Title: 1.

HSS 105 Test 1 Chapters 1-5 Volti 6th Ed, Ch4006 ___ stated that there is often no a priori reason to do one thing rather than another, particularly if neither had been done before. Student Value Correct Response Answer A. Eugene Ferguson Feedback

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Volti 6th ed, Ch2009 The pneumatic molding machines adopted by the McCormick reaper manufacturing plants in the 1880s ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer C. Produced an inferior product Feedback

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Volti 6th ed,Ch1003 Volti states that technological enthusiasm is primarily about ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer B. National prestige Feedback

4.

Volti 6th Ed,Ch3006 The ____ industry is an industry less likely to be shaped by concerns about costs. Student Value Correct Response Answer . Defense Feedback

5.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch4003

The ___study determined that a number of innovations, such as videocassette recorders, depended on prior scientific research. Student Value Correct Response Answer . TRACES Feedback

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Volti 6th ed, Ch2010 Luddite assaults came to an end due to all of the following except ___. Student Response . Exile to Canada Value Correct Feedback Answer

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 5001 Which of the following is not critical for the successful adoption of foreign technology? Student Response Ability to copy an example of a machine Value Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 5006 China at the end of 2007 had an approximate ratio of one car per 23 persons, about ___ the ratio in the developed countries. Student Value Correct Response Answer . 1/10 Feedback

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Volti 6th ed,Ch1010 According to Volti, belief in UFOs represents ___.

Student Value Correct Response Answer A. Faith in higher technology B. Distrust of people that control technology

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10.

Volti 6th ed,Ch1008 ___ wrote that All my means are sane, my motive and subject mad. Student Value Correct Response Answer Herman Melville Feedback

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Volti 6th ed,Ch1009 Rationality implies all of the following except ___. Student Response D. Subjectivity Value Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th ed, Ch2002 According to Volti, technological changes often lead to ___. Student Response . Redistributing wealth and income Value Correct Feedback Answer

13.

Volti 6th Ed,Ch3009 ___ stated that The idea that an invention reaches a stage of commercial profitability first and is then introduced is simple

minded. Student Response . Nathan Rosenberg Value Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 5002 Which of the following is not a problem associated with transferring technologies to less developed nations? Student Response Use technologies that are still relatively labor intensive Value Correct Feedback Answer

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 5008 The ___ was Paul Davids term for the number of acres that would justify the purchase of the mechanical reaper. Student Value Correct Response Answer Threshold size Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 5004 According to Volti, ___ was the country that had produced the most technological innovations up to 1500. Student Value Correct Response Answer . China Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed,Ch3010 Agricultural extension agents struggled to introduce hybrid corn to New Mexico farmers in the late 1940s due to ___.

Student Response . Characteristics of the cornmeal produced

Value Correct Feedback Answer

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Volti 6th ed, Ch2005 Technological fixes cannot always work because ___. Student Response Social and technical problems differ in their specificity Value Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed,Ch3002 According to Thomas Hughes, social constructivism is most valid when ___. Student Response . A technology is at an early stage of development Value Correct Feedback Answer

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Volti 6th ed,Ch1002 ___ explains that technologies often develop alternative purposes. Student Response . Law of the Hammer Value Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed,Ch3012

___ stated Utility is in my opinion the test of value in matters of invention, and that a discovery which can be applied to no use, or is not good for something is good for nothing. Student Value Correct Response Answer . Benjamin Franklin Feedback

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Volti 6th ed,Ch1005 Which of the following is an example of a failure of technology? Student Value Correct Response Answer A. Bhopal chemical plant B. Chernobyl nuclear plant C. Space shuttle Columbia D. All of the above Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed,Ch3008 According to Volti, the development of penicillin provides an excellent illustration of the many facets of the ___ process. Student Response . Scaling-up Value Correct Feedback Answer

24.

