Oct. 1, 1996 NAME____________________________________
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ENGINEERING 312 - IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIETY II
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Be sure to complete each of the 73 questions. Do not enter your NAID number.
SELECT THE SINGLE BEST ANSWER TO EACH QUESTION.
1. The "Daisy Spot" was a famous television commercial that didn't mention any candidate for President, but obviously was in support of:
A. Nixon
B. Johnson
C. Kennedy
D. Carter
E. Stevenson.
2. Why We Fight used predominantly footage from a film (or films) such as:
A. It's a Wonderful Life
B. The Hiding Place
C. Mr. Jones Goes to Congress
D. A and C above.
E. None of the above.
3. The Emancipation Proclamation:
A. Freed all the slaves in the United States.
B. Guaranteed blacks the right to vote.
C. Imposed stiff penalties on slave owners.
D. Promised the Blacks in the South positions in the military.
E. A, B, and C.
4. It has been said that: "Liberty consists in the power to do anything that does not injure others." This is best credited to:
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. The U.S. Bill of Rights
C. The Fourteen Amendment
D. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
E. Justice Douglas in Roe v. Wade.
5. Some believe that it is human nature not want to hear bad news. This belief was central to:
A. Early American television documentaries that were soft on crime.
B. Minimal prime-time news coverage of the Vietnam War.
C. Nazi propaganda used to prepare Germans for war and removal of the Jews.
D. The decline of network news departments in the last decade.
6. His Ph.D. thesis dealt with the problems of miners:
A. George McGovern
B. Bill Clinton
C. Pat Moynihan
D. John L. Lewis.
7. He was Rockefeller's PR man:
A. Tony Schwartz.
B. Bill Moyers.
C. Eddy Bernaz
D. Ivy Lee
E. Bill Ludlow.
8. At this battle, 53 were killed, including 13 women and children:
A. Wounded Knee.
B. Ludlow Massacre
C. The Great Upheaval
D. The Bonus Army March.
9. In his discussion of food and justice, Barbour argues that both Hebrew and Christian Scriptures:
A. Justify the existence of extremes of wealth and poverty.
B. Deal ambiguously with the existence of extremes of wealth and poverty.
C. Attack the existence of extremes of wealth and poverty.
D. Ignore the existence of extremes of wealth and poverty.
10. The belief that technology acts as an independent force in our life is known as __________________.
A. destiny
B. technological opportunism
C. technological determinism
D. technological independence
E. none of the above
11. What was the first device to make use of electricity for sending and receiving signals?
A. telegraph
B. radio
C. phone
D. computer.
12. Who was the first person to use radio transmission and reception?
A. Heinrich Hertz
B. Samuel Morse
C. Thomas Edison
D. Ben Franklin
13. Who was vice president during Dwight D. Eisenhower's two consecutive terms for president?
A. Ronald Reagan
B. George Bush
C. Nelson Rockefeller
D. Richard Nixon
14. Volti cautions his readers that, in fact, many inventors made contributions to the invention of radio. Volti does report that this person is commonly credited as being the inventor of radio:
A. Fleming
B. Mitchell
C. Marconi
D. Steinmetz
15. In the Kennedy/Nixon campaigns, what form of the media played the biggest part in the outcome of the election?
A. newspapers
B. television
C. radio
D. magazine ads.
16. What did Tony Schwartz use in order to present presidential candidates to the public?
A. signs on street corners
B. commercials on television
C. town gatherings
D. commercials on the radio.
17. What was invented by Koenig and Bauer and put to use by the Times of London in 1814?
A. electric printing press
B. steam-powered printing press
C. manual printing press
D. photoengraving.
18. According to Nazi propagandists, the most successful propaganda technique is:
A. make a complex problem simple.
B. make a simple problem complex.
C. A and B.
D. reduce a complex problem to a simple claim and repeat that claim over and over.
19. As mentioned in class, Professor Rogers' four basic human rights include all of the following except:
A. treatment for pain.
B. clean air, water and land.
C. essential food.
D. health care.
E. education for participation.
20. Who was said to have invented the first television set?
A. Zenith
B. Marconi
C. Edison
D. Zworykin.
21. What film did the Nazi government produce to induce fear and hatred toward Jews?
A. The Hiding Place
B. The Eternal Jew
C. Chariots of Fire
D. The International Banking System.
22. Which of the following is not one of Piefer and Fosberg's "Moral Rules"?
A. Principle of Honesty
B. Principle of Integrity
C. Principle of Harm
D. Principle of Fidelity.
23. What role did Hippler play in the rise of Hitler's Nazi Germany?
A. He was a maker of propaganda films.
B. He manufactured military equipment.
C. He wrote books for Hitler.
D. He led an assassination attempt.
24. When presidential debates were first aired on television, who was the clear winner in the eyes of those watching
on TV?
