UGRD-GE6116 Science, Technology & Society

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Started on Monday, 16 October 2023, 1:23 AM

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It urges the scholars, decision-makers, diplomats, business and civic leaders to actively
contribute to the development of a life-supporting society.

Select one:

a.
United Nations

b.
Millennium Declaration

c.
Biopolicy

d.
International University for the Bio-environment

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It is the second stage of clinical trial where it involves testing on animals?

Select one:

a.
Clinical Testing involving humans

b.
Preclinical Trials

c.
Development Stage

d.
Drug Treatment

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Which of the following would perfectly define what an acetogenic organism is?

Select one:

a.
It is an organism capable of surviving an environment with high acetic acid content

b.
Organism who tends to consume acetate to be able to produce glucose

c.
It is an organism highly capable of processing water to be able to produce acetone
d.
It is an organism capable of producing acetate from carbon dioxide in an anaerobic
environment.

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What is a metal-organic framework?

Select one:

a.
It is a theory that states that all organic substances is made up of metals

b.
It is a form of technology used for harvesting water out of thin air

c.
It is a process that slowly degrades metal into a more soluble organic substances

d.
It is a framework of converting metallic elements into organic substances

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Which of the following would best explain how culture affects science?

Select one:

a.
The researcher will always try to do research which is always related to the culture that people
have

b.
The people will always look at science in a very cultural manner where it will be the priority for
the nation

c.
Culture will ever affect science

d.
The society's view depends on the culture that they have and it affects what form of technology
the society will accept

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Which of the following is the definition of science according to the module?

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a.
A set of laws and theories that support our knowledge of the world around us

b.
The manner of improving technologies and knowledge to further understand the world around
us.

c.
The perception of the people around us which affects culture and behavior of everyone in the
same community.

d.
An accumulated and organized body of knowledge that is intended to solve real-world
problems.

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This refers to the use of lower species of animals as much as possible.

Select one:

a.
Resurrection

b.
Replacement

c.
Reduction

d.
Refinement

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The first step of clinical trial which is done after research and screening of the substance.

Select one:

a.
Drug Treatment

b.
Development Stage

c.
Clinical Testing involving humans
d.
Preclinical Trials

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The following are the required personnel for an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
except for:

Select one:

a.
Non-affiliated personnel

b.
One Practicing Scientist

c.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

d.
Nurse

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It is concerned with preserving the wealth and beauty of the natural world, securing the health
of the earth's population, providing fair rules of trade, and guaranteeing equal educational
oppurtunities for every country in the world can be a source of genuine profit, both monetary
and social.
Select one:

a.
Bio-education

b.
Bio-legislation

c.
Bio-economics

d.
Bio-diplomacy

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According to the article the US-centric that Maienschein adopted is disappointing because;

Select one:

a.
It was very one-sided form of reasoning without looking at the possible positive forms of
scientific research being talked about in the article

b.
It doesn't represent the general fact that it's basically in the field of science and not in religion.

c.
It fails to appreciate the growing global anxiety that big businesses will control and selfishly
exploit the fruits of science.

d.
It doesn't consider the time and the knowledge invested in research.

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The person who wrote "Whose View of Life?".

Select one:

a.
Nicolaas Hartsoeker

b.
Pinhas Elijah

c.
Jane Maienschein

d.
Thomas Hunt Morgan

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Science as a social enterprise relates to science itself as an interplay between which of the
following?

Select one:

a.
The works of scientists and the active involvement of people examining the product of scientific
inquiry

b.
The knowledge and foundations set by past scientist and the scientist of today
c.
The government and the scientist working for them to provide improvement in military science
for the protection of the people.

d.
The industry that offers technology and the people relying on it

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Which of the following is included in the Belmont report?

