- 1. The Greek word 'techne', which is root of 'technology', means:
A) Arts
B) Study
C) Machine
D) Word
- 2. What century was the word 'technology' only used to talk about arts?
A) 17th century
B) 20th century
C) 19th century
D) 18th century
- 3. Who was the German student in the late 1800s, attempted to send images through wires with a rotating disk?
A) Boris Rosing
B) Martin Cooper
C) Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton
D) Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
- 4. What was the name of the first commercial mobile phone made available to the public in 1983?
A) Swinton-Rosing Television
B) Electric Telescope
C) Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
D) Osborne 1
- 5. Who chaired the United Nations committee that drafted the UDHR?
A) Martin Cooper
B) Charles Babbage
C) Eleanor Roosevelt
D) Bill Joy
- 6. What was the name of the first true portable computer released in April 1981?
A) Electric Telescope
B) Osborne
C) Motorola Dyna TAC 8000x
D) Nipkow Television
- 7. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the UN General Assembly?
A) December 12, 1948
B) December 11, 1946
C) December 10, 1948
D) December 10, 1950
- 8. Which article of the UDHR states that 'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and human rights'?
A) Article 5
B) Article 5
C) Article 1
D) Article 3
- 9. Who was the 19th-century English Mathematics professor who designed the basic framework for computers?
A) Nicolas Carr
B) Boris Rosing
C) Charles Babbage
D) Bill Joy
- 10. Which author asserted that as we rely on computers, "it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence"?
A) Charles Babbage
B) Bill Joy
C) Eleanor Roosevelt
D) Nicolas Carr
- 11. What is the primary benefit of technology to humans?
A) Increased pollution
B) Promote social injustice
C) Improved quality of life and efficiency
D) Reduced social connections
- 12. According to Bill Joy, which of the following is one of the most powerful 21st-century technologies?
A) Robotics
B) Genetics
C) Nanotechnology
D) All of the above
- 13. What technology is designed like human beings and created to perform complex , repetitive, or dangerous tasks?
A) Computer
B) Smartphone
C) Robots
D) Drone
- 14. Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of robots?
A) Can create economic problems
B) Makes life easier by doing human's tasks
C) Can't improvise
D) Costly
- 15. What is being emphasized in Article 7 of the UDHR?
A) Right to work
B) Right to Education
C) Equality before the law and non-discrimination
D) Right to healthcare services
- 16. What is one of the roles played by television?
A) Entertainment
B) Information
C) All of the above
D) Education
- 17. How many articles did the Universal Declaration of Human Rights contain?
A) 30
B) 50
C) 20
D) 40
- 18. What concept refers to the development and application of new technologies that improve efficiency, productivity, and quality of life?
A) Technological exploration
B) Technological advancement
C) Technological regression
D) industrial revolution
- 19. What technology involves machines that can perform human tasks and making work easier?
A) Genetics
B) Nanotechnology
C) Robotics
D) Biotechnology
- 20. What did the inventors, Swinton and Rosing, use in developing their television invention?
A) Photographic plates
B) Radiowaves
C) Mechanical scanning disks
D) Cathode ray tubes
- 21. The Greek word 'logos' means 'art'
A) True
B) False
- 22. The two types of television are mechanical and digital
A) True
B) False
- 23. One of the roles of television is to be a good platform for different propagandas and advocacies
A) False
B) True
- 24. Human dignity is described as the ultimate core value of our existence
A) False
B) True
- 25. Robots are described as being more dexterous than humans and having more powerful brains
A) False
B) True
- 26. Bill Joy was the chief scientist of Sun Microsystems
A) False
B) True
- 27. Unemployment is only one of the many ethical considerations in the widespread use of AI
A) False
B) True
- 28. The Philippines is the slowest-growing application market in Southeast Asia
A) False
B) True
- 29. One of the advantages of robots is that they can work in environments unsafe for humans
A) True
B) False
- 30. The use of robots can create economic problems if they replace human jobs.
A) True
B) False
- 31. The UN committee that drafted the UDHR was chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt
A) False
B) True
- 32. Article 3 of the UDHR guarantees the right to life, liberty, and security of person
A) False
B) True
- 33. The atomic bomb is mentioned as a reminder of technology's constructive power.
A) False
B) True
- 34. Machines and tools are concepts that have become the popular sense of how technology is defined nowadays.
A) True
B) False
- 35. The 'GNR' technologies stand for Genetics, Nanotechnology, and Robotics
A) False
B) True
- 36. Bill Joy's message is that if we don't control technology, it may destroy us
A) False
B) True
- 37. Universal Declaration of Human Rights crafted in 1948 before World War II
A) True
B) False
- 38. Robotics is a relatively new field of study
A) True
B) False
- 39. Robotics is only used for practical applications, not for research
A) True
B) False
- 40. Artificial intelligence is a key component of modern robotics
A) True
B) False
- 41. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights designed to prevent injustice and oppression
A) False
B) True
- 42. Everyone has absolute moral worth by virtue of being human
A) False
B) True
- 43. William Nelson Joy is also known as Bill Joy
A) False
B) True
- 44. People developing various illness from excessive use of technological devices is one of the examples of ethical delimmas faced by technological advancements.
A) False
B) True
- 45. Article 7 of the UDHR includes the right to own a property, enter into contracts, open a bank account, access government services, and vote
A) False
B) True
- 46. The first mobile phone invented named 'Motorola Dyna TAC 800000X'
A) True
B) False
- 47. Television's role is only in information dissemination
A) True
B) False
- 48. Martin Cooper is the inventor of the first true portable computer, released in 1981
A) True
B) False
- 49. The UDHR explicates the fundamental human rights in 35 articles
A) False
B) True
- 50. During the 17th century, the word 'technology' was used only to talk about arts, specifically applied arts
A) False
B) True
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