Volti 6th ed,Ch1007 ___ is a method of controlling a system by reinserting in it the results of its past performance. Student Value Correct Response Answer Feedback

. Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 5005 ___ relied on foreign technology as a means of developing economic strength. Student Value Correct Response Answer A. Great Britain B. Japan C. United States D. All of the above Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch4005 Johannes Kepler developed and employed the calculus of variation in order to ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer . Derive optimum dimensions of beer kegs Feedback

27.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch4007 Scientific theories must be logically consistent and rationally articulated, but their ultimate source is ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer . Human creativity Feedback

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Volti 6th ed, Ch2007 According to Volti, The introduction of steel axes to the Yir Yoront

resulted in all of the following except ___. Student Response . Increased cultural stability Value Correct Feedback Answer

29.

Volti 6th ed, Ch2006 Scientific Management involves all of the following except___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Worker adaptation to workplace problems Feedback

30.

Volti 6th Ed,Ch3007 If the traffic loads borne in 1910 had been carried by railroads employing the technologies of 1870, the additional costs would have amounted to ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer $1.3 billion Feedback

31.

Volti 6th ed, Ch2015 Today, the term Luddite implies opposition to modern technology. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

32.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch4011 Technological problems can be often solved with no understanding of what is going on. Student Response Value Correct Answer

True

33.

Volti 6th ed,Ch1012 Technological progress is not the same as progress in general. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

34.

Volti 6th Ed,Ch3017 Agricultural extension agents successfully introduced hybrid corn to New Mexico farmers in the late 1940s. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

35.

Volti 6th Ed,Ch3013 The research component of R&D is the most expensive. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

36.

Volti 6th ed, Ch2013 Technologies fall or stand on their intrinsic merits. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

37.

Volti 6th Ed,Ch3019 Centrally planned economies rest on the assumption that economic activities can be reduced to predictable routines. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

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Volti 6th ed,Ch1015

According to Volti, when confronting technology, most of us are poorly informed spectators. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

39.

Volti 6th Ed,Ch3016 A bottleneck that restricts the continued development of a particular technology creates strong economic incentives to find new technologies that clear the obstruction. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 5012 According to Mira Wilkins, Often the product, or the description in the patent, or mere drawings and instructions, are adequate for transfers of technology. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

41.

Volti 6th ed, Ch2014 The basic fallacy of Scientific Management is that politics can replace administration. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

42.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 5013 Although the mechanical reaper was invented in the 1830s, 20 years elapsed before it evolved into a workable implement. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

43.

Volti 6th ed,Ch1014 Technology has generated massive powers available to human society

and as individuals we exert much of that power. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

44.

Volti 6th ed,Ch1011 Manifestations of human creativity, like technology, tend to be dynamic and cumulative. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

45.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch4014 An excessive focus on the principles and methods of science may restrict creativity and lead to an overly rigid approach to the solving of technical problems. Student Response Value Correct Answer

46.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch4013 When knowledge is pushed from science into technology, it often happens indirectly. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

47.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 5011 The effective use of foreign technologies requires a labor force with a broad range of skills. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

48.

Volti 6th ed, Ch2016 The federal government is a relatively minor source of financial support for research and development. Student Response Value Correct Answer

False

49.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch4010 Project Hindsight researchers found that a median delay of nine years separated the completion of a scientific research project from its application. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

50.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 5010 The economic success of the European continent was based on their focus on internal technological developments. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

****** Question 9 shows answers A & B this is correct because the answer is both of them. Hope this clears up (if any) concerns.
Title: HSS 105 Test 2 Chapters 6-11 1. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 7010 Which of the following is not a problem associated with diagnostic technologies? Student Response A. Increased standardization of medical practices Value Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 8005 At least ___ percent of processed foods found in American supermarkets contain one or more genetically modified ingredients. Student Value Response 60 Correct Answer Feedback

