Quizzes

Question 1

Technology is concerned with the use of tools, science, knowledge, crafts, and the like, for the purpose of controlling the environment

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The lack of access to information technology is thought to perpetuate poverty and second-class status

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Technology may have contributed to changes in social and family relationships

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Future shock is caused by the emotional and psychological difficulties in dealing with change

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The increase in labor productivity is attributed partly to technological development.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The “digital divide” refers to the differences in educational opportunities between the northern and southern hemispheres.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Moore’s law is a Federal law requiring computers to double their power every two years.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Information technology has caused the increase in the number of manufacturing jobs in the United States.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

According to Dr. Kaku women currently use the internet more than men.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

An example of historic technology is fire.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

All illegal acts are by nature unethical

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Bernie Madoff was guilty of “bait and switch”

Answer 12

False

Question 13

“Tragedy of the commons” refers to the situation when more than half of the population live at a poverty level.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Paul Tillich believed that acting moral depended on whether one was motivated by “love”

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Behavior which is considered malum prohibitum is behavior which is wrong in and of itself

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Special ethical concerns are involved in operating a multinational business

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act outlaws bribes to foreign government officials and foreign corporate executives.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

The concept of “de minimus” indicates that something may be too minor to be of any ethical significance.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

The social cost of “White Collar Crime” is thought to be greater than street crime.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The “Good Samaritan” experiment involved divinity students.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The greenhouse effect is concerned with water pollution.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Water vapor is not considered a greenhouse gas.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Global warming is thought to be destabilizing.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

According to the UN’s Panel on Climate Change, it is still unclear that human activity is causing global warming.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

The year 2015 is in place to be the hottest year on record globally.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Some corporate risks are preventable especially internal situations and some are outside of a corporation’s control.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Albert Einstein defined the environment as including everything including oneself.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

A major threat to the environment is the exhaustion of resources.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

All countries are equally affected by global warming.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

The United Nations’ Sustainability Goals takes the place of the UN’s Millennium Goals.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Both overpopulation and under population can result in serious economic problems.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

The human population of the planet is estimated to have passed 7.2million people.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Public policy deals with issues rather than facts.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

There are student representatives on the Marist College Board of Trustees.

Answer 34

False

Question 35

The US represents over 10% of the world’s population.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

The initials PAC stands for Post Area Conservation.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

Recently a UN report indicated that the global shift to renewable energy was too slow to avoid environmental disaster.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

Stereotypes are often contradictory.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Islamic Law is sometimes referred to as “sharia”

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Social Lag refers to the emotional difficulties that occurs when living in a different society.

Answer 40

False

Question 41

Democracy can only exist in a capitalist economy.

Answer 41

False

Question 42

Lobbying has been referred to as “The professionalization of the art of persuasion.

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Education can be considered a system of indoctrination.

Answer 43

True

Question 44

The concept of a “revolving door” refers to the practice by which government workers become lobbyists and lobbyists become government workers.

Answer 44

True

Question 45

Market economies are based on central planning

Answer 45

False

Question 46

The concept of sovereignty refers to political systems led by royalty.

Answer 46

False

Question 47

Sociology is the study of the origin, nature, and classification of human beings.

Answer 47

False

Question 48

Mores are deeply held behavior patterns.

Answer 48

True

Question 49

Social mobility in the US is greater than in any other developed country.

Answer 49

False

Question 50

English is the language of international business.

Answer 50

True

Question 51

UN charter prohibits threat or use of force except for self defense.

Answer 51

True

Question 52

The concept of self defense allows for preemptive attacks. (attacks done in anticipation of future danger).

Answer 52

False

Question 53

The main source of what is considered international laws are treaties or agreements between countries.

Answer 53

True

Question 54

Each country has only one culture.

Answer 54

False