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STS Final Exam
STS Final Exam
5. Our _____________ progress has failed to keep pace with our scientific progress.
a. Moral c. Physical
b. Spiritual d. Moral and Spiritual
6. It has brought about several outstanding advantages to mankind and we people are able to create something which
can improve the quality of our lives immeasurably.
a. Mathematics c. Algebra and Trigonometry
b. Technology and Livelihood Program d. Science and Technology
7. The discovery of mechanization, better seeds, and better techniques of irrigation and pest control, has worked to
increase productivity levels on_______.
a. Water c. Sea
b. Land d. Farm
8. The vast improvements made in the field of _______ have served to lengthen our life expectancy and to reduce
the rate of infant mortality.
a. Engineering c. Business Management
b. Information Technology d. Medicine
9. They are able to explore the space extensively because of the wide-scale development in technology.
a. Society c. Dead Organism
b. Man d. Living Organism
10. Science has brought about groundbreaking solutions to numerous _____________.
a. deadly diseases c. deadly liquid solutions
b. deadly weapon d. deadly machine
11. In transportation, ______________have made our lives more comfortable and provided great possibilities for
modern commercial development and industrialization.
a. railway,
b. modern ocean liner,
c. jet plane, and
d. motor vehicle.
e. All of the above
12. Modern ____________are conquering more and more physical and mental ills day by day. We now know and
experience the joys of good health and longevity.
a. hygiene,
b. sanitation,
c. medicine and
d. surgery
e. All of the above
13. What influenced the Information Age by creating the idea inventions?
a. The Renaissance
b. The Digital Age
c. New Media Age
d. All of the Above
14. What particular age began around the 1970s and is still going on today?
a. The Renaissance
b. The Digital Age
c. The New Media Age
d. The Information Age
15. What is a unit of inherited material?
a. Community c. Species
b. Population d. Genes
16. It was no longer about what humans could do for God, but what humans could do for themselves. This way of
thinking is called___________.
a. Humanism c. Scientific Revolution
b. Confuciunism d. Scientific Knowledge
17. What revolution has changed the modern era by introducing important scientists.
a. Scientific Knowledge c. The Renaissance
b. Scientific Revolution d. The Digital Age
18. Their discoveries paved the way for modern tools, inventions and innovations.
a. Galileo c. Isaac Newton
b. Copernicus d. All of the above
19. The _________________brought about major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and
technology.
a. Scientific Knowledge c. The Renaissance
b. Scientific Revolution d. Industrial Revolution
31. What poses significant challenges and risks, such as ethical, environmental, health and safety issues, as well as
social and economic impacts?
a. Nano Engineering c. Nanotechnology
b. Nano World d. Nano Applications.
32.Which of the following is the invention of nanotechnology that revolutionized human understanding of the
natural world?
a. Devices c. Light Microscope
b. Applications d. All of the above
33. By studying and controlling matter at this ___________scientists can alter individual atoms and molecules.
a. nanoscale (1-100 nm ) c. nanoscale ( 3-400 nm)
b. nanoscale (2-300 nm ) d. nanoscale ( 3-500 nm)
34. Which of the following fields revolutionized by nanotechnology?
a. medicine c. electronics and biotechnology.
b. energy d. All of the above
35. Which of the following can exhibit more or less strength, flexibility, reactivity, reflectivity, or conductivity on
their larger counterparts?
a. nanoparticles c. nano scale
b. nano world d. nano engineering
36. Which individual can alter atoms and molecules?
a. Engineers c. Aeronautics
b. Architect d. Scientist
37. What is the equivalent of a meter into a unit of length of the nanometer?
a. one billionth (1o-9) c. one billionth (12-9)
b. one billionth (11-8) d. one billionth (13-9)
38. What refers to the manipulation of an organism's genetic material to alter its characteristics or create new traits?
a. Genetic Engineering c. Nano Particles
b. Nano Engineering d. Nano World
39. If DNA is transferred from one species to another, the organism that receives DNA is said to be ___________.
a. Transgenic c. Genes
b. DNA d. Organism
40. What kind of gene has been inserted into a bacterium (E-coli)?
a. Human Insulin Gene c. A Only
b. Bacterium Insulin Gene d. Both A and B
41. Which eating an animal containing a human gene?
a. Form of Cannibalism c. A Only
b. Form of Vegetarian d. All of the above
42. What allows the bacterium to produce insulin for use by people with diabetes?
a. Human Insulin Gene c. A Only
b. Bacterium Insulin Gene d. Both A and B
43. What kind of enzyme which acts like glue sticking foreign DNA to DNA of the cloning vector?
a. DNA Ligase c. Transformation
b. Microorganism d. Cell and Tissue Culture
44. What special enzymes used to cut the DNA at specific places?
a. DNA Ligase c. Transformation
b. Microorganism d. Restriction Enzymes
45. Which of the following is a process of Genetic Engineering?
a. Cell and Tissue Culture, Plant Breeding, Transformation
b. Bacteria, DNA Extraction and Isolation, Cloning and Designing Genes
c. Only A
d. All of the above
46. Which of the following is NOT a Tool used in Genetic Engineering?
a. DNA Ligase c. Restriction Enzymes
b. Microorganism d. Both A and C
47. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about Tools used in Genetic Engineering in Restriction Enzymes?
a. Special Enzymes is not used to cut DNA at specific places.
b. Different enzymes cut DNA at a specific base sequence known as a recognition site.
c. A Only
d. All Of the above
48. Which of the following is a TRUE statement about Tools used in Genetic Engineering in Ligase Enzymes?
a. Enzymes act like glue sticking foreign DNA to DNA of the cloning vector.
b. It will only work if DNA from the two DNA sources has been cut with the same restriction enzyme.
c. Sticky ends of DNA will be complementary to each other
d. All of the above
49. Genetic Engineering applied on _____________.
a. Applied on Plants and Animals
b. Applied on Plants Only.
c. Applied on Animals Only.
d. All of the above
50. Which process of Genetic Engineering is TRUE by each piece of DNA are transferred from one organism to
another?
a. Human – Bacterium c. Human – Sheep
b. Bacterium – Plant d. All of the above
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