Question 1

How is modern technology related to the need for skilled and unskilled workers? Do machines cause a decline in total employment?

Accepted Answer

Modern technology is highly related to t

Question 2

Are there sufficient resources for society to continue to grow? What three factors determine economic activities?

Accepted Answer

While some ecologists argue that we are

Question 3

John Hall developed a method of precision machine production that made:

Accepted Answer

A)  musket manufacture more difficult. 
B)  interchangeable parts possible. 
C)  each part different and unique. 
D)  fewer products available. 
A)  musket manufacture more difficult. 
B)  interchangeable parts possible. 
C)  each part different and unique. 
D)  fewer products available.

Question 4

Thanks to a UN climate summit in 2009, much of the world operates under a global treaty to attempt to slow down global warming.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Most scientists are now convinced that global warming is not taking place.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Technology also affects traditional societies in all of the following ways except:

Accepted Answer

A)  making people worse off materially. 
B)  introducing large income inequalities. 
C)  increasing Westernization of culture. 
D)  new job creation. 
A)  making people worse off materially. 
B)  introducing large income inequalities. 
C)  increasing Westernization of culture. 
D)  new job creation.

Question 7

A greatly improved steam engine was devised by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Emile Durkheim. 
B)  James Watt. 
C)  Max Weber. 
D)  Herbert Spencer. 
A)  Emile Durkheim. 
B)  James Watt. 
C)  Max Weber. 
D)  Herbert Spencer.

Question 8

A growing domestic market, plentiful raw materials, and scarcity of labor all favored American
(U)S.):

Accepted Answer

A)  inability to turn to machine technology. 
B)  lack of opportunities in mass production. 
C)  industrialization. 
D)  satisfaction with dependency on European industry. 
A)  inability to turn to machine technology. 
B)  lack of opportunities in mass production. 
C)  industrialization. 
D)  satisfaction with dependency on European industry.

Question 9

How does technology influence social change? Why and how are class systems related to technology?

Accepted Answer

Technology significantly influences soci

Question 10

Which of these factors might, in the long run, slow down technological progress?

Accepted Answer

A)  The decreasing power and importance of labor unions. 
B)  Lobbyists for intellectual property rights. 
C)  Lower costs of research and equipment necessary for developing new technologies. 
D)  Less receptive attitude of society toward change. 
A)  The decreasing power and importance of labor unions. 
B)  Lobbyists for intellectual property rights. 
C)  Lower costs of research and equipment necessary for developing new technologies. 
D)  Less receptive attitude of society toward change.

Question 11

Technology has played a dominant role in shaping our modern world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Napoleonic Wars helped the process of American industrialization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The first six letters on the top of a keyboard spell QWERTY.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Technological progress occurs without reference to social conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Modern machine technology has eliminated great numbers of jobs that require specialized skill or knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Technological progress is often speeded up by organized pressure groups that have an interest in a particular technology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The supply of natural resources depends on:

Accepted Answer

A)  only geographical factors. 
B)  economic planning more than technology. 
C)  social availability more than technology. 
D)  the type of technology we have. 
A)  only geographical factors. 
B)  economic planning more than technology. 
C)  social availability more than technology. 
D)  the type of technology we have.

Question 18

Ultimately, advances in machine technology tend to:

Accepted Answer

A)  increase cost. 
B)  increase prices. 
C)  reduce how much people can buy. 
D)  make room for new products. 
A)  increase cost. 
B)  increase prices. 
C)  reduce how much people can buy. 
D)  make room for new products.

Question 19

Precision machine production made mass production obsolete and too costly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Potential technological developments in the future are limited only by the imagination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Technology and Society

How is modern technology related to the need for skilled and unskilled workers? Do machines cause a decline in total employment?

Are there sufficient resources for society to continue to grow? What three factors determine economic activities?

John Hall developed a method of precision machine production that made:

Thanks to a UN climate summit in 2009, much of the world operates under a global treaty to attempt to slow down global warming.

Most scientists are now convinced that global warming is not taking place.

Technology also affects traditional societies in all of the following ways except:

A greatly improved steam engine was devised by:

A growing domestic market, plentiful raw materials, and scarcity of labor all favored American (U)S.):

How does technology influence social change? Why and how are class systems related to technology?

Which of these factors might, in the long run, slow down technological progress?

Technology has played a dominant role in shaping our modern world.

The Napoleonic Wars helped the process of American industrialization.

The first six letters on the top of a keyboard spell QWERTY.

Technological progress occurs without reference to social conditions.

Modern machine technology has eliminated great numbers of jobs that require specialized skill or knowledge.

Technological progress is often speeded up by organized pressure groups that have an interest in a particular technology.

The supply of natural resources depends on:

Ultimately, advances in machine technology tend to:

Precision machine production made mass production obsolete and too costly.

Potential technological developments in the future are limited only by the imagination.

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