A. Nixon
B. Kennedy
C. Johnson
D. Goldwater.
25. Followers of the following religion/philosophy benefited especially from the expansion of the printed word.
A. atheism
B. Protestantism
C. Judaism
D. Buddhism.
26. In the early years of radio, which of the following perceived radio as one of its future needs?
A. the military
B. the government
C. business organizations
D. all of the above
27. Television has been referred to as "the major element in the communications revolution" because it tops all other media in regard to perceived:
A. credibility
B. fairness
C. relative absence of bias
D. all of the above
28. Who is usually given credit for devising a workable system of printing with separate pieces of type?
A. Martin Luther
B. Johann Gutenberg
C. Isaac Newton
D. Henry Watson
29. What kind of tube was essential for the invention of television?
A. beta ray tube
B. cathode ray tube
C. anode ray tube
D. grid ray tube
30. As with many other technological innovations, printing originated in (the):
A. Europe
B. Africa
C. Orient
D. America
31. The first workable electronic television camera was called the:
A. iconoscope
B. magnetron
C. kinescope
D. magnavox.
32. This moral rule is quite non-uniform in the way it is applied:
A. harm
B. fidelity
C. lawfulness
D. confidentiality.
33. This literature often presented the concept of the noble savage uncorrupted by civilization:
A. 19th-Century Romantic literature
B. Hebrew Scriptures
C. Transcendentalist literature
D. Christian Scriptures.
34. According to Volti the development of technology is a:
A. perfect process
B. cumulative process
C. easy process
D. single-minded process
35. A system based on the application of knowledge, manifested in physical objects and organizational forms for the attainment of specific goals is known as?
A. scientology
B. Darwinism
C. technology
D. Taylorism
36. The central principle of utilitarianism is?
A. the greatest good for the greatest number
B. survival for life
C. self-esteem
D. scientific research for progress in technology
37. The Amazon has __________ as many fish species as the Atlantic Ocean.
A. half
B. much less than half
C. 10 times
D. 3 to 4 times
38. Which type of position is likely to be compromised in the direction of the domination view?
A. the stewardship position
B. the unity position
C. the contemporary position
39. The uneven consumption of energy, food and other resources is an example of a problem of which social value?
A. participatory freedom
B. interpersonal community
C. personal fulfillment
D. distributive justice
40. What belief in China portrays the world as an interdependent system that cooperates with nature rather than dominating it?
A. communism
B. democracy
C. Marxism
D. Taoism
41. This lake, whose depth is about 5,000 ft., is the deepest of all freshwater lakes.
A. Lake Superior
B. Lake Baikal
C. Lake Winnipeg
D. Great Salt Lake
42. The FCC stands for:
A. Federal Communications Commission
B. Federal Crop Commission
C. Financial Consolidation Commission
D. Federal Conservation Commission.
43. Which of the following is NOT a version of the unity-with-nature attitude?
A. Eastern and Native American views
B. the Romantic Movement
C. the Ecology Movement
D. the Conservationist Outlook
44. The national debt per person in the U.S. is
A. $15,000 - $25,000
B. $15 million - $25 million
C. $150 - $250
D. $150,000 - $250,000
45. According to Barbour, technological pessimists give priority to:
A. capital investments
B. material welfare
C. environmental concerns
D. respect for all creatures.
46. Who said, "What is possible for science to know science must know. What is possible for technology to do technology is obliged to do. Whatever is possible is obligatory."
