SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
POST-TEST
1. Which of the following is NOT a goal of Science?
A. To explain events in the natural world.
B. To investigate and understand the natural
world.
C. To use derived explanations to make useful
predictions.
D. To establish a collection of unchanging truths
2. Which of the following BEST describes the
interaction of science and society?
A. Society can drive scientific research by
providing support and funding
opportunities for projects that are considered
important by decision makers.
B. Science can affect society by providing new
technologies and advancements to meet
the needs of society.
C. Science impacts society by providing solutions
to society’s needs, but society has no impact
on science.
D. Society impacts science by providing
support and funding for important
projects, but science does not impact society.
E. Science and society do not interact.
3. Which of the following is the BEST definition of
science?
A. The process of gathering knowledge about
natural world
B. The process of reading the knowledge of the
unknown world
C. The process of memorizing answers about
natural world
D. The process of gathering knowledge about
the ancient world
4. What is technology?
A. Using our scientific knowledge to produce
really advanced devices that do certain jobs
B. None of the answers are correct
C. Anything electronic or highly advance
D. Using our scientific knowledge for practical
purpose
5. During Ancient times Transportation is
A. To trade; navigation to discover new places
B. To communicate with natives of the area; they
also used recordkeeping to document their
trade.
C. Used is the field of engineering for better
transportation, construction, etc.
6. Egyptian hieroglyphic was introduce in what
year?
A. 3000 BC
C. 15900 BC
B. 100 BC
D. 2900 BC
7. They were the first to explain the world in terms
of natural laws than myths about gods and heroes.
A. Americans
C. Spanish
B. Greeks
D. Romans
8. Which of the following is NOT a global issue that
can address is studying STS?
A. Climate change
B. Poverty
C. Inequality
D. Psychological Development
9. A group of individuals which is characterized by
common interest and may have distinctive culture
and institutions.
A. Individual
C. Community
B. Society
D. School
10. Science will try to discover facts and
relationships and then tries to create theories that
makes sense of these facts and relationships.
Technology is the application of scientific
knowledge to the technical aims of human life.
A. Only the first statement is correct
B. Only the second statement is correct
C. Both statements are correct
D. Both statements are incorrect
11. Science is theory and technology is practice.
Science is the pursuit of knowledge about the
natural world through systematic observation and
experiments through science, we develop new
technologies.
A. Only the first statement is correct
B. Only the second statement is correct
C. Both statements are correct
D. Both statements are incorrect
12. The Vikings wear a beautiful, majestic purple,
gold and white jerseys! This is an example of an
____
A. Observation
C. Experiment
B. Hypothesis
D. Theory
13. Which of the following experiments is
MEASUREABLE?
A. McDonald’s is a good place to buy coffee
B. McDonald’s coffee cups keep coffee warmer
for longer than Burger Kings
C. McDonald’s is dirty inside
D. All are measurable
14. Which of the following best describes the relation
between science and technology?
A. Technological and scientific methods are
mirror image
B. Technology applies scientific principles for
production but some technologies predates
science
C. The two approaches are parallel
D. All of them
15. Technological impact on societies led to which of
the following?
A. Steering peoples values/cultures to that of the
inventor
B. Development of independent nations
C. Loss of jobs
D. None of them
16. Technology development processes involves
_____
A. A cycle of defining product scope,
specifications, testing and deployment
B. A top-down steps of inspection, analysis,
design, and evaluation
C. A cycle of modelling, support, testing and
deployment
D. None of them
17. Over the years, science has developed through a
series of _______
A. Research
C. Thoughts
B. Discovery
D. Views
18. Science is often used to denote the following
EXCEPT
A. A sock of accumulated knowledge stemming
from the application of these methods
B. A set of characteristics methods by means of
which knowledge is certified
C. A set of cultural values and more governing
the activities termed scientific
D. A form of knowledge towards skills
developed by children
19. This simply states that the whole scientific
community can change the society by having a
role in changing how people view the world, their
concepts or ideas about life and the world itself,
and the way they think.
A. Thought style
B. Science affects culture
C. Culture affects science
D. Personal consistency
20. Which of the following is the Role of Science and
Technology?
I. Have the power to better the lives of poor
people in developing countries
II. Differentiators between countries that are able
to tackle poverty effectively by growing and
developing their economies, and those that are
not.
III. Engine of growth
IV. Interventions for cognitive enhancement,
proton cancer therapy and genetic engineering
A. I only
C. I, II, III and IV
B. I and III
D. II only
21. The Hanging garden of Babylon was considered
as seven wonders of the world. This garden was
found in Mesopotamia. What simple machine
invented by Babylonians helped to raise water
and supply it to the pants in the garden?
