Your browser does not support JavaScript!

Science, Technology and Society

Showing 226-300 of 358 answers

The authors describe It as a manner of changing how people think when they start to largely relay on the internet for some facts
  • Transactive Memory System
  • Google Effect Correct
  • Short-term Memory Reliance
  • Mental Distribution System
The blog post describes how the researchers conducted a relatively original _________.
  • Experiment Correct
The combined impact of two distinct Mendelian disease variants often leads to which of the following, which makes it hard to diagnose?
  • A new form of disease
  • A hybrid phenotype Correct
  • Unrecognizable Disease
  • Extremely painful symptoms
The digitization of medical files is known as
  • Health Information System
  • Electronic Health Records Correct
  • Electronically Generated Health Records
  • Digital Health Records
The first part of the article explained which of the following
  • The brained is not wired to remember everything it is capable of learning on a certain moment
  • A person tends to distribute some facts he or she might not be capable of remembering to another person that is part of the group where he belongs Correct
  • How long the relationship of the couple have been
  • Wikipedia and Google have revolutionize the way a person thinks and its reliance on other people
The first step of clinical trial which is done after research and screening of the substance.
  • Development Stage Correct
The first step on the -step model for nanotechnology risk management states that "A basic knowledge of the work is essential for doing an adequate assessment" Which of the following statement would be able to explain what it means
  • It means that a person with the right knowledge should always be involved Correct
The first step on the 10-step model for nanotechnology risk management states that "A basic knowledge of the work is essential for doing an adequate assessment". Which of the following statement would be able to explain what it means
  • The knowledge of only one person would never be enough to develop nanotechnology
  • The statement means that the person doing the job should be act professional
  • It means that a person with the right knowledge should always be involved Correct
  • It only says that everyone using and developing nanotechnology should know everything about it
The following are all forms of mutation that can be found in a DNA except for
  • Deletion
  • Insertion
  • Mismanagement Correct
  • Rearrangements
The following are benefits of digitizing medical files except:
  • It allows people to share their medical records with each other Correct
  • It supports greater accuracy in records
  • It helps to blend medical practices with personalized clinical initiative
  • It augment the attainment of new knowledge through the automated and systematic analysis of unstructured data
The following are benefits of voice recording interviews except:
  • Less distraction from writing and better flow of interview
  • The researcher has a chance of going back to the material
  • It will take less time to finish the research Correct
  • The researcher can concentrate, listen, and respond better
The following are challenges in dealing with the development, impact, and effects of nanotechnology to the society except for
  • Credibility and Understanding
  • Formulating Policy
  • Salary Equality Correct
  • Technological Development and Foresight
The following are challenges in orally taken drugs except for:
  • It needs to survive extreme acidity and digestive enzyme
  • It should be capable of surviving peristaltic movement of the esophagus Correct
  • It needs have the ability to pass through the mucous layer of the intestine
  • It needs to survive mechanical agitation in the stomach
The following are challenges in taking drugs orally except
  • The drug has to overcome a mucous layer which is meant to keep out foreign invaders such as pathogens
  • The drug has to overcome mechanical agitation in the stomach
  • If a drug is taken orally it has to survive extreme acidity
  • A drug has to be kept away from water until it is ready to be taken Correct
The following are examples of where nanomaterials can be applied to help in addressing environmental challenges except for
  • Energy conversion
  • Energy policy Correct
  • Energy storage
  • Water clean-up technology
The following are forms of biases in data analysis except for:
  • Analyzing the data in relation to the study Correct
  • Using inappropriate statistical tests
  • Eliminating the data which do not support your hypothesis
  • Reporting non-existing data from the experiment
The following are four social Objectives that is essential for nanotechnology stake holders to strive to achieve except for
  • Developing a strong understanding of local and global forces and issues that affect people and societies
  • Developing technologies that is only essential for the market Correct
  • Guiding local/global societies to appropriate uses of technology
  • Alerting societies to technological risks and failures
The following are given applications of genomic sequencing except.
  • Identifying therapeutic targets in neoplasms
  • Evaluating rare disorders
  • Screening for prenatal aneuploidy
  • Statistically knowing a person's day of death Correct
The following are innovations with the use of nanotechnology in treating diabetes except:
  • Implantable sensors
  • Microphysiometer
  • Polymeric nanoparticles
  • Insoluble glycerols Correct
The following are key findings on the impact of nanotechnology in business except which off the following?
  • Local companies see themselves predominantly as users of nanotechnology, rather than developers of it
  • Business nowadays largely rely on nanotechnology and would need to come up with new form of technology to fit in the futures of businesses Correct
  • Government has a clear role of supporting nanotechnology according to companies
  • Businesses have concerns more about the unknown health and safety side-effects of nanotechnology
The following are limitations of transgenic technology except.
  • Possibility of side effects in transgenic animals like arthritis, dermatitis and cancer
  • Unregulated gene expression resulting in improper expression of gene products
  • Increased number of Parasitic infections found in humans Correct
  • Insertional mutations resulting in alteration of important biological processes
