Municipality of Makilala

MAKILALA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Makilala, Cotabato

College of Technology and Information Systems

Midterm Written Examination

Science, Technology and Society

GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
SET A

1. This is a 100-test items and you have 90 minutes to finish all the items.
2. Do not forget to write your exam set on your answer sheet.
3. Any erasures in test (1) will be considered as wrong.

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Shade the best answer on the answer sheet provided.

1. Which of the following statement is not true? 9. Used a telescope to observe planetary motion.
a) Science is an emerging field a) Isaac Newton
b) Science as an intellectual activity b) Galileo Galilee
c) Science as a body of knowledge c) Albert Einstein
d) Science as a personal and social activity d) Plato
2. In Egyptian civilization, ______ was created by 10. Where does the word science come from?
mixing soot or malachite with mineral galena. a) The Greek for 'knowledge'
a) Cosmetics b) The Greek for 'education'
b) Wig c) The Latin for 'epitismi
c) Shoal d) The Latin for scientia
d) Kohl 11. In ancient times, ________ was also essential in their
endeavors to discover and occupy new places.
3. In Sumerian civilization, the Great Ziggurat is also a) Transportation
called as the mountain of god. b) Navigation
a) True c) Communication
b) False d) Telecommunication
4. It refers to the use or application of scientific
knowledge for a specific goal or purpose. 12. He thought that people should use knowledge to
a) Science improve themselves.
b) Society a) Socrates
c) Technology b) Sophists
d) Science and Technology c) Plato
d) Galileo
5. Developed the theory of relativity time, space, and 13. Another engineering and architectural feat of the
mass are relative to each other and not fixed. Sumerians is the _________.
a) Isaac Newton a) Great Pyramid of Giza
b) Galileo Galilee b) Hanging Garden of Babylon
c) Albert Einstein c) Statue of Zeus at Olympia
d) Plato d) Great Ziggurat of Ur
6. Which of the following is not true? 14. Sophists influence can be seen in todays political
a) In ancient times, transportation was debates between candidates.
significant during that time because people a) True
were trying to go places and discover new b) False
horizon
b) In ancient times, they traveled to search for 15. He rejected the idea of democracy as a form of
food and find better locations for their government and believed that the philosopher-kings
settlements should rule.
c) In ancient times, navigation assisted them in a) Socrates
their journeys to unfamiliar and strange areas b) Sophists
in the world c) Plato
d) In ancient times, terrestrial transportation is d) Galileo
also important to travel to trade their surplus 16. Socrates’ writings helped shape our constitution.
goods exchange for things that they lacked. a) True
7. Defined the laws of motion and gravity b) False
a) Isaac Newton 17. He described his ideal vision of how government
b) Galileo Galilee works in his book republic.
c) Albert Einstein a) Socrates
d) Plato b) Sophists
c) Plato
8. What method did Sumerians created to bring water to d) Galileo
farmland at the same time to control the flooding of 18. He believed that observation and comparison were
water? necessary to gain knowledge.
a) Water mill a) Aristotle
b) Plowing b) Epicureans
c) Irrigation c) Stoics
d) Sumerian Wheel d) Socrates
19. Egyptians also developed a system of writing using 31. One of the major contributions of the Sumerians is
symbols, known as _________. the development of the first writing system known as
a) Cuneiform the _________.
b) Alibata a) Cuneiform
c) Sanskrit b) Alibata
d) Hieroglyphics c) Sanskrit
20. Aristotle influenced can be seen the way teachers d) Hieroglyphics
interact with their students. 32. Chinese believed that a person wearing make-up was
a) True protected from evil and that beauty was a sign of
b) False holiness.
21. This civilization emerged near the Tigris and a) True
Euphrates Rivers. b) False
a) Sumerian Civilization
33. In medieval philosophy, he defended the existence of
b) Chinese Civilization
God thru reason.
c) Egyptian Civilization
a) Origen
d) Babylonian Civilization
b) St. Anselm
c) St. Augustine
22. This thinker taught that happiness came from
d) Copernicus
following reason not emotions.
a) Aristotle 34. Which of the following statement is not true?
b) Epicureans a) Scientific and technological development in
c) Stoics the Philippines began after the pre-colonial
d) Socrates period.
b) Systems of farming and animal-raising were
23. In ancient times, ______ assisted them in their also implemented even before the Spaniards
journeys to unfamiliar and strange areas in the world. came.
a) Transportation c) Filipino settlers were already using certain
b) Navigation plants and herbs as medicines.
c) Communication d) Many significant inventions and discoveries
d) Telecommunication have been accomplished by or attributed to
