Question 1

The accumulation of carbon dioxide in the environment allows increased solar radiation.What is this process called?

Accepted Answer

A)  industrial pollution 
B)  genetic pollution 
C)  the greenhouse effect 
D)  acid rain 
A)  industrial pollution 
B)  genetic pollution 
C)  the greenhouse effect 
D)  acid rain

Question 2

Monique is a theoretical mathematician at a large university.Which of the following is most likely to motivate her research work at the university?

Accepted Answer

A)  personal interest in the development of the field 
B)  personal profit 
C)  increased fame 
D)  political connections 
A)  personal interest in the development of the field 
B)  personal profit 
C)  increased fame 
D)  political connections

Question 3

What do we call the act of joining DNA from two separate hosts together?

Accepted Answer

A)  recombinant DNA 
B)  reorganized DNA 
C)  replicated DNA 
D)  resyndicate DNA 
A)  recombinant DNA 
B)  reorganized DNA 
C)  replicated DNA 
D)  resyndicate DNA

Question 4

Technological determinism is the belief that technology is the major force shaping human society and culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is the dominant view of technology today?

Accepted Answer

The dominant view of technology today is

Question 6

Allie considers herself a technological determinist.Which of the following best describes her views of technology?

Accepted Answer

A)  People drive technological change. 
B)  Technology drives social relations and history. 
C)  Technology and people make history. 
D)  People use social forces to alter technological change. 
A)  People drive technological change. 
B)  Technology drives social relations and history. 
C)  Technology and people make history. 
D)  People use social forces to alter technological change.

Question 7

Which of the following places would be the most likely location for a new water-purification site?

Accepted Answer

A)  a poor suburb 
B)  a middle-class suburb 
C)  a wealthy suburb 
D)  an isolated area many kilometres from civilization 
A)  a poor suburb 
B)  a middle-class suburb 
C)  a wealthy suburb 
D)  an isolated area many kilometres from civilization

Question 8

Which of the following may provide humankind with the inability to contract HIV/AIDS?

Accepted Answer

A)  DNA simplification 
B)  DNA diversification 
C)  recombinant DNA 
D)  designer DNA 
A)  DNA simplification 
B)  DNA diversification 
C)  recombinant DNA 
D)  designer DNA

Question 9

Russian economist Nikolai Kondratiev noticed that technologies are invented in clusters.Based on that observation,he argued that flurries of creativity cause major economic growth spurts beginning 10 to 20 years after a cluster of major inventions and have a lasting influence for 15 to35 years.Discuss whether Kondratiev's argument suggests that culture is defined and shaped by technology.

Accepted Answer

Kondratiev's argument does suggest that

Question 10

Which of the following counties in Nova Scotia was the most polluted in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Halifax 
B)  Cape Breton 
C)  Kings 
D)  Pictou 
A)  Halifax 
B)  Cape Breton 
C)  Kings 
D)  Pictou

Question 11

What term does the textbook use to refer to precipitation that causes the destruction of various ecosystems?

Accepted Answer

A)  acid rain 
B)  toxic rain 
C)  contam-i-rain 
D)  tech-rain 
A)  acid rain 
B)  toxic rain 
C)  contam-i-rain 
D)  tech-rain

Question 12

Food Inc.(2008)poses a classic sociological question about technology: Is technology always a means of improving human life or is it sometimes antagonistic to human values? Based on your reading,answer this question.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Food Inc.(2008)poses a classic sociological question about...

Question 13

According to the textbook's discussion regarding who most opposes the information about the dangers of global warming,which of the following is a reasonable conclusion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Those who stand to profit from the causes of global warming want the information discredited. 
B)  Those who stand to profit the most from the causes of global warming want the information widely known. 
C)  Ordinary citizens stand to benefit the most from global warming. 
D)  Ordinary citizens stand to benefit the least from global warming. 
A)  Those who stand to profit from the causes of global warming want the information discredited. 
B)  Those who stand to profit the most from the causes of global warming want the information widely known. 
C)  Ordinary citizens stand to benefit the most from global warming. 
D)  Ordinary citizens stand to benefit the least from global warming.

Question 14

How might sociology help us overcome the negative consequences of technology?

