QUESTIONS IN STS
Topic: When Humanity and Technology Cross
I. Identification
1. IFR
Answer: International Federation of Robotics
2. UNECE
Answer: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
3. A robot that performs useful tasks for humans or equipment excluding
industrial automation application.
Answer: Service Robot
4-5. What are the two ethical dilemma’s faced by the technological
advancements?
Answer: make children lazy and unhealthy and moral dilemma
II. Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false then write the correct answer.
1. Technology came from the Greek words ‘techne’ and ‘logos’ which mean
the beauty and art. F – art and word
2. Russia was one of the first countries to develop service robots. F- Germany
3. ISAAC ASIMOV known as the father of computer. F- Charles Babbage
III. Guess who.
1. CHARLES BABBAGE
2. MARTIN COPPER
3. Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton
4. Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
5. George Devol
6. ISAAC ASIMOV
Topic: The Information Age
1. It is defined as a “period starting in the last quarter of the 20 th century when
information became effortlessly accessible through publications and through the
management of information by computers and computer networks.
Answer: Information Age
2. He proposed the Theory of Information Age in 1982.
Answer: James R. Messenger
3. It used especially by large firms to describe the large, expensive machines that
process millions of transactions every day.
Answer: Mainframes
4. It is tightly integrated computer that usually have no keyboards but rely on a
touch screen.
Answer: Personal Digital Assistants
5. It refers to a computer that has been improved to provide network services to
other computers.
Answer: Server
6. Portable computers that integrate the essentials of a desktop computer.
Answer: Laptops
7. It is a worldwide system of interconnected networks that facilitate data
transmission among innumerable computers.
Answer: Internet
8. It is considered as the most popular search engine.
Answer: Google
9. Apple Macintosh computer was first introduced on what year.
Answer: 1984
10. Smart watches, virtual realities, and headphones are examples of what kind of
computer?
Answer: Wearable computers
Topic:Genetically Modefied Organisms: Science, Health, and
Politics
True or False: Write T if the statement is True, and F if the statement is False.
_________1. Genetic engineering promotes mutation in organisms which the long
term effect is known. F - unknown
_________2. William Jackson coined the term genetic engineering.
F - Jack Williamson
_________3. BT Corn is an example of genetic modified corn that is resistant to
destructive Asian corn borer. T
_________4. GMO is the term used for an organism created through genetic
engineering. T
_________5. BT Corn is an example of genetically modified plant to tolerate
herbicide. F - resist pest
_________6. Decrease in harvest is a benefit of GMOs. F - Increase
_________7. There are adequate studies on the effects of GMOs to humans and
environment. F - inadequate
_________8. Genetic engineering involve in transfer of genes from other
organism. T
_________9. The Center for Ecosystem and Environmental Health identify the
following rules of GMOs in food and agricultural industries. F - Center for
Ecogenetics and Environmental Health
_________10. Virus resistance is genetically modified plants to resist certain
viruses. T
Topic: Biodiversity and the Healthy Society
Enumeration
1. What are the five threats of biodiversity?
Answer:
• Habitat loss and destruction
• Alterations in ecosystem composition
• Over-exploitation
• Pollution and Contamination
• Global climate change
2. What are the three levels that nutrition and biodiversity are linked?
Answer:
the ecosystem, with food production as an ecosystem service
the species in the ecosystem
the genetic diversity within species.
3. Give at least two basic needs of living organisms.
Answer:
Air
Water
Food
Habitat