24. Plato introduced the idea that government should be Filipinos
fair and just. 35. Colonization by the Spaniards provided the
a) True Philippines with modern means of construction.
b) False a) True
c) b) False
25. Which of the following statement about Socrates is
true? 36. Who ushered in advancements in science and
a) Socrates is a Greek philosopher and the technology?
main source of eastern thought a) Diosdado Macapagal
b) Socrates laid the ground work for western b) Benigno Aquino
systems of logic and philosophy c) Ferdinand Marcos
c) Socrates always emphasized the importance d) Elpidio Quirino
of the mind over the relative unimportance 37. The first scientists were called __________.
of the human body a) Philosophers of wonders
d) Socrates claimed that to be ignorant because b) Philosophers of nature
he had no ideas, but wise because he c) Scientist
recognized his own ignorance d) Philosophers
26. Aristotle is an idealist. 38. It is defined as the system of knowledge of natural
a) True world gained through the scientific method.
b) False a) Science
27. His influenced is used to describe people who are not b) Technology
greatly affected by joy or grief. c) Society
a) Aristotle d) Science and Technology
b) Epicureans 39. The term technology comes from Greek words _____
c) Stoics meaning “art or craft” and _____, meaning a “subject
d) Socrates or interest”.
a) Logia, Tekhne
28. He taught that happiness was the goal in life. b) Tekno, logic
a) Aristotle c) Logia, Tekno
b) Epicureans d) Tekhne, logia
c) Stoics 40. It refers to the practical applications of what we know
d) Socrates about nature” using scientific principles for the
betterment of the human situation.
29. Epicurean means the love of physical pleasures such a) Science
as good food and comfortable surroundings. b) Technology
a) True c) Society
b) False d) Science and Technology
30. In medieval philosophy, he firmly believed that 41. In ancient times, ________ was significant during that
knowledge of God is itself enough to remove all the time because people were trying to go places and
trains of sin and ignorance from the soul. discover new horizons.
a) Origen a) Transportation
b) St. Anselm b) Navigation
c) St. Augustine c) Communication
d) Copernicus d) Telecommunication
42. ______ are known for their high degree of cooperation 53. In Egyptian civilization, ______ was invented
with one another and their desire for great things. by combining soot with different chemicals to produce
a) Babylonian e. Roman inks of different colors.
b) Egyptian f. Chinese a) Ink
c) Sumerian b) Hieroglyphics
d) Greece c) Papyrus
43. The Sumerians were able to build the city using only d) Wheel
or from the river, which they mixed with reeds,
producing sun-baked bricks. 54. Hieroglyphics was the language that tells the modern
a) Rock or cement world of the history and culture of the ancient
b) Clay or rock Egyptians.
c) Limestone or mud a) True
d) Mud or clay b) False
44. Another farm technology invented by the
Mesopotamians is the plow. 55. Egyptians wore _____ around their eyes to prevent
a) True b. False and cure eye diseases.
45. In Babylonian civilization, ______ may be considered a) Cosmetics
as one of the greatest engineering and architectural b) Wig
achievements of the world that is almost impossible to c) Scarf
replicate. d) Kohl
a) Great Pyramid of Giza 56. In Egyptian civilization, ______ were used to protect
b) Hanging Garden of Babylon the shaved heads of the wealthy Egyptians from the
c) Statue of Zeus at Olympia harmful rays of the sun.
d) Great Ziggurat of Ur a) Cosmetics
b) Wig
46. The Egyptians were great builders, the engineers and c) Scarf
architects. One of their major contributions is the d) Kohl
hanging gardens of Babylon, one of the seven wonders
of the ancient world 57. Known as the birthplace of western philosophy, some
a) True of the major achievements of this civilization include
b) False in-depth works on philosophy and mathematics.
47. Another early civilization famous for its legacy a) Sumerian Civilization
“pyramid of Giza” located in North Africa. b) Chinese Civilization
a) Sumerian Civilization c) Egyptian Civilization
b) Chinese Civilization d) Greek Civilization
c) Egyptian Civilization 58. In Greek civilization, he was believed to have utilized
d) Babylonian Civilization an alarm clock to signal the start of his lecture.
48. They created dikes and irrigation canals to bring water a) Socrates
to farmlands and at the same time control the flooding b) Sophists
of the rivers. This method was considered as one of the c) Plato
world’s most beneficial engineering works. d) Galileo
a) Egyptians
b) Babylonians 59. In Greek civilization, these were commonly used
c) Greeks in agricultural processes like milling of grains which
d) Sumerians was necessary form or food processing during that
49. In Sumerian civilization, it is considered to be the true time.
city in the world. a) Water mill
a) Uruk b) Plowing
b) Ur c) Irrigation
c) Cairo d) Wheel