A. Archimedes screw
B. Shaddoof
C. Irrigation wheel
D. Windmill
22. Persian scientist preferred this writing during the
ancient period during the time that they are
considered as the center of scientific
achievement.
A. Islamic language
B. English language
C. Arabic language
D. Indian language
23. During the ancient civilization, this country were
the pioneer of producing Father of different
sciences and medicine.
A. Mesopotamia
C. India
B. Persia
D. Greece
24. The doctor-patient confidentiality of the present
day was coined from _______
A. Chiropractic oath
B. Hippocratic oath
C. Greek constitution
D. Indian book of knowledge
25. During the ancient time in southeast Asia,
balangay was introduce. What type of technology
a balangay is?
A. A type of car
B. A type of marine vessel
C. A type of counting machine
D. A type of house structure
26. The birthplace of democracy was attributed to
_____
A. Ancient Mesopotamia
B. Ancient Greece
C. Persia
D. Athens
27. The spectacle of Olympics was introduce during
the ancient Greece, this was staged every 4 years
to dedicate to Olympian gods. During that time,
what was given to an athlete if he/she won an
event?
A. Trophy
B. Medal
C. Wreath of olive leaf
D. A gold coin
28. When a person will travel to a foreign land, map
play a very important role to find the right
location. Anaximander is one who pioneers in
studying and creating maps, Anaximander is a
______
A. Cartographer
C. Geographer
B. Mapgrapher
D. Scenographer
29. Printing shops had become very numerous and
the number of printed books had increased.
A. Babylonian Civilization
B. Intellectual Revolution
C. Greek Civilization
D. Renaissance Period
30. In ancient Greece, this instrument is used in
measuring distance travelled by a vehicle.
A. Speedometer
C. Velocimeter
B. Odometer
D. Measuring tape
31. The economy of this time from the 5th century
may be described as feudal. feudal system was
marked by its independence on local agricultural
production mostly consumed on the spot and on
handicraft industry
A. Ancient
C. Middle
B. Modern
D. Present
32. The concept of 60 seconds is 1 minute and 60
minutes is 1 hour was introduce by ______
A. Mesopotamian
C. Indians
B. Chinese
D. Greeks
33. In what period of the history of industrial
revolution the linen production in Europe were
patterned?
A. Ancient period
C. Modern ages
B. Middle ages
D. None of them
34. Erythromycin was introduced by an Ilonggo
scientist Abelardo Aguilar, this antibiotic was
derived from what specie of microorganism?
A. Bacteria
C. Fungi
B. Virus
D. Molds
35. When a person's perspective about ethical values
and morality has been replace, a person is
experiencing _______ in making decision
A. Change in Christian living
B. Intellectual revolution
C. Informatics revolution
D. Psychological revolution
36. They introduce natural laws with substantial
evidence as proof for validation.
A. Greeks
C. Chinese
B. Indians
D. Sumerians
37. This influential person introduce his theories
without evidences of scientific experiment to
prove such theories.
A. Aristotle
C. Darwin
B. Copernicus
D. Freud
38. His ideas rely on the power of human over earth.
A. Aristotle
C. Copernicus
B. Ptolemy
D. Darwin
39. According to Copernicus, putting the sun as the
center of the universe and having the earth orbit
on it is generally known as ________
A. Geocentrism
C. Heliocentrism
B. Galacticocentricity D. Accentric
40. Which of the following statements is
CORRECT?
A. Charles Darwin discovered the process
natural laws
B. According to Kepler the path of the planets
are in circular motion.
C. The origin of species article published by
Charles Darwin in 1895
D. William Paley argument about the existence
of the creator was published in 1802.
41. The Scientific Revolution can best be described
as:
A. A period when scientists embraced the
teachings of the Church
B. A period when scientists began to question
the old teachings of the Church
C. The time when the Catholic Church
empathized most with scientists
D. Scientific
property
invented
by
astrophysicists to explain the rotation of the
Earth
42. Which of the following best explains the effect of
the Scientific Revolution on traditional religious
beliefs?
A. People now looked to religion to explain the
world around them.
B. People used reason and logic to explain the
world
C. People now looked to their kings to explain
the world around them.
D. Money makes the world go round
43. Which of these is NOT one of the three
fundamental elements of flourishing?
A. the possibility of transformation
B. the innately happy nature of the brain
C. the efficacy of embedded practice
D. the reality of interdependence
44. Which of these is NOT one of the main
dimensions of our model of flourishing?
