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Self Test on Knowledge Associated With Worldview Theme #46

Respond to each of the 10 multiple choice questions below by typing the number 1 to 5 of the answer you wish to select in the response box. When finished, click "process your responses".

1.  Whereas science involves humans understanding nature, technology involves humans __________ nature.

1) exploiting          2) controlling         3) spoiling

4) profiting from            5) adapting to  

2. Which of the following associations is inappropriate?

1) luddites  / anti-technologists        2) pesticides / poisons

3) energy efficiency / energy input per useful work done 

4) monitoring / part of technology assessment   

5) energy / ability to do work 

3. Nuclear weapons 

1) pose little environmental danger

2) have been used in a few wars  

3) are a million times more powerful than chemical weapons  

4) are few in number--most have been destroyed        5) are radiation free

4.  Appropriate technology typically involves all of the following except which ?

1) renewable energy    2) little environmental impact    3) putting people to work

4) inexpensive, lower tech solutions         5) centralized installations

5. The phrase “sum total of special knowledge and the tools / means” might be part of the definition of which of the terms below? 

1) technocracy       2) technology        3) engineering design

4)  technology assessment                   5) geoengineering 

6.  Someone for whom the Technological Fix Mentality worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview would put faith and trust in all of the following  except 

1) changing people's attitudes    2) engineering design    3) scientific methods

4) mathematics        5) computer modeling 

7.  All of the following words could conceivably describe someone for whom the Technological Fix Mentality worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview except 

1) analytical        2) values information      3) a careful planner

4) a people person       5) comfortable with quantitative assessment   

8. Which of the following beliefs or behaviors is most strongly linked to someone for whom the Militarism worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview?

1) following orders         2) skills in diplomacy                   3) pacifism

4)  permissiveness          5) creative thinking skills

9.  A belief that you would not expect from someone for whom the Militarism worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview to hold would be belief in or being sympathetic to which of the following?

 1) patriotism           2) nationalism          3) in global citizenship

4) in the value of preparedness       5) finding technology based solutions 

10.  It can be argued that the force behind most warlike policies is 

1) ethnocentrism        2) xenophobia        3) patriotism

4)  displaced aggression          5) the Geneva Conventions 

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