REVIEWER IN STS ( FINALS)

1. Who state that the human rights-based approach to science, technology, and
development identified science as a socially organized human activity which is value-
laden and shaped by organizational structures and procedures?
- S. Romi Mukherjee

2. An interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering and design machines

that can help and assist humans
- Robotics

3. Which of the following new technologies can potentially cause problems in the future?
- All of the above

4. Who stated that ‘the effect of climate change is also expected in the society”?
- Bradford and Pappas

5. Which of the following is NOT an effect of climate change?

- Greenhouse gas emissions

6. The manipulation of materials on an atomic or molecular scale especially to build

microscopic devices.
- Nanotechnology

7. Which of the following best describes germline gene therapy?

- It alters the DNA of a gamete or fertilized ovum

8. Which of the following is NOT a product of genetically modified organisms

- Bassitaw

9. Which of article stated that when intelligent robots can reduce human effort in
accomplishing tasks, there are two options: either we allow these machines make
decisions or we keep control?
- Unabomber Manifesto
10. Which of the following is discovered by a group of researchers led by R. Smalley, R. Curl,
and H. Kroto in 1985
- C60

11. The following are benefits of gene therapy, EXCEPT.

- It may unlock unethical forms of science

12. Which of the following choices are referred to the plants or animals whose genetic
materials have been altered by adding, removing, or changing their DNA sequences in
ways that are not naturally occurring
- Genetically modified organisms

13. Who wrote the article “ The Ethical Dilemma of Robotics’?

- D. Evans

14. It refers to the range of global phenomena caused by burning of fossil fuels that add
heat-trapping gases to the earth’s atmosphere.
- Climate change

15. What is the focus of a human rights-based approach to science, technology, and
society?
- Protecting the well- being and dignity of a person

16. Which of the following is an international treaty that regulates the transboundary
movements of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)?
- Cartagena Protocol

17. These are species which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.
- Threatened Species

18. It is described as a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s

atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of
carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
- Global warming
19. Which of the following article established the principles of social development, its
objectives, and the methods for accomplishing those objectives, the United Nations
General Assembly endorsed and officially proclaimed it?
- Declaration on Social Progress and Development (1969)

20. This paper asserts that proper education and research programs should be used to build
up adequate and evenly distributed scientific and technological competence.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 27)

21. It includes the worldwide extinction of different species, as well as the local reduction or
loss of species in a certain habitat.
- Biodiversity loss

22. Critics of Bill Joy accused him of being a neo-Luddite. What is the meaning of neo-
Luddite?
- Someone who rejects new technologies and shows technophobic learnings

23. This occurs in some coastal areas due to the upwelling of cold water that lowers surface
temperature
- Thermal inversion

24. Why are forests important for mitigating climate change?

- Forests serve as a sink in the carbon cycle

25. The process of producing individual organisms with identical or virtually identical DNA,
either by natural or artificial means.
- Cloning

26. What exactly does ozone depletion imply?

- The thinning of the ozone layer present in the upper atmosphere

27. An international agreement set to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out
the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances.
- Montreal Protocol

28. In his work, Theodore Kaczynski cites what?

- He illustrates the dangers of the technologies
29. Which of the following is the root of ethical concerns regarding genetic engineering and
gene therapy?
- Humans are playing gods in the alteration of genes of organisms

30. Which of the following statements illustrates the positive effects of artificial
intelligence?
- II, III

31. Which of the following statement is CORRECT?

- Only II is correct

32. It was developed in the Philippines to address vitamin A deficiency in the year 2000.
- Golden rice

33. Which of the following is NOT considered a benefit of biodiversity?

- It plays a crucial role in exploitation

34. Why do machines demonstrate artificial intelligence?

- All are capable of doing tasks for humans by programming them with specific
information

35. It refers to the varieties of ecosystems and the interactions of species.

- Ecological diversity

36. Which of the following is a technique that aims to transfer normal genes into a patient’s
cells
- Gene therapy

37. It refers to the variation among organisms of the same species.

- Genetic diversity

38. This layer of the earth serves as a protection from the ultraviolet rays which are very
harmful to humans and plants
- ozone

39. Why do we use nanotechnology?

- All of the above
40. An international agreement that extends the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change in which the Philippines is one of the signatories.
- Kyoto Protocol

41. The right to participate in and profit from scientific discoveries, as well as to be
protected against scientific misapplications, is affirmed in what article?
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 27)

42. The prefix “nano” comes from a

- Greek word meaning dwarf

43. It is a term that includes any kind of precipitation with acidic components like sulphuric
acid or nitric acid that fall on the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms.
- Acid deposition

44. The deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its

genetic material
- Genetic engineering

45. Which of the following statement is the negative effect of using nanotechnology?
- Lower recovery and recycling rates

46. Which of the following is the purposeful clearing of forested land?

- Deforestation

47. The process of creating a hybrid by connecting two or more DNA molecules.
- Recombinant DNA

48. The process of altering the genetic makeup of an organism

- Genetic modification

49. Which of the following phenomena is an effect of climate change?

- Glacial retreats

50. This refers to the modern time in which information has become a commodity that is
transmitted freely, easily, and quickly by using personal computer networks.
- All of the above