The following are major factors limiting the bioavailability of nasally administered insulin except:
  • Poor permeability across the mucosal membrane
  • Rapid mucociliary clearance mechanism that removes the non-adhesive formulations from absorption site
  • Incapability of the body to absorb insulin in inhaling it
  • A direct form of delivering insulin to the blood stream Correct
The following are the four social objectives that nanotechnology stakeholders should strive to achieve except.
  • Guiding local/global societies to appropriate uses of technology
  • Alerting societies to technological risks and failures
  • Limit the access of the community to nanotechnology Correct
  • Developing a strong understanding of local and global forces and issues that affect people and societies
The following are the primary modes of internet regulations except for:
  • Markets
  • Laws
  • Bandwidth Correct
  • Architecture
The following are the required personnel for an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee except for:
  • One Practicing Scientist
  • Nurse Correct
  • Non-affiliated personnel
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
The following are the three generally accepted principles of the institutional Review Board on the Use of Human Subject except
  • Aspects of Life Science Correct
The following are the three generally accepted principles of the institutional Review Board on the Use of Human Subject except:
  • Respect for the Person
  • Aspects of Life Science Correct
  • Justice
  • Beneficence
The following are the three principle proposed by William Russell and Rex Burch where animal research should conform to except for:
  • Resurrection Correct
The following are tools or technologies that is very important in precision farming
  • Android Operating System Correct
The following are tools or technologies that is very important in precision farming except
  • Robots and sensors
  • Global Positioning System
  • Android Operating System Correct
  • Analytics software
The following are trends of science and technology in school except:
  • Social institutional Context Correct
The following is said to be required to any research organization except
  • Superiority over ordinary people Correct
  • Time for ideas to grow to maturity
  • Social space for personal initiative and creativity
  • Openness to debate and criticism
The following is seen crucial for any research organization except for
  • Having time for ideas to grow to maturity
  • Having the right private funding for researches Correct
  • Having hospitality toward novelty
  • Openness to debate and criticism
The following requires a review and regulation of assessment except for
  • If inadequate control procedures are reported
  • If there are significant changes in project products, work, material, process or control procedure
  • If nanoparticle-related intoxication is reported
  • If the head of the company will visit the site of production Correct
The following statement are stated in the module as those who needs science except:
  • The invention of Internet for the people around us Correct
The following, according to the module, are significant barriers to firms trying to enter nanotechnology market except for
  • Policies which blocks the improvement of science and technology Correct
  • Development and manufacturing cost of equipment
  • Commercialization costs for nanotechnologies
  • Funds for research and development
The general tendency of the science and technology in schools is widening of perspective and a gradual redefinition of what counts as valid school science.
  • True Correct
The golden rice which is a research sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation aims to
  • Developing a rice that is more pest resistant
  • Improve nutrition by enhancing rice to contain some of vitamins Correct
  • Make rice more capable of producing more grains
  • Make rice more resistant to typhoons
The health botanical published a paper that antioxidant was really helpful to our body, but after a week it was found out that the researcher has a strong connection with a company that sells product which claims that it contains antioxidants. What kind of bias can be derived from the situation?
  • Funding bias Correct
  • Selection bias
  • Survivor bias
  • Misclassification bias
The high density of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere brings about which of the following :
  • Climate Change Correct
The Millennium Development Goals include the following except:
  • Spread HIV and Malaria Correct
The mRNA is exported to the cytoplasm for
  • Deletion
  • Mutations
  • Transcription
  • Translation Correct
The national Institute of Health is planning to
  • Use stem cell to cure cancer
  • Use technology to know the cause of degenerative diseases
  • Use nanotechnology to administer drugs to patient
  • Use cells towards therapeutic use Correct
The norms in the ethos of science are expressed in the form of prescriptions, proscriptions, preferences, and which of the following?
  • Percussions
  • Admissions
  • Permissions Correct
  • Partitions
The norms under the ethos of science are legitimatized in terms of
  • Questions and Inquiry
  • Scientific Spirit
  • Institutional Values Correct
  • Imperatives
The one who believes that ensoulment occurs 40 days after conception
  • Jews Correct
The one who believes that ensoulment occurs days after conception
  • Jews Correct
The person who argued that if science is to improve the lot of humans, then scientists must hone their moral thinking and be more ready to listen to the opinions of ordinary people
  • Jane Maienschein Correct
The person who illustrated the diffusion of technoscience crossed with the postmodern and social-constructivist discussion in North America.
  • Donna Haraway Correct
The person who wrote "Whose View of Life?".
  • Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • Jane Maienschein Correct
  • Pinhas Elijah
  • Nicolaas Hartsoeker
The process of copying the DNA sequence of a gene into messenger RNA is referred to as
  • Transcription Correct
  • Translation
  • Activation
  • Deletion
The resulting mRNA is an exact copy of the DNA sequence, except
  • RNA is not capable of being translated
  • RNA is triple helix in structure
  • Uridine take the place of thymine Correct
  • DNA has less base pairs
