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Midterm Examination
STS
First Semester 2021-22

Test l Modified TRUE or FALSE (2pts.each)

Write A-if the both statements are true
B-if both statements are false
C-if first statement is true, second is false
D-if first statement is false, second is true

___1. A. The scientific and technological development in our country began in the pre-
colonial period.
B. Even before the Spaniards came to the Philippine islands, early Filipino
settlers
were already using certain plants and herbs as medicines.
___2. A. The natives of the Cordilleras showed a complicated engineering feat when
they built the rice terraces by hand.
B. The rice terraces, of the Cordilleras showed the innovative and ingenious way
of the natives to survive in an unfriendly environment.
___3. A. Walls, roads, bridges, and other large infrastructure were built using some of
The engineering skills and tools brought by the Spaniards.
B. The Spanish government developed health and education systems that were
enjoyed by the principalia class.
___4. A. After independence from the colonizers, the Philippines continued to pursue
programs in science and technology.
B. Each leadership had its own science and technology agenda.
___5. A. The progress of human civilization throughout history mirrors the develop-
ment of science and technology.
B. The human person flourishes and finds meaning in the world that he/she
builds.
___6. A. The appreciation of the fruit of science and technology considers their
functions
and instrumentality and their greater impact on humanity as a whole.
B. The various gadgets, machines, appliances, and vehicles are tools that make
human lives easier because they serve as a means to an end.
___7. A. Technology is a way of bringing forth, a making something.
B. By considering technology as a mode of revealing, then the truth is
concealed.
___8. A. Modern technology may also be a mode of revealing as the harmonious
bringing forth.
B. Modern technology challenges nature and demands of its resources that are
forcibly extracted for human consumption and storage.
___9. A. Mining is an example of modern technology that challenges and forth and
bring about the setting upon of land.
B. It extracts minerals from the earth and forcefully assigns the land as a means
to fulfill a never-ending demand of people.
___10.A. In enframing, the nature is put in a box or in a frame so that it can be better
extracted according to people’s needs.
B. Poeisis is concealed in enframing as nature is viewed as an incalculable
system of information.
___11.A. With modern technology, revealing never comes to an end.
B. The revealing always happens on our terms as everything is on demand.
___12.A. In meditative thinking, one lets nature reveal itself to him/her without forcing it.
B. The human person has the faculty for both calculative and meditative thinking
that would do well to use them in synergy.
___13.A. People also want control and are afraid of unpredictability, so calculative
thinking is more often used.
B. Enframing is done because people want security.
___14. The human person has both calculative and meditative thinking that would do
well to use them collaboratively.
B. People also want to control and are afraid of unpredictability, so calculative
thinking is more often used.
___15.A. Though it is true that the individual takes part in the revealing of nature,
it goes limitless.
B. Humans really call the shots on this earth.

Test ll Multiple Choice

___11. Who among these presidents ushered in the advancements in science and
technology?
a) Marcos b) Macapagal c) Ramos d) Estrada
___12. Which of these demonstrated the native ingenuity before the pre-colonial era?
a) rice terraces b) rice paddies c) bow and arrow d) plow
___13. Which of the following is established during the American regime, the sole
purpose is to nurture the development of science and technology?
a) Bureau of Science c) Weather Bureau
b) Bureau of Air and Space d) Bureau of Earth and Science
___14. The following are the science agencies created during the Marcos administration
EXCEPT
a) PAGASA c) NSDB
b) NAST d) FAT
___15. This Greek word means unhiddenness or disclosure. What is this called?
a) aletheia b) poeisis c) techne d) petros
___16. ______is concealed in enframing as nature is viewed as an orderable and
calculable system of information.
 a) piety b) petros c) poeisis d) aletheia
___17. Everyone is in pursuit of the ____ ___.
a) good life b) wealthy life c) healthy life d) all of these
___18. The ancient Greeks called this concept of “living well and doing well” as
a) eudaimonia b) aition c) barnea d) techne
___19. According to Aristotle, what is the ultimate end of human action?
a) happiness c) success c) satisfaction d) holiness
___20. Which of the following plays a significant role in the living and attainment of
good life?
a) daimon b) aition c) success d) virtue

Test lll Fish and Scale (5pts.each)

Write the letter of the item which does not belong to the group. Give reason for choice.

___21.a) POEA ___22.a) put in standing reserve

b).NAST b) stockpile
c) PAGASA c) extract
d) DOST d) drainage
Reason:________________________ Reason:________________________
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Test lV Essay (20pts.each) Answer in not less than 200words.

22. In your daily experience of technology, what is revealed to you aside from its
function?
23. How is the progress of science and technology a movement towards the good life?