d) Babylon 60. What ancient civilization perceived to be the
50. The Sumerians invented a seed sowing machine, strongest political and social entity in the west. It was
which could plant seeds more quickly and evenly than considered to be the cradle of politics and
sowing by hand. governance during the period.
a) Plow a) Greek Civilization
b) Mill b) Chinese Civilization
c) Papyrus c) Egyptian Civilization
d) Wheel d) Roman Civilization
51. In Egyptian civilization, one of their early contribution 61. The first newspaper in roman civilization contains the
was ______. announcement of the Roman empire to the people is
a) Ink called _______.
b) Hieroglyphics a) Codex
c) Papyrus b) Gazettes
d) Wheel c) Architecture
52. Which of the following statement is not true? d) Silk
a) Papyrus was a plant that grew abundantly 62. Chinese civilization was famous among other
along the Nile River in Egypt. civilizations because of their cosmetic trade.
b) They were able to process the plant in order a) True
to produce clay tablets on which one could b) False
write down things. 63. In modern times, he was able to invent kerosene by
c) The sheets were also less breakable as refining petroleum.
compared to clay tablets. a) Samuel M. Kier
d) This invention was a major accomplishment b) Louis Pasteur
in Egyptian record-keeping and c) Zacharias Janssen
communications. d) Johan Guttenberg
64. This civilization is considered to be the oldest 75. Another Filipino innovation is the addition of a sidecar
civilization in Asia also known as the middle kingdom. to a motorcycle, transforming it into a tricycle to
a) Greek Civilization accommodate more passengers.
b) Chinese Civilization a) True
c) Egyptian Civilization b) b. False
d) Roman Civilization 76. She invented the Sustainable Alternative Lighting
65. Chinese developed the technology to harvest the ____ (SALt) lamp, an environment-friendly light source
and process it to produce paper or clothing. that runs on saltwater.
a) Codex a) Victor Llave
b) Gazettes b) Aisa Mijeno
c) Architecture c) Dr. Fe del Mundo
d) Silk d) Agapito Flores
66. It was once considered as the only man-made structure 77. Heidegger put forward the ancient Greek concepts of
that could be seen in the outer space. It was aletheia, poiesis, and techne. Which of the following
constructed to keep out the foreign invaders in middle statement is true?
kingdom. a) Poeisis is defined skill, art or craft
a) Great Pyramid of Giza b) Techne means bringing forth.
b) Hanging Garden of Babylon c) Aletheia means unhiddennes
c) Statue of Zeus at Olympia d) Poesis means disclosure
d) Great Wall of China 78. Plato, an important ancient Greek philosopher whose
67. _____ was developed by Chinese alchemists who work spans from natural philosophy to logic and
aimed to achieve immortality. political theory, attempted to explain what the good is.
a) Silk a) True
b) Tea b) False
c) Gun powder 79. He devised a medical incubator made from indigenous
d) Kohl and cheap materials which did not run on electricity.
68. In the middle ages, he invented the printing press - a a) Victor Llave
more reliable way of printing using a cast type. b) Aisa Mijeno
a) Samuel M. Kier c) Dr. Fe del Mundo
b) Louis Pasteur d) Agapito Flores
c) Zacharias Janssen
d) Johan Guttenberg 80. Which of the following statement is not true?
69. For Aristotle, it means making or producing a) Humans do not really call the shots of this
something for a purpose. It is sometimes used to refer Earth.
b) If we allow ourselves to get swallowed by
to poetry and composition.
modern technology, we lose the essence of
a) Aletheia
who we are as beings in this world.
b) Poeisis c) If we are constantly plugged online and no
c) Techne longer have the capacity for authentic
d) Enframing personal encounters, then we are truly
70. In the middle ages, he developed the first compound swallowed by technology.
microscope. d) If we cannot let go of the conveniences and
a) Samuel M. Kier profits brought about by processes and
b) Louis Pasteur industries that pollute the environment and
c) Zacharias Janssen cause climate change, then technology has
d) Johan Guttenberg helped our humanity.

71. The chainmail was key in discovering new means in TEST II. ESSAY.
preventing and curing various illnesses. Directions: Write your answer on the back of the
a) True answer sheet provided. Ten (10) points each.
b) False
1. How is the progress of science and
72. He invented pasteurization, the process of heating technology a movement towards the good
dairy products to kill the harmful bacteria that allow life?
them to spoil faster. 2. In your opinion, what constitutes a good
a) Samuel M. Kier life?
b) Louis Pasteur
c) Zacharias Janssen
d) Johan Guttenberg
73. The development of the telephone by Samuel M.
Kier was one of the most important inventions at that
time.
a) True
b) False
74. In the Philippines inventions, the Salamander
Amphibious tricycle was invented by __________.
a) Victor Llave
b) Aisa Mijeno
c) Dr. Fe del Mundo
d) Agapito Flores