Select one:

a.
The rights of scientist in using animals in any way to cure diabetes

b.
Three basic ethical considerations in using humans as subjects for research

c.
A report on the increase of animal use in the past year

d.
The role of the government in addressing the need for money of the human subject which is
partly a result of poverty

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One of the major challenges global agriculture faces is
Select one:

a.
Feeding more people with less land

b.
Improvement of Agricultural Industries

c.
Laws and regulation inclined with improvement of irrigations

d.
Lowering Chemical production

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Which of the following is the third principle of the nurmberg code.

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a.
It validated the use of animals for biomedical experimentation

b.
Increase number of workers for animal related experiments for better results

c.
Compensation with the damages that the test caused on the human subject

d.
Lessen the use of animals in certain experiments

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It is a project which aims to identify the role of every cell in the body and their identity.

Select one:

a.
Human Cell Atlas

b.
Proteomic Analysis

c.
Single-cell protein

d.
Cell Survey Analytics Study

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In the statement'Imitatio Dei is morally positive' what is the meaning of the italicized word?

Select one:

a.
Imitation of God

b.
Imitate thee

c.
Imitation of Mortals
d.
Imitate Death

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Which of the following would best describe how science affects culture?

Select one:

a.
Science can shape the cultural views of the people, their understanding about the world and the
thoughts they have

b.
Science has improved the way people celebrate their culture especially now in the day where we
have social media

c.
Culture can't be affected by science

d.
Culture is changed by science by changing the people supporting it except the fact that religion
is not largely affected by science

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One of the members of the Institutional Animal Care Use Committee who would oversee all
aspect of animal care is required to be which of the following?
Select one:

a.
Medical technologist

b.
Nurse

c.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

d.
Biologist

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According to the article the person who believes that the sperm contains a homunculus?

Select one:

a.
Robert Winston

b.
Pinhas Elijah

c.
Jane Maienschein

d.
Nicolaas Hartsoeker

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B.I.O.'s educational and awareness-raising programs are directed at which of the following?

Select one:

a.
Build a community with that is only relying on clean energy

b.
Work with United nations to provide a healthy future

c.
Promoting the restoration of the environment by shutting down industries not following rules
and regulations

d.
Restoring the stability of our human and natural environments

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It is a new policy which is needed to guarantee that we have a harmonious future.

Select one:

a.
Environmental policy

b.
United Nations Environmental Policy

c.
Paris climate change agreement

d.
Biopolicy

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In the process of mimicking photosynthesis what is the use of nanowires?

Select one:

a.
They prevent bacterial growth by continuously degrading and exposing other
organisms(bacteria)to its particle

b.
They used to capture light

c.
They are used to support the whole system above the ground

d.
They function as the one who holds bacteria

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The Millennium Development Goals include the following except:

Select one:
a.
Reduce the number of people that who suffers from hunger

b.
Reduction by one half of the proportion of people in the world whose income is less than one
dollar per day

c.
Reduction of child Mortality

d.
Spread HIV and Malaria

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It is an unethical study where it used a hundred of African men where to be able to study
syphilis.

Select one:

a.
HIV Project

b.
Black Propaganda Study

c.
Tuskegee Study

d.
Science Advancement Research

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This refers to the action of lowering the number of animals involved in the experimentation:

Select one:

a.
Reduction

b.
Resurrection

c.
Refinement

d.
Replacement

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Discovery science is the principle describing the quest for unconventional knowledge through
what?

Select one:

a.
Confirmed Ideas and General Knowledge

b.
Systematic investigation and experiment

c.
Organized Skepticism

d.
Laws and Theories Presented from before

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What is a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)?

Select one:

a.
It is a network of wires that tends to track brain activity to be able to understand how some
brain diseases manifests

b.
It is a deep learning tool used for solving/doing visual activity

c.
It is a highly unstable A.I. capable of solving mathematical problems

d.
It is the use of computers to solve mental problems that can be observed by scanning

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It is the lessening of pain that an animal subject should undergo to.

Select one:
a.
Refinement

b.
Resurrection

c.
Replacement

d.
Reduction