Accepted Answer

Sociology can help us overcome the negat

Question 15

Danger to society does not only result from technological accidents such as gas leaks and reactor explosions.According to Ulrich Beck,which of the following also poses major dangers?

Accepted Answer

A)  environmental threats 
B)  biofood hazards 
C)  the second genesis 
D)  technopolies 
A)  environmental threats 
B)  biofood hazards 
C)  the second genesis 
D)  technopolies

Question 16

Which of the following was a major contributor to Thomas Edison's inventions?

Accepted Answer

A)  the creation of mass public education 
B)  the support of large corporations such as General Electric 
C)  vast investments of money 
D)  federal government support 
A)  the creation of mass public education 
B)  the support of large corporations such as General Electric 
C)  vast investments of money 
D)  federal government support

Question 17

Edward is the CEO for a large pharmaceutical company that is interested in exploiting natural compounds found in wild plants.Which of the following is the best place for him to visit to find the richest variety of potentially medicinal plants?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chile 
B)  Venezuela 
C)  Brazil 
D)  Ecuador 
A)  Chile 
B)  Venezuela 
C)  Brazil 
D)  Ecuador

Question 18

If technology transforms society,in what way is it under human control?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humans build safeguards into new technologies so disasters are averted. 
B)  Humans shape technological growth according to their needs. 
C)  Social interests are weighed by economic interests. 
D)  Humans use rational rather than emotional understandings of nature. 
A)  Humans build safeguards into new technologies so disasters are averted. 
B)  Humans shape technological growth according to their needs. 
C)  Social interests are weighed by economic interests. 
D)  Humans use rational rather than emotional understandings of nature.

Question 19

According to Sheldon Ungar,people are prepared to make significant personal sacrifices on behalf of the environment when they come face to face with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  a sound cost-benefit analysis 
B)  the concrete loss of personal privilege 
C)  the majority of others around them doing it 
D)  a social scare 
A)  a sound cost-benefit analysis 
B)  the concrete loss of personal privilege 
C)  the majority of others around them doing it 
D)  a social scare

Question 20

Due to environmental degradation,many species are becoming extinct.According to the textbook,what is the rate of extinction today?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 times the natural rate 
B)  100 times the natural rate 
C)  1000 times the natural rate 
D)  10 000 times the natural rate 
A)  10 times the natural rate 
B)  100 times the natural rate 
C)  1000 times the natural rate 
D)  10 000 times the natural rate

Exam 22: Technology and The Global Environment

The accumulation of carbon dioxide in the environment allows increased solar radiation.What is this process called?

Monique is a theoretical mathematician at a large university.Which of the following is most likely to motivate her research work at the university?

What do we call the act of joining DNA from two separate hosts together?

Technological determinism is the belief that technology is the major force shaping human society and culture.

What is the dominant view of technology today?

Allie considers herself a technological determinist.Which of the following best describes her views of technology?

Which of the following places would be the most likely location for a new water-purification site?

Which of the following may provide humankind with the inability to contract HIV/AIDS?

Which of the following counties in Nova Scotia was the most polluted in the 1990s?

What term does the textbook use to refer to precipitation that causes the destruction of various ecosystems?

Food Inc.(2008)poses a classic sociological question about technology: Is technology always a means of improving human life or is it sometimes antagonistic to human values? Based on your reading,answer this question.

According to the textbook's discussion regarding who most opposes the information about the dangers of global warming,which of the following is a reasonable conclusion?

How might sociology help us overcome the negative consequences of technology?

Danger to society does not only result from technological accidents such as gas leaks and reactor explosions.According to Ulrich Beck,which of the following also poses major dangers?

Which of the following was a major contributor to Thomas Edison's inventions?

Edward is the CEO for a large pharmaceutical company that is interested in exploiting natural compounds found in wild plants.Which of the following is the best place for him to visit to find the richest variety of potentially medicinal plants?

If technology transforms society,in what way is it under human control?

According to Sheldon Ungar,people are prepared to make significant personal sacrifices on behalf of the environment when they come face to face with which of the following?

Due to environmental degradation,many species are becoming extinct.According to the textbook,what is the rate of extinction today?

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