3.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 8006 ___ stated that From the moment of conception, environmental factors and genetic factors are in an ongoing dialogue with one another about building a person. Student Response David Moore Value Correct Answer Feedback

4.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 10003 Technological advances will not lead to job losses if the demand for products or services ___ at the same pace as ___ in productivity. Student Value Correct Response Answer Increase, Increase Feedback

5.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 11007 Division of labor does all of the following except ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Makes use of skilled laborers Feedback

6.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 6002 The greenhouse effect involves all of the following except ___. Student Response The inability of radiant energy to penetrate the earths atmosphere Value Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 8001

___ found that chromosomes were the site of the key agent of heredity. Student Value Correct Response Answer Thomas Hunt Morgan Feedback

8.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 7009 According to the study mentioned in the text, ___ percent of tests performed could have been eliminated with no evident loss in the quality of patient care. Student Value Response 47 Correct Answer Feedback

9.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 10006 According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which of the following occupational categories has the largest estimated numerical employment increase in the United States from 2006 to 2016? Student Response Service Value Correct Answer Feedback

10.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 8002 The Human Genome Project completed and published their sequencing in ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer 2003 Feedback

11.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 7002 Which of the following is not associated with medical care in regions with large proportions of specialists? Student Response Value Correct Answer Feedback

Reduced periods of hospitalization

12.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 7008 Which of the following is not an accurate statement about the Jarvik-7 artificial heart? Student Response The FDA approved its use as a permanent replacement for a human heart Value Correct Answer Feedback

13.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 6008 Improved energy intensity in the United States can be partly attributed to ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer The growth of the service industry Feedback

14.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 6005 According to the text, which of the following is not a consequence of soil erosion? Student Value Correct Response Answer The decrease of costs associated with farming Feedback

15.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 9001 Technologies in primitive societies are simple due to all of the following except ___.

Student Value Correct Response Answer Reliance on division of labor

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Volti 6th ed, Ch 9003 Marshall Sahlins stated that the amount of work per capita ___ with the evolution of culture, and the amount of leisure per capita ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Increases, Decreases Feedback

17.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 11004 Which of the following was not a consequence of the Factory system? Student Response More informal managerial methods Value Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th ed, Ch 10004 According to the text, the automobile is directly or indirectly responsible for at least one out of every ___ jobs in the American economy. Student Value Correct Response Answer 7 Feedback

19.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 7004 Which of the following categories was responsible for the greatest percentage of medical payments in 1960? Student Response Individual Value Correct Answer Feedback

families

20.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 6009 Highly centralized governments may struggle with improving environmental policies for all of the following reasons except ___. Student Response They can force people to sacrifice their individual interests Value Correct Answer Feedback

21.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 6011 The United States has less than five percent of the worlds population but it consumes ___ percent of the worlds resources. Student Value Correct Response Answer 25 Feedback

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Volti 6th ed, Ch 11002 ___ stated that Wanting to abolish authority in large-scale industry is tantamount to wanting to abolish industry itself. Student Value Response Friedrich Engels Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th ed, Ch 11003 The putting out system ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Resulted in a slow Feedback

pace of production

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Volti 6th ed, Ch 6010 The American economy may struggle with improving environmental policies due to ___. Student Response Government programs aimed at keeping the price of energy low Value Correct Answer Feedback

25.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 9004 The earliest form of agriculture is ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Sedentary Farming Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 7001 Which of the following has contributed the least to gains in life span and improvements in the physical quality of life? Student Value Correct Response Answer Antibiotics Feedback

27.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 10001 What did the Jackson, Mississippi, Daily News in the late 1930s state should be driven right out of the cotton fields and sunk into the Mississippi River? Student Value Correct Response Answer Mechanical cotton pickers Feedback

28.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 11001 The factory system controlled the temporal aspects of work as it controlled ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer The pace of work, the time of work, and the length of the work day Feedback

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Volti 6th ed, Ch 10010 All of the following except ___ have contributed to growing income inequality. Student Response Increases in government benefits for the poor Value Correct Answer Feedback

30.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 6006 According to the text, which of the following is not an accurate characteristic of nuclear energy? Student Response It can be used as a substitute for fossil fuel use Value Correct Answer Feedback

31.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 6016 The federal governments generally weak and wavering support of R&D is one of the reasons that reliance on fossil fuels has decreased only marginally since 1973.

