
25. a 26. c 27. b 28. a
29. a 30. c 31. c 32. c
33. a 34. c 35. c 36. c
37. b 38. a 39. b 40. c
41. d 42. d 43. a 44. a
45. d 46. d 47. d 48. b
49. d 50. b 51. b 52. c
53. c 54. a 55. a 56. a
57. a 58. a, d, b 59. a 60. Eudaimonia
61. d 62. b 63. a 64. d
65. c 66. d 67. b 68. d
69. c 70. a 71. a 72. a
73. b 74. b 75. b 76. b
77. b 78. a 79. a 80. a
81. c 82. d 83. a 84. d
85. a 86. a 87. c 88. c
89. b 90. c 91. c 92. b
93. a 94. a 95. d 96. b
97. b 98. d 99. c 100. d

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7/1/23, 10:19 PM SCIENCE, TECHNOLOY AND SOCIETY PRELIM EXAM

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

A The Voyage of the Beagle B Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle

The Expression of the Emotions in Man

2. Science is a methodical way of acquiring knowledge.

A TRUE B Can't say

3. Technology is the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.

4. Science and Technology can be dangerous.

A TRUE B CAN'T SAY.

A TRUE B CAN'T SAY.

A CAN'T SAY. B TRUE

A CAN'T SAY. B TRUE

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

A TRUE B CAN'T SAY.

A CAN'T SAY. B FALSE

A Social Studies B Science, technology and society studies

A Education B Science, technology and society studies

C Social Studies D Language

A Social Studies B Science

15. from two Greek words

A Social Studies B Technology

16. A ________ is a grouping of individuals, which is characterized by common interest and

A Renaissance Period B Babylonian Civilization

C Intellectual Revolution D Greek Civilization

A Roman Civilization B Babylonian Civilization

C Renaissance Period D Greek Civilization

20. These are the characteristics of phlegmatic disposition except

A Renaissance B Roman Civilization

C Greek Civilization D Romantic Era

A Iron Age B Stone Age

C Pre-Spanish Era D Spanish Era

A Iron Age B Pre-Spanish Era

C Spanish Era D Stone Age

A Acquired characteristic B adaptation

C Retrograde motion D Revolution

27. Which of the following arguments supports heliocentrism

C The earth is too big to move

28. He studied the theory of natural selection

29. He's the father of psychoanalysis

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

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

A Galileo; Copernicus B Bacon; Copernicus

C Copernicus; Galileo D Newton; Copernicus

33. Who developed the Scientific Method?

A Francis Bacon B Isaac Newton

C Copernicus D Galileo Galilei

A Scientific Revolution B American Revolution

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

36. What is the name of the Enlightenment thinkers?

A Limited Monarchy B Consent of the Governed

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

C Enlightenment D Political Movement

39. All universal objects are attracted to one another

A inductive reasoning B univeral law of gravitation

C deism D separation of powers

A periodic table and microscope B gravity and telescope

C telescope and microscope D printing press and microscope

A imagination B a geocentric view of the universe

C the teachings of Aristotle D direct observation

A Earth B Solar System

C Reformation D French Revolution

A ideas and reasons B money and power