A. Personality
C. integration
B. Awareness
D. connection
45. In our model of flourishing, each person is
understood to be ________
A. totally powerless to change in any way
B. completely autonomous and independent
C. deeply embedded in a context formed by
society, culture, and environment
D. in capable of flourishing
46. Awareness is an important element to flourishing
because it enables us to _______
A. notice our emotions, biases, assumption
B. focus intently on something as to block out
unpleasant thoughts
C. have even more thoughts, feelings, and
emotions
D. withdraw the mind inward to out happy place
47. We are inevitable connected to other humans in
various way, including through our social and
cultural contexts. In what sense can this
connection be both helpful and a challenge?
A. we need others to help us learn how to
flourish, but others can also pressure us into
ways of being that are not conducive to
flourishing
B. we are not actually connected to others in
social or cultural
C. we can learn to flourish only if we ignore
what everyone else say about it, but they can
still criticize us
D. true flourishing is impossible, but others can
make us think that it we can get
48. Which of the following describes a hedonic
approach to flourishing?
A. flourishing is impossible
B. flourishing means pleasure beyond, and still
can flourish even facing suffering
C. flourishing only comes though pain
D. flourishing is all about feeling pleasure
49. Which of the following is more suitable to a
eudaemonic approach to flourishing?
A. flourishing is all about money and power
B. flourishing is all about feeling pleasure
C. flourishing is impossible
D. flourishing is leading a meaningful life even
in the face of suffering
54. Which best describe Eudaimonia?
A. Happiness attainable by human
B. Dreaming without Action
C. Both of them are correct
D. None of them is correct
55. Based on our discussion, man's end goal would be
_____
A. Money
C. Happiness
B. Life
D. Luxury
56. A. Human flourished in the innovation of
technology to satisfy them while good life finds
happiness that best complete their life like love of
friends and family.
B. Human flourishes by discovering high end
technology that would give happiness while good
life, live simply and is to live simply and are
contented on what they have.
A. Only statement A is correct
B. Only statement B is correct
C. Both statement A and B are correct
D. Both statement A and B are incorrect
57. The acquisition of a virtue is like the acquisition
of _________
A. A craft
C. A job
B. Good looks D. Knowledge of chemistry
58. Which of the following is NOT part of the
definition of virtue: Virtue is ______
A. State that decides
B. In accord with a mean
C. Happiness
D. Determined according to reason
50. Which of the following items be most important
for flourishing?
A. good grades
C. perfect health
B. social connection D. all of them
59. For moral learning, Aristotle rejects the idea that
___________
A. Knowledge of, and motivation to do, what is
right grow together
B. Some are not capable of truly successful
moral learning.
C. Before you do just acts, you must know what
justice is
D. We can acquire virtues through habit.
51. The ordinary magic of resilience involves
responding to a challenge by ________
A. remaining permanently vigilant
B. not doing anything
C. trying to do everything even without support
D. bouncing forward to baseline
60. The way to discover what happiness is for
Aristotle is to determine _________
A. What is the function of a human being?
B. What people most prefer?
C. What people most enjoy?
D. What a life of virtue would be like
52. This term means to uncover what was covered.
A. Eudomanion
C. hedonic
B. Aletheuein
D. paletheueim
61. We do certain things because we want to achieve
a life which will make us ______ and _____
A. Happy and Healthy
B. Happy and Content
C. Content and Healthy
D. Flourish and Happy
53. Which is NOT essential during reflective
thinking?
A. Input
C. happiness
B. Comments
D. success
62. Influence the information age by creating the idea
inventions, while too advanced for the time, the
basic idea was used to develop modern
inventions.
A. Medieval period
C. Chinese period
B. Renaissance period D. Modern period
63. He was coined for the creation of world wide
web.
A. Tim Berners-Lee C. Tim Cone
B. Tim Berners-Simon D. Brauner Lee
64. Information age was established in what specific
year?
A. 1980
C. 1970
B. 1990
D. 1960
65. During Renaissance period, people began to write
religious book only;
Whatspp platform from accommodate video
conferencing
A. Both statements are correct
B. Only the first statement is correct
C. Only the second statement is correct
D. Both statements are incorrect
66. This microblogging network that allows you to
share different kinds of multimedia content
through tweets.
A. Facebook
C. WhatsApp
B. Twitter
D. Likedln
67. Which of the following is the most valuable
goods of the modern era?
A. Modernization
C. Communication
B. Technology
D. Information
68. With respect to the draft amendments to the
Information Technology Rules, 2021, consider
the following statements:
1) Social media firms have to appoint a chief
compliance officer.
2) If there are complaints against the dignity of
users, social media platforms will be required to
remove that within 24 hours after a complaint is
made.
3) They also will have to publish a weekly report
about the number of complaints received and the
status of redressal.
Which of the statements given above is/are
CORRECT?