Student Response

Value

Correct Answer True

32.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 10015 According to Volti, the more productive a service job is, the more satisfying it is for the consumer. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

33.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 10016 The private sector generally has failed to take a leading role in improving workers skills because employers fear that their workers will use their newly acquired skills to obtain better paying positions elsewhere. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

34.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 7013 Payments for patients in their last year of life account for over 40 percent of Medicare expenditures. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

35.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 7014 An informal study of cardiologists showed that half of bypass operations are performed with no clear indication of their necessity. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

36.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 11017 Most of the jobs with the largest numerical employment increases projected from 2002 to 2012 require advanced training. Student Response Value Correct Answer

False

37.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 9013 With slave labor, there is little incentive to develop and introduce labor-saving machinery. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

38.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 10017 Unemployment is much more likely to occur during periods of technological advance. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

39.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 6012 According to the text, half of the years from 1995 to 2006 ranked among the 12 warmest years since 1850. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

40.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 8007 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1980 that a human-made organism was not entitled to patent protection. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

41.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 6015 The solar energy that strikes the earth in 10 minutes equals the worlds annual consumption of energy. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

42.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 10012 Examples conclusively prove that technological advance is incompatible with high levels of employment. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

43.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 7012 The Seattle Artificial Kidney Center Admissions and Policy Committee made life-or death decisions about the use of limited resources based on the presumed worth of the patient. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

44.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 7015 Only 21 percent of Americans indicate a willingness to ration costly new medical technologies. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

45.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 11016 Today the typical workplace is not the factory but the office. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

46.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 6013 In 2006 Americans generated an average of 4.6 pounds of municipal solid waste per person every day. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

47.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 10014 Over the last century, many of the jobs performed by manufacturing workers have been

lost to mechanization, yet total employment has undergone a massive increase. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

48.

Volti 6th ed, Ch 11014 The putting-out system was popular before the Industrial Revolution. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

49.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 8013 The U.S. government has barred the use of federal funds for human cloning research. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

50.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 8010 Humans have an estimated 20-25,000 genes arrayed along the 46 chromosomes found in every cell. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

Title: HSS 105 Test 3 Chapters 12-15 1. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15011 Which of the following is not a classification of chemical weapons? Student Response Bacterial Value Correct Answer Feedback

2.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14008

By the year 1914 more than ___ percent of the worlds land mass was dominated by Europe. Student Value Correct Response Answer 84 Feedback

3.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12010 The first American penny paper made its appearance in the ____. Student Value Response 1830s Correct Answer Feedback

4.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14005 By the middle of the sixteenth century the fortified castles that had long been immune to direct attack were now vulnerable due to all of the following innovations except ____. Student Response Mobile artillery Value Correct Answer Feedback

5.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13015 According to the text, which of the following is an explanation for falling CD sales? Student Response A. Appeal of alternative forms of entertainment B. High prices C. Lack of new and interesting music Value Correct Answer Feedback

6.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12009 Which of the following represents the correct chronological listing (from earliest to latest

in time)? Student Value Correct Response Answer Steampowered printing press, Rotary press, Linotype machine 7. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13012 Video game addiction is characterized by all of the following except ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Severe bouts of insomnia 8. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15002 According to Volti, firearms were particularly well suited to armies raised by ___. Student Response Centralized, bureaucratically organized states where discipline was more highly valued than freedom 9. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13006 The number of hours spent watching television ___ as the education levels of viewers ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Declines, Rises Feedback Value Correct Answer Feedback Feedback Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15010

