BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
EXAM SCRIPT FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● What is the primary focus of STS as a field of study?
Answer: To explore and understand how modern science and technology
shape culture, values, and institutions.
●● What is the Latin origin of the word 'science'?
Answer: 'Scientia', meaning 'knowledge'.
●● How is science defined in the context of STS?
Answer: As a systematic and methodical activity of building and
organizing knowledge about how the universe behaves through
observation and experimentation.
●● What is the Greek origin of the word 'technology'?
Answer: 'Techne', meaning 'art, skill, or cunning of hand'.
●● How is technology defined?
Answer: The application of scientific knowledge, laws, and principles to
produce services, materials, tools, and machines aimed at solving real-
world problems.
, ●● What is the Latin origin of the word 'society'?
Answer: 'Societas', derived from the noun 'socius'.
●● How is society defined?
Answer: A group of people living in a definable community sharing
cultural components, beliefs, and institutions.
●● What are the main ideas of STS?
Answer: STS examines how science and technology emerge, enter
society, change through social processes, and how society responds to
them.
●● What is the first step in finding the main ideas and supporting details
in a text?
Answer: Read and highlight important information.
●● What should you do after highlighting important information?
Answer: Review what you underlined to identify the main idea and
supporting details.
●● What is the purpose of the vocabulary bank activity?
Answer: To determine and describe general concepts related to Science,
Technology, and Society.
EXAM SCRIPT FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● What is the primary focus of STS as a field of study?
Answer: To explore and understand how modern science and technology
shape culture, values, and institutions.
●● What is the Latin origin of the word 'science'?
Answer: 'Scientia', meaning 'knowledge'.
●● How is science defined in the context of STS?
Answer: As a systematic and methodical activity of building and
organizing knowledge about how the universe behaves through
observation and experimentation.
●● What is the Greek origin of the word 'technology'?
Answer: 'Techne', meaning 'art, skill, or cunning of hand'.
●● How is technology defined?
Answer: The application of scientific knowledge, laws, and principles to
produce services, materials, tools, and machines aimed at solving real-
world problems.
, ●● What is the Latin origin of the word 'society'?
Answer: 'Societas', derived from the noun 'socius'.
●● How is society defined?
Answer: A group of people living in a definable community sharing
cultural components, beliefs, and institutions.
●● What are the main ideas of STS?
Answer: STS examines how science and technology emerge, enter
society, change through social processes, and how society responds to
them.
●● What is the first step in finding the main ideas and supporting details
in a text?
Answer: Read and highlight important information.
●● What should you do after highlighting important information?
Answer: Review what you underlined to identify the main idea and
supporting details.
●● What is the purpose of the vocabulary bank activity?
Answer: To determine and describe general concepts related to Science,
Technology, and Society.