A. Only 1
C. Only 2 and 3
B. Only 1 and 2
D. 1, 2 and 3
69. When it comes to technology, media, and society,
which of the following is TRUE?
A. Media influences technology, but not society.
B. Technology created media, but society has
nothing to do with these.
C. Technology, media, and society are bound
and cannot be separated.
D. Society influences media but is not connected
to technology.
70. Which of the following is the primary component
of the evolutionary model of technological
change?
A. A breakthrough in one form of technology
leads to a number of variations, and
technological developments.
B. Technology should not be subject to
patenting.
C. Technology and the media evolve together.
D. Technology can be traced back to the early
stages of human society.
71. Which of the following is NOT a risk of media
globalization?
A. The creation of cultural and ideological
biases
B. The creation of local monopolies
C. The risk of cultural imperialism
D. The loss of local culture
72. When it comes to media and technology, a
functionalist
would
focus
on
___________________________.
A. The symbols created and reproduced by the
media
B. The association of technology and
technological skill with men
C. The way that various forms of media
socialize users
D. The digital divide between the technological
haves and have-nots
73. Facebook was created for adult users only.
Information age do not affect cultural conditions
of the users.
A. All statements are true
B. Only the first statement is true
C. Only the second statement is true
D. All statements are not true
74. Below is NOT the threat to biodiversity.
A. Pollution
B. Mobile phones
C. High human population
D. Natural calamities
75. Below is one of the reasons for the loss of
biodiversity.
A. Eating more food by humans
B. Global ecosystem
C. Drinking more water by humans
D. Exotic species
76. Which is NOT the type of biodiversity?
A. Species
C. Ecosystem
B. Population D. Genetic
77. Why is genetic diversity important?
A. A population with less species diversity is
more likely to survive an outbreak of disease
since less species means less chance of
disease spread.
B. A population with more genetic diversity is
more likely to survive environmental
changes, a disease outbreak, or the
disappearance of a food source.
C. A population with less species diversity is
more likely to survive the competition among
species.
D. A population with less genetic diversity is
more likely to survive changes food supply
and demand.
78. The earth's variety of deserts, grasslands, forests,
mountains, oceans, lakes, rivers and wetlands.
A. ecosystem diversity
B. species diversity
C. functional diversity
D. genetic diversity
79. 1. Health status the degree to which individuals
have the capacity to obtain, process, and
understand basic health information and services
needed to make appropriate health decisions.
2. Heath literacy contributes to health and
prosperity by equipping people with knowledge
and skills for problem-solving, and helps provide
a sense of control and mastery over life
circumstances.
A. Only statement 1 is true
B. Only statement 2 is true
C. Both statements 1 and 2 are true
D. Both statements 1 and 2 are not true
80. Will insects develop resistance to the toxins
produced in Bt corn?
A. It is impossible for insects to develop
resistance to Bt corn.
B. It is unlikely that insects will develop
resistance to Bt corn.
C. Under certain conditions insects may develop
resistance to Bt corn.
D. It is almost certain that insects will develop
resistance to Bt corn.
81. What are the current benefits of having foods
made from genetically modified crops?
A. They allow farmers to greatly increase the
amount of crops produced.
B. They improve convenience for consumers,
e.g. by creating foods with longer shelf lives.
C. They improve the nutritional quality of foods.
D. They cause less damage to the environment
than
conventional
chemical-intensive
agriculture.
82. Biodiversity can affect the ________ of
ecosystems and the _________ of populations.
A. stability and sustainability
B. sustainability and stability
C. life and existence
D. existence and life
83. Heidegger is a/an ________ philosopher
A. French
C. American
B. Greek
D. German
84. The advancement of nanotechnology causes
which of the following in the field of business?
A. Incapability to follow the rules of the
government
B. Lack of trust from the public
C. Less accessibility for smaller companies
D. Improvement on the role of nanotechnology to
the people
85. Which of the following is one of the reasons why
nanotechnology faces challenges when it comes
to funding.
A. The government lacks support to it because
it's not part of their interests
B. It is not supported by science itself for being
too costly limiting its practicality.
C. It risk on health, safety, and environment
D. Nanotechnology needs a lot of money to
develop that's why it's hard to find investors
86. The following are dimensions of sustainable
development, EXCEPT
A. Economy
C. Environment
B. Culture
D. Technology
87. What are renewable resources?
A. Can be replaced in our lifetime through
natural processes
B. A limited amount and cannot be replaced in a
human life time.
C. Coal, oil, and natural gas
D. Plastic bags
88. Which of the following statements is true about
SMOG?
A. SMOG is derived from the fog
B. SMOG is derived from smoke
C. SMOG is derived from water vapor
D. SMOG is derived from both fog and smoke