A. Julian Freund
B. Herman Melville
C. Lionel Rubinoff
D. Max Weber
E. Henry Ford
47. Genesis Chapter Two suggests the following attitude toward nature:
A. domination
B. unity
C. stewardship
D. none of the above.
48. The first American penny paper was the
A. New York Times
B. Star Tribune
C. New York Sun
D. Boston News-Letter
49. David Attenborough is:
A. the author of the book Silent Spring.
B. an engineer for NASA.
C. a TV and film producer who specializes in environmental issues.
D. one of the authors of Ethics on the Job.
50. What's the main reason for the burning of the rain forest in South America?
A. farming
B. building roads
C. gold mines
D. lumber.
51. Which are the three common views of nature?
A. domination
B. stewardship or nurture
C. unity
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
52. Approximately how far can ships go up the Amazon?
A. 1,000 ft.
B. 300 miles
C. 7000 ft.
D. 1,000 miles
E. None of the above
53. In the video Sweet Fresh Water, the river ecosystems functioned as:
A. a way of portraying the beauty of the Amazon River Basin and other river systems throughout the world.
B. a source of life for animals of every size and temperament to grow in and adapt to.
C. a means of portraying water as a living, breathing entity instead of a commodity used for technological purposes.
D. all of the above.
E. none of the above.
54. Which view of nature says that humans should dramatically decrease their population?
A. nurture
B. unity
C. domination
D. broad ecology
E. deep ecology
55. Abraham Maslow feels there are five levels of need; which of these needs must be satisfied before the others?
A. self-esteem
B. self-actualization
C. security
D. survival
E. belonging
56. Which one of these is not a characteristic of conservatism?
A. Provide very little support to the poor
B. Prohibit discrimination
C. Keep taxes low
D. Eliminate all welfare
57. Barbour discusses the concept of distributive justice, beginning with the idea that people should be treated equally because they are fundamentally equal. However, he states that in many respects people are unequal, and reasons can be stated to justify unequal treatment. Which of the following is not/are not allowed by Barbour?
A. incentives to productivity that lead to benefits for all
B. provision for special needs or correction for some inequality
C. rewards for special virtues or distinctive characteristics
D. A & B above.
58. Zen Buddhism first arose in:
A. China
B. Japan
C. U.S.
D. India
59. In the The Blue Planet, you take a simulated flight along which well-known land form?
A. Grand Canyon
B. Rocky Mountains
C. San Andreas Fault
D. Lake Superior
60. In the The Blue Planet, it was stated that the rain forest was being burned at what rate?
A. 1 sq. mile per minute
B. 1 acre per second
C. 3 sq. miles per day
D. 3 sq. miles per year
61. Rogers would argue that those in the Judeo-Christian tradition who follow a domination view:
A. are acting in the true spirit of their Scriptures
B. are ignorant of their Scriptures
C. are following the teachings of Jesus
D. are sensitive to ecology
62. The world's tallest waterfall (3212 ft) is located in which South American country?
A. Venezuela
B. Argentina
C. Brazil
D. Columbia
63. The uneven consumption of energy, food and other resources is an example of a problem of which social value?
A. participatory freedom
B. interpersonal community
C. personal fulfillment
D. distributive justice.
64. A strong concern of Barbour is the provision in a value system for ____________ justice.
A. procedural
B. distributive
C. retributive
D. compensatory.
65. What percent of water in the world is salt water?
A. 80%
B. 87%
C. 90%
D. 97%
66. Fresh water from the Amazon extends about how far out into the Atlantic Ocean?
A. 1 mile
B. 10 miles
C. 100 miles
D. 1000 miles
67. In the this tradition, nature is to be contemplated and appreciated rather than mastered.
A. Tao
B. Zen
C. Western
D. none of the above
68. The first chapter of Genesis contains statements to the effect that people should be/should:
A. fruitful
B. multiply
C. fill the earth
D. have dominion over every living thing
E. all of the above.
69. In Genesis, after every creative act, the Creator pronounces each creation:
A. sinful
B. good
C. incomplete
D. disobedient.
70. Which of the following best describes "the negative side of freedom"?
A. freedom to do wrong
B. freedom from direct interference imposed by someone or something else
C. freedom to infringe on the rights of others
D. lack of freedom of choice
71. Lifelong study of the Impact of Technology on Society will:
A. help engineers design more successful and appropriate products.
B. help educators design curricula that are relevant to societal needs.
C. help consumers make appropriate decisions in use of technology.
D. only A and B.
E. A, B, and C.
72. The NDSU on-line search command "RES ROGERS,"
A. will search for any reserve materials at any NDSU library whose author is a "ROGERS" or for material
placed on reserve by a "ROGERS."
B. is incomplete since it lacks a course number.
C. won't work since reserve materials aren't in the on-line catalog.
D. will search for any research done by Rogers that is available in the NDSU library.
73. This person feels that technology has the potential for dehumanizing all it touches:
A. John Rawls
B. Jeremy Bentham
C. J. S. Mill
D. Herbert Marcuse
E. Jacques Ellul.