___ mandates that all of the nations of Latin America except Cuba remain nuclear free. Student Response Treaty of Tlateloco 11. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12001 Which of the following accurately represents how ancient written languages were used? Student Value Correct Response Answer A. To keep financial accounts B. For spiritual purposes C. To extend influence over others 12. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15009 ___ attempted to restrict the spreading of nuclear weapons. Student Response Nonproliferation Treaty Value Correct Answer Feedback Feedback Value Correct Answer Feedback

13.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12006 ___ praised printing as Gods highest and extremest act of grace, whereby the business of the Gospel is driven forward. Student Response Martin Luther Value Correct Answer Feedback

14.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13004 Which of these companies was not a major stockholder of RCA?

Student Response British Marconi 15.

Value Correct Answer

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14006 Which of the following represents the correct chronological order from oldest to newest innovation? Student Value Correct Response Answer Matchlock, Wheellock, Flintlock Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15004 Post WWI Germany was well suited to embrace new military technologies due to all of the following except ___. Student Response Thriving German economy in the 1920s allowed for greater military investments Value Correct Answer Feedback

17.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14007 The development of the battleship resulted in ___. Student Response A strong impetus to imperial expansion Value Correct Answer Feedback

18.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14001 Which of the following would not be classified as siege machinery?

Student Value Correct Response Answer Cross-bow

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13003 The ___ was the first workable electronic television camera. Student Value Correct Response Answer Iconoscope Feedback

20.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13007 ___% of TV programs contain some violence. Student Value Correct Response Answer 61 Feedback

21.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12011 Yellow Journalism played a role in ____. Student Value Correct Response Answer Declaration of war against Spain Feedback

22.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14009 Strategic bombing ___. Student Response Resulted in thousands of civilian casualties Value Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15005

All of the following except ___ were limitations of the B-17. Student Response Insufficient flight range Value Correct Answer Feedback

24.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12005 Which of the following was not a consequence of the printing press? Student Response Unified the Christian church Value Correct Answer Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14004 Which of the following is not a characteristic of the trebuchet? Student Value Correct Response Answer They depended on torsion springs made from hair Feedback

26.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15006 In reference to war, 18th century political thinkers believed ___. Student Response War was an unfortunate consequence of human behavior Value Correct Answer Feedback

27.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13011 In 2001 a U.S. Surgeon General report speculated that video games might stimulate more aggressive and violent behavior than television viewing because ___.

Student Response Video game players are actual participants in onscreen violence 28.

Value Correct Answer

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13009 According to the text, humans usually do not commit violent acts for all of the following reasons except ___. Student Response We have a strong emotion connection to our fellow human beings Value Correct Answer Feedback

29.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12008 As late as the middle of the eighteenth century, ___ percent of English men and more than ___ percent of English women were illiterate. Student Value Correct Response Answer 40, 60 Feedback

30.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13008 Naturalistic studies involve studying the connection of television viewing habits and aggressive behavior by ___. Student Response Showing two groups of children television programs (one groups is violent in Value Correct Answer Feedback

nature and the other is not) and then having the children observed at home or school 31. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15018 Dependency on computers and their networks protects nations from attacks by terrorists. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

32.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14011 According to the text, knightly combat was the most important aspect of medieval warfare. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

33.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15013 The use of firearms did not require high levels of skill. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

34.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13022 Over 70% of the population of North America uses the internet Student Response Value Correct Answer True

35.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14012 Greek fire was more effective as a defensive weapon than as an offensive one. Student Response Value Correct Answer

True

36.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12018 The sinking of the American battleship Maine was exploited by yellow journalists. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

37.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14010 The most fearful weapons of antiquity were catapults Student Response Value Correct Answer True

38.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13019 Video games require a level of attention and involvement that television viewing does not require. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

39.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14014 Standardization often acts as an incentive for technological progress. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

40.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14013 European armies of the eighteenth century served as the prototype of new forms of civilian organization. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

41.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12016 Benefit of the Clergy allowed members of the Christian clergy to not be tried by the secular court system.

