Science, Technology and Society GE-6116 exam 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

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