Institute of Business, Science and Medical Arts

Francisco St., Marfrancisco, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro

Science Technology and Society
MIDTERM EXAM

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I. MULTIPLE CHOICES. STRICTLY NO ERASURE.

_____ 1. The most common devices and the celebrities in the field of technology.
A. Television, mobile phone, computer C. television, car, computer
B. Computer, television, electricity D. Mobile Phone, computer and washing machine
_____ 2. According to this, in the Philippines, 92% of the urban homes and 70% of rural homes own at least one television set.
A. Arrow Up Media B. Kantar Media C. Multimedia D. ABS-CBN
_____ 3. Become successful in his attempt to send images through wires with the aid of a rotating metal disk.
A. Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton B. Paul Gottlieb Nipknow C. Boris Rosing D. Martin Cooper
_____ 4. An English scientist together with Boris Rosing that creted a new system if television by using a cathode ray tube in
addition to the mechanical scanner system.
A. Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton B. Paul Gottlieb Nipknow C. Boris Rosing D. Martin Cooper
_____ 5. According to a survey in 2011, __________ Filipinos cannot live without a mobile phone.
A. 7 out of 10 B. 4 out of 10 C. 2 out of 4 D. 1 out of 3
_____ 6. He made the world first mobile phone call on April 3, 1973.
A. Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton B. Paul Gottlieb Nipknow C. Boris Rosing D. Martin Cooper
_____ 7. The company who made the first mobile phone call.
A. Sony B. iPhone C. Motorola D. Samsung
_____ 8. A 19th century English Mathematician professor who designed the analytical engine which was used as the basic
framework of the computers even until the present time.
A. Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton B. Charles Darwin C. Charles Babbage D. Allan Cayetano
_____ 9. The first true portable personal computer was called the _________________.
A. Voltage 1 B. Orsborne 1 C. Orfano 1 D. Windows 98
_____ 10. A robot that performs useful tasks fir humans or equipment excluding industrial automatic application.
A. A service robot B. A personal robot C. a system robot D. a humanoid robot
_____ 11. A robot for personal use. Used for noncommercial task, usually by laypersons.
A. A service robot B. A personal robot C. a system robot D. a humanoid robot

_____ 12. Considered as a prehistoric period in the 21 st century. Characterized by the rapid shift from traditional industry, it is
also call computer age.
A. high-tech age B. internet age C. information age D. ice age
_____ 13. The internet was developed during _____________.
A. 1970s B. 1980s C. 1990s D. 2000s
_____ 14. The year he world wide web was developed.
A. 1970s B. 1980s C. 1990s D. 2000s
_____ 15. He was regarded as the Father of the Information Age.
A. Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton B. Charles Babbage C. Claide Shannon D. Bill Gates
_____ 16. The co-founder of the well-known social media platform “Facebook” and its parent company “Meta”.
A. Mark Zuckerberg B. Steve Jobs C. Elon Musk D. Bill Gates
_____ 17. Seeing the end goal of life in attaining pleasure.
A. materialism B. hedonism C. stoicism D. theism E. Humanism
_____ 18. One of the schools of thought in philosophy created for those who live their lives in the real world.
A. materialism B. hedonism C. stoicism D. theism E. Humanism
_____ 19. The ultimate basis of happiness is the communion with God.
A. materialism B. hedonism C. stoicism D. theism E. Humanism
_____ 20. Another school of thought that affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape
their own lives.
A. materialism B. hedonism C. stoicism D. theism E. Humanism

II. ACRONYM
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3 Laws of a Robot
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4 periods of the Information Age (with years)

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The 3 ways by which we can understand what is meant by a “good life” or living well”.
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IV. ESSAY. What did you learn or what lesson did you get after watching the following movie? 5 points for each
convincing essay.
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