Question 1

Discuss the conflict theory perspective in regard to science and technology studies.Be sure to provide specific examples to support your answer.

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Question 2

______suggests a different approach to the practice of science,one that systematically examines all the social values that shape a particular process.

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A) Mary Shelley 
B) Beth Thomas 
C) Karin Knorr Cetina 
D) Sandra Harding

Question 3

A ______ hacks to help identify people involved in cybercrime.

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A) white-hat hacker 
B) black-hat hacker 
C) hacktivist 
D) sociohacker

Question 4

Approximately 62% of the scientists and engineers worldwide live in industrialized nations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A megamachine is dominated by ______ rather than ______ needs.

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A) social;technological 
B) human;technological 
C) technological;human 
D) human;social

Question 6

About ______ in 10 global Internet users have been touched by a cybercrime such as identity theft,a computer virus,or online fraud.

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A) 1 
B) 3 
C) 6 
D) 9

Question 7

A ______ uses technology to solve a problem that is nontechnical and ignores the social components of the problem.

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A) technocratic method 
B) scientific method 
C) technological fix 
D) advanced solution

Question 8

______ argued that science was characterized by phases of very conservative practices followed by periods of revolutionary upheaval.

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A) Karl Marx 
B) Robert Merton 
C) Nathan Areva 
D) Thomas Kuhn

Question 9

Explain the following statement: "Science is a social problem gatekeeper." Give an example to illustrate your answer.

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Question 10

Industrial organizations pursuing genomics,robotics,and nanotechnology for profit are examples of ______.

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A) technocracy 
B) industrialized science 
C) megamachines 
D) robo-social problems

Question 11

Feminist epistemologies have generally been critical of the actor-network approach because of ______.

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A) social construction of technology 
B) interpretive flexibility 
C) human capital 
D) disregard of race,gender and class inequalities

Question 12

The "WANK" worm,which declared "Worms Against Nuclear Killers" when it infected computers at NASA,is an example of ______.

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A) red-hat hacking 
B) cybertechnology 
C) malware 
D) cyberspyware

Question 13

A ______ approach studies aspects of social problems that are contested within the scientific culture.

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A) structural functionalist 
B) conflict theory 
C) symbolic interactionist 
D) social constructionist

Question 14

More than 75% of hacking worldwide is done by American men over the age of 30.

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