Question 1

The most common argument against cloning is based on ​

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A) ​financial considerations. 
B) ​moral and ethical considerations. 
C) ​the "unforeseen consequences" argument. 
D) ​the technological divide argument.

Question 2

Americans with ____ are most likely to use a computer at home or work.

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A) lower levels of education 
B) older ages 
C) higher incomes 
D) higher levels of religiosity

Question 3

What are GMO's? Why are they controversial?

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Question 4

Most animals used in research are subject to being harmed or cut into while they are still living.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Telepresencing refers to

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A) work done over a telephone, such as telephone marketing. 
B) the use of people's photos on a phone to indicate who the caller is through a virtual presence. 
C) construction and maintenance of telephone and power lines. 
D) a technologically sophisticated version of teleconferencing that places life-sized participants in the virtual presence of others.

Question 6

How is today's technology affecting work and the workplace?

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Question 7

In 2012, ______ represented the most frequent complaint to the Federal Trade Commission for the thirteenth year in a row.

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A) anti-trust violations 
B) false advertising 
C) identity thefts 
D) false work visas

Question 8

Opponents refer to ___________ as partial-birth abortions.​

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A) ​dilation and extraction abortions 
B) ​RU486 abortions 
C) ​any abortion after the second month 
D) ​any therapeutic abortion

Question 9

What is the digital divide? Describe the evidence of the divide within the United States as well as globally.

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Question 10

In 1999, a federal judge found that the computer software of ________ was in violation of antitrust laws, which prohibit unreasonable restraint of trade.

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A) AT&T 
B) Apple Computer 
C) Dell Computer 
D) Microsoft Corporation

Question 11

Ninety percent of robots work in

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A) food service industries. 
B) factories. 
C) household cleaning services. 
D) home and building construction.

Question 12

Abortion has been legal in the United States since the U.S.Supreme Court's 1973 ruling in

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A) Roe v.Wade. 
B) Casey v.Johnson. 
C) Brown v.Eliot. 
D) Waverly v.Harrison.

Question 13

GMO's are​

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A) ​genetically modified organisms. 
B) global manufacturing organizations.​ 
C) ​germ management organizations. 
D) ​gene management organizations.

Question 14

Facebook is an example of a/an​

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A) ​membership community. 
B) ​digital drama. 
C) ​cybertown. 
D) ​e-relationship.

Question 15

Internet users are more likely to be all of the following EXCEPT

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A) male rather than female. 
B) between the ages of 18 and 34. 
C) college graduates. 
D) have an annual household income of $150,000 or more.

Exam 14: Science and Technology