The set of institutional imperatives where it adapts the idea that the substantive findings of science are product of social collaboration and are assigned to the community.
  • Communism Correct
  • Organized Skepticism
  • Universalism
  • Disinterestedness
The set of institutional imperatives where it finds immediate expression in the canon that truth claims are to be subjected to pre-established impersonal criteria.
  • Organized Skepticism
  • Communism
  • Universalism Correct
  • Disinterestedness
The Stroop Task that they have given their subjects showed that:
  • That people tend to think more about things on the internet compared to brands Correct
  • People tend to think more of food when they ask to name the color of something
  • People tend to associate hunger with knowledge
  • People tend to only answer easier questions when asked because they can easily remember its answer
The term technoscience first important appearance was on an article written by
  • Gilbert Hottois Correct
The term technoscience is coined from
  • Ethique et techno-science Correct
  • Tecnoscience in Modern World
  • Le nouvel esprit scientifique
  • The New Scientific Spirit
The two basic strategies for producing transgenic animals are
  • Increased immunity and increased adaptability
  • Modification of physiology and improvements of anatomical structure
  • Activation of good genes and deletion of mutation
  • Gain of function and loss of function Correct
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that requires federal agencies participating in National Nanotechnology Initiative to what?
  • Take further action in the improvement of nanotechnology research
  • Use nanotechnology to improve space travel
  • Take part in knowing the opinions of people about nanotechnology
  • Develop a plan for environmental and safety research Correct
There are challenges that Eric Drexler identified in dealing with the improvements of nanotechnology, which of the following is not one of them?
  • The Challenge of Formulating Public Policy
  • The Challenge of Technological Development
  • The Challenge of Technological Degradation Correct
  • The Challenge of Technological Foresight
There are two activities involve in technical progress which is process innovation and which of the following?
  • Process application
  • Product Innovation Correct
  • Product Invention
  • Product application
There are two approaches in building nanomaterials. Which of the following is where you start with a material and start taking off some parts of it or adding something into it.
  • Down-top Approach
  • Bottom-up Approach
  • Top-down Approach Correct
  • Up-Bottom Approach
They are molecules that have an uneven number of electrons making them unstable and highly reactive.
  • Antioxidants
  • Free radicals Correct
  • Hydrochloric acid
  • Acidic substances
This is the tendency to distribute information where we consider a human mind as a storage of information.
  • Mental Distribution System
  • Transactive Memory System Correct
  • Google Effect
  • Short-term Memory Reliance
This refers to the action of lowering the number of animals involved in the experimentation:
  • Resurrection
  • Refinement
  • Reduction Correct
  • Replacement
This refers to the use of lower species of animals as much as possible.
  • Reduction
  • Refinement
  • Replacement Correct
  • Resurrection
To ensure that a sample is representative of the population, sampling should be or is preferred to be
  • Random Correct
  • The one you're familiar with in a population
  • Critically analyzed
  • At best condition
Transparency and objectivity of researchers can be affected by personal or financial interests. Directly or indirectly. Research can be directly affected by the interests of the person conducting it if the person has a direct benefit from a company such as stock ownership, grants, and patents. And indirectly if
  • If the product will provide some benefits to the expert/researcher
  • If the person was employed before by the company who funds the research
  • The person will be given recognition, paid expert testimony, and support from sponsored organizations of the company Correct
  • If the research is funded just heighten the demand of a certain product
Unlike the philosophical enterprise of science, technoscience
  • Can be physically manipulated Correct
What are teratomas?
  • Therapeutic use of stem cell
  • The lack of regenerative properties of cells
  • Solid tumors made up of mixture of all germ layer Correct
  • Ability of stem cells to cause cancer
What does the review article "Opportunities and Challenges of Nanotechnology in the Green Economy" analyze?
  • It analyze the opportunities and challenges that nanotechnology have in building a greener economy Correct
  • It examines the production of new technologies for a green economy
  • It shows a discussions on the laws that nanotechnology may oppose upon its development
  • It shows the lack of support to nanotechnology because of the government's policies and low funding on it
What is a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)?
  • It is a deep learning tool used for solving/doing visual activity Correct
What is a metal-organic framework?
  • It is a form of technology used for harvesting water out of thin air Correct
  • It is a framework of converting metallic elements into organic substances
  • It is a theory that states that all organic substances is made up of metals
  • It is a process that slowly degrades metal into a more soluble organic substances
What is a recent progress in deep-learning approach called which is capable of not only identifying between dogs and cats but also knowing the breed of a specific animal.
  • Convolutional neural network Correct
  • Facial Scanning AI
  • Deep Image Analyzing Robot
  • Image Categorizing robot
What is external responsibilities of a researcher?
  • The role of a scientist to take into account the health of his body
  • Refers to the role of the scientist or researcher not only to the scientific community but also to the community outside of the laboratory Correct
  • It's a responsibility of the scientist to everything outside of his or her own
  • It is the role of the of the scientist to stick to the standards of the scientific community
This course is taught by the mentor:
Professor Jerson C. Bungcaras

Jerson C. Bungcaras

Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education Major in Biological Science.

All courses