Student Response

Value

Correct Answer True

42.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15014 The airplane has rendered conventional warfare obsolete. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

43.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13021 In 1970, survey respondents indicated for the first time that television had replaced newspapers as their prime source of news Student Response Value Correct Answer False

44.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 13016 Samuel Morse invented broadcast radio in the 1920s Student Response Value Correct Answer False

45.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15019 The goal of terrorism is to generate widespread fear and insecurity among the population that has been targeted Student Response Value Correct Answer True

46.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15012 Weapons are developed and put into service simply because of their intrinsic superiority. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

47.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12012 Of the approximately 5000 languages, over half appear in written form. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

48.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 15017 By 1918 for every soldier that died of wounds, five died of disease. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

49.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 14016 Increasingly sophisticated weapons have opened the psychological distance between the warrior and his victims. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

50.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 12013 Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

Title: HSS 105 Test 4 Chapters 16-18 1. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18010 According to Ernest Fitzgerald, what are the two phases of a major program? Student Response Its too early to tell and Value Correct Answer Feedback

Its too late to stop 2. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16005 According to Volti, when public choices depend on expert information on a wide spread scale ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Democracy becomes an illusion 3. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18006 ___ percent of pure scientific research conducted in the United States is financed by the federal government. Student Value Correct Response Answer 58 4. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18001 The Constitution stipulates that Congress is to promote the Progress of Science and ___ by securing for limited Tim to Authors and Inventors the Exclusive Rights to their respective Writings and Discoveries. Student Response Useful Arts Value Correct Answer Feedback Feedback Feedback

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17009 Electronic monitoring of employees results in ___. Student Response Enhanced managerial control Value Correct Answer Feedback

6.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17012 ___ stated There is a basic incompatibility of the inventor and the large corporation.

Student Value Response Jack Kilby 7.

Correct Answer

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18004 The private sector supplies about ___ of the funds used for the nations R&D efforts. Student Value Correct Response Answer 1/2 Feedback

8.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17011 According to the text, it can be reasonably asserted that R&D efforts will be ___ in industries where key technologies are judged to have ___ potential for further development. Student Response Extensive, High Value Correct Answer Feedback

9.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17010 Throughout most of the history of the automotive industry, the relationship between suppliers and original equipment manufacturers was ___. Student Response That of independent buyers and sellers Value Correct Answer Feedback

10.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17008 New network-based information technologies allow for ___.

Student Response A. Decentralization of managerial authority B. Greater centralized managerial control 11.

Value Correct Answer

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16006 According to Volti, when major policy decisions are at stake, experts will likely find that their technical knowledge ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Cannot easily be converted into political influence Feedback

12.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16002 ___ stated Mans power over nature is really the power of some men over others with nature as their instrument. Student Value Correct Response Answer C.S. Lewis Feedback

13.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17007 In general, research has indicated that advanced information technologies have done all of the following except ___. Student Response Decreased the amount of information Value Correct Answer Feedback

14.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18005

It can be argued that during the post-World War II era the United States had a de facto policy of supporting technological development, but unlike Japan, much of it has been driven by ___ rather than ___ considerations. Student Response Military, Commercial 15. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18007 The very notion that the government has a legitimate right to regulate private industry originated with ___ in the first half of the nineteenth century. Student Value Correct Response Answer The explosion of steam boilers 16. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16007 According to the text, recommendations of advisory committees of recognized experts are likely to be ignored for all of the following reasons except ___. Student Response Their recommendations are not trusted 17. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18002 Government is involved with technological development in all of the following ways except ____. Student Response By creating focusing events 18. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18003 Volti discusses problems associated with cars, like pollution, as an example of ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Feedback Value Correct Answer Feedback Value Correct Answer Feedback Feedback Value Correct Answer Feedback

