Technology and Society Test Bank
Course Introduction
This course explores the intricate relationship between technology and society, examining how technological advancements shape social structures, cultural norms, and daily life. Students will analyze the historical evolution of technology, its impact on communication, work, and identity, and the ethical, economic, and political challenges arising from rapid innovation. Through case studies and critical discussion, the course encourages thoughtful reflection on the responsibilities of individuals and societies in guiding technological progress for the benefit of humanity.
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Society Ethics and Technology 5th Edition by Morton Winston
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Chapter 1: History
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Q1) Who patented the telephone?
A) Bell
B) Morse
C) Rockefeller
D) Morgan
Answer: A
Q2) What piece of infrastructure was built in London in response to three outbreaks of cholera?
A) Telegraph lines to report outbreaks
B) Ports to quarantine the sick
C) Sewers to get rid of waste water
D) Ports to bring in more shipments of medicine
Answer: C
Q3) What was the key machine in Mahatma Ghandi's ideal world?
A) The clock
B) The sewing machine
C) The spindle machine
D) The spinning wheel
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Society
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Q1) Who distinguished between technical rationality and substantive rationality?
A) Marcuse
B) Giddens
C) Uffrey
D) Habermas
Answer: D
Q2) In the period between 1870 and 1920,what installations seemed to become more important than ports for transport in the new industrial economy?
A) Railroad stations
B) Electric power plants
C) Bus stations
D) Airports
Answer: A
Q3) What does STS stand for?
A) Social Technology Society
B) Social Studies of Science and Technology
C) Study of Technological Shifts
D) Study of Social and Technological Shifts
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Ethics
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Q1) What is the accordion effect?
A) The tendency of technology to improve music
B) The tendency of technology to supplant artistry
C) A feature of descriptive language
D) A feature of artifact innovation
Answer: C
Q2) How is the functionality of artifacts often framed?
A) In terms of teleological explanation
B) In terms of deontological explanation
C) In terms of cosmological explanation
D) In terms of ontological explanation
Answer: A
Q3) What have received the most attention as the best candidates for non-human moral agency?
A) Computers
B) Apes
C) Dolphins
D) Trees
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Security Surveillance
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Q1) Who wrote 1984?
A) George Orwell
B) George Formby
C) Michael Crichton
D) John le Carré
Q2) What is the good to be maximized,according to Taylor,under a plausible version of consequentialism?
A) Human autonomy
B) Human well-being
C) The well-being of all
D) Privacy
Q3) Who refers to the increasing prevalence of spy satellites,wiretapping and tracking technology as a "revolution in surveillance technology"?
A) James Stacey Taylor
B) Noel Sharkey
C) Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt
D) Thomas M. Powers
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Chapter 5: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
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Q1) What is the name of the research program trying to mimic the motor and cognitive development of babies in robots?
A) The Machine Project
B) Project One
C) Universal Robots
D) The Roomba Project
Q2) How much money did Watson bet when it was asked to wager on a Daily Double question before crashing?
A) $5,000
B) $50
C) $500
D) $5
Q3) What does Operto call "one of the central themes of applied ethics"?
A) Responsibility
B) Viability
C) Power
D) Virtue
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Chapter 6: Nanotechnology
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Q1) The constant that computer transistors double in number every two years is referred to as what?
A) The Law of Accelerating Returns
B) Moore's Law
C) The Law of Conservation of Energy
D) Murphy's Law
Q2) What areas has Bill McKibben,one of the first environmentalists to warn against the dangers of global warming,specifically suggested relinquishing,according to Kurzweil?
A) Biotechnology and motor vehicles
B) Warp technology and nanotechnology
C) Biotechnology and nanotechnology
D) Biotechnology and biochemistry
Q3) Bergeson believes that which groups will increase advocating for more enhanced transparency and product disclosure in the near future?
A) Environmentalists
B) Nanotechnology researchers
C) The Republican Party
D) Shareholder rights activists
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Chapter 7: Inernet & Social Media
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Q1) How does Lessig describe the "code" of the Internet that makes it open to control by various forces?
A) Malleable
B) Sustainable
C) Stagnant
D) Comprehensible
Q2) What alternative to iOS can be run on several platforms,unlike iOS's restriction to Apple devices?
A) Google's Android
B) Sony's Ericsson
C) Microsoft's Windows Mobile
D) Mozilla's Ubuntu
Q3) Maryanne Wolf argues deep reading is indistinguishable from:
A) Intellectual conversation
B) Deep thinking
C) Deep study
D) Internet research
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Chapter 8: Biotech and Genetic Engineering
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Q1) Why does Francis Fukuyama think biotechnology should be regulated by the government?
A) It presents both potential benefits and threats
B) Deviant science may undermine society's values
C) It will be the only future source of reliable tax revenue
D) It presents only threats and no tangible benefits to society.
Q2) What does MicroSort do?
A) Allows one to choose the sex of a child before it is conceived
B) Allows one to choose the height of a child before it is conceived
C) Allows one to identify genetically defective embryos in utero
D) Allows one to perform gene sequencing on embryos in utero
Q3) Who discovered the structure of DNA?
A) Watson and Crick
B) Watson and Diller
C) Diller and Crick
D) Diller and James
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Chapter 9: Population, environment, Climate Change
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Q1) What refers to the interconnected natural responses of the Earth to restabilize living and physical systems when perturbed beyond normal bounds?
A) The Gaian system
B) The Ecosystem
C) The Gaia Initiative
D) The Genesis Project
Q2) What tree did a 1992 report say was probably unmatched in its yield of "strange and varied products?"
A) Oak
B) Olive
C) Neem
D) Pomegranate
Q3) How many nuclear power plants are active around the world today?
A) 405
B) 355
C) 435
D) 315
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