Negative externality 19. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16009 Samuel Florman stated that the characteristics of a good manager were having a feeling for all of the following except ___. Student Response Spatial relationships 20. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16008 According to Kenneth Galbraith, technostructure focuses on ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Managers and engineers with specialized knowledge 21. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18008 Congress affects the course of technological development through all of the following except ___. Student Response Court determinations 22. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17006 Computerized information systems may be used to ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer A. Empower workers B. Extend the power of managers Feedback Value Correct Answer Feedback Feedback Value Correct Answer Feedback

C. Give workers claim to higher wages 23. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16004 Economically developed countries have ___ specialization than less developed ones, making social interactions ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer More, Frequent 24. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16001 Social constructivism offers the possibility for ___ human agency compared to technological determinism. Student Value Correct Response Answer More 25. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16003 Which of the following is not a shortcoming of the theory of cultural lag? Student Response Sociocultural changes can often be more easily measured than technological changes 26. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17001 Which of the following is an element of organizational structure? Student Response A. The amount of worker specialization Value Correct Answer Feedback Value Correct Answer Feedback Feedback Feedback

B. The extent to which authority is centralized C. The number and importance of formal rules 27. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17005 Which individuals organization theory deals with the degree of variability of the raw materials processed by a organization and the extent to which problem-solving procedures can be routinized? Student Value Correct Response Answer Charles Perrow 28. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17004 According to Joan Woodward, mass-production technologies are characterized by all of the following except ___. Student Value Correct Response Answer Broadly defined job duties 29. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18009 The iron triangle represents ____. Student Response Congressional committees, government agencies, and special interest groups 30. Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17003 All of the following except ___ were important variables in the studies performed by Joan Woodward. Value Correct Answer Feedback Feedback Feedback

Student Response The educational requirements for first-line managers 31.

Value Correct Answer

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16015 The technostructure was primarily concerned with maximizing profit. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

32.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16016 The essence of professionalism is autonomy. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

33.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18014 The Soviet launch of Sputnik is a good example of a focusing event. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

34.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18012 The free rider concept is that some technologies that are paid for by the middle class will primarily benefit the wealthiest in a society. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

35.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16010 It is likely that the ability to influence the course of technological change will be evenly distributed among the population. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

36.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16014

Wielding power requires the mobilization of a constituency and the ability to create a broad base of support. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

37.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17014 As the idea took hold that an organizations structure was influenced by the technology it employed, it became apparent that one of the cherished notions of management, that there is one best way to organize things, is correct. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

38.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18013 There is a cabinet-level Department of Technology in the United States that guides U.S. involvement in technological development. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

39.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17013 Mass-production technologies had a regular flow of worker-management communication that was not filtered according to hierarchical position. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

40.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16012 Value judgments involving social consequences to a decision necessarily take the expert well outside the realm of his or her expertise. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

41.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16013 Max Weber explained that organizations commonly seek to expand their power by making their knowledge public. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17015 A technology might be selected not because of its innate superiority, but because it meets the needs of the power holders within that organization. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

43.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17020 Small organizations are often better equipped to do development work. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

44.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17018 The growing use of the telephone in the early twentieth century reduced the need for traditional forms of communication. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

45.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 16011 The knowledge explosion has made all of us relative ignoramuses. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

46.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17017 A new information technology, no matter how radical, is only one of many influences on a particular organization. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

47.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18016 Since there is no centralized approach to the governance of technology in the United States, many key decisions are made at the middle levels of government. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

48.

Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17019 Old fashion, face-to-face communication is usually essential for organizational tasks. Student Response Value Correct Answer False

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 18015 A technology that produces large-scale failures is more likely to generate opposition than one that produces a series of small-scale failures. Student Response Value Correct Answer True

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Volti 6th Ed, Ch 17016 Managers realize that control of information has been an essential element of their authority. Student Response Value Correct Answer True