ERSC 181 EXAM SCRIPT COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Implanting organic mini-pumps in veins of the human body (to help
people who have circulatory problems) is an example of:
Answer: treating the human body as a design space.
●● As humanity progresses into the future, the virtualization of work
will
Answer: require an integrated evolution of practice, technology, culture,
and institutional structures.
●● When is the best time to think about complex ethical situations?
Answer: Before you enter an ethically challenging situation.
●● What are some models of evolving conflict that can be observed?
Answer: Jihadism; Deliberate degradation of an adversary's economic
and physical infrastructure; civilization warfare; hybrid warfare (All of
the above)
●● Which of the following ethical frameworks is most prevalent in the
West and basically aims to deliver the greatest good for the greatest
number of people?
,Answer: Utilitarian Ethics
●● True or False? The ability to identify problems and provide solutions
to those problems will be a key trait that employers will look for in the
future.
Answer: True
●● True or False? Ethical theories like Utilitarianism and Virtue ethics
make it very clear that capitalism is the right economic approach for the
world.
Answer: False
●● Changing from a traditional corporate structure to a virtual office
environment is:
Answer: a more significant change than it first appears due to legal,
information security, productivity measurement, time management,
taxation and other challenges.
●● From the perspective of sustainable engineering, military
experiences such as the Iraq conflict strongly warn against
Answer: focusing too much on technology, and not enough on cultural
and social contexts within which that technology is deployed.
●● Military activities lead to
, Answer: impacts that have significant effects on subsequent history;
dominance of particular cultures over other cultures; technological
evolution; ALL of The Above
●● The 12 priniciples of Green Chemistry all assume that
Answer: Data and experience at the bench scale are adequate to
determine whether a chemical is green or not.
●● Designing a "green and sustainable" mobile phone (from a
Technology System perspective) would be best helped by
Answer: employing concepts like design for environment (DFE) and
lifecycle assessment (LCA)
●● Which of the following ethical frameworks is most prevalent in the
West and basically aims to deliver the greatest good for the greatest
number of people?
Answer: Utilitarian Ethics
●● True or False? Industrial Ecology is multidisciplinary
Answer: True
●● As discussed in this lecture, augmented cognition or "augcog" is
Answer: an integration of humans and information technology (e.g.,
computers and networks) that enables humans to function more
STUDY GUIDE
●● Implanting organic mini-pumps in veins of the human body (to help
people who have circulatory problems) is an example of:
Answer: treating the human body as a design space.
●● As humanity progresses into the future, the virtualization of work
will
Answer: require an integrated evolution of practice, technology, culture,
and institutional structures.
●● When is the best time to think about complex ethical situations?
Answer: Before you enter an ethically challenging situation.
●● What are some models of evolving conflict that can be observed?
Answer: Jihadism; Deliberate degradation of an adversary's economic
and physical infrastructure; civilization warfare; hybrid warfare (All of
the above)
●● Which of the following ethical frameworks is most prevalent in the
West and basically aims to deliver the greatest good for the greatest
number of people?
,Answer: Utilitarian Ethics
●● True or False? The ability to identify problems and provide solutions
to those problems will be a key trait that employers will look for in the
future.
Answer: True
●● True or False? Ethical theories like Utilitarianism and Virtue ethics
make it very clear that capitalism is the right economic approach for the
world.
Answer: False
●● Changing from a traditional corporate structure to a virtual office
environment is:
Answer: a more significant change than it first appears due to legal,
information security, productivity measurement, time management,
taxation and other challenges.
●● From the perspective of sustainable engineering, military
experiences such as the Iraq conflict strongly warn against
Answer: focusing too much on technology, and not enough on cultural
and social contexts within which that technology is deployed.
●● Military activities lead to
, Answer: impacts that have significant effects on subsequent history;
dominance of particular cultures over other cultures; technological
evolution; ALL of The Above
●● The 12 priniciples of Green Chemistry all assume that
Answer: Data and experience at the bench scale are adequate to
determine whether a chemical is green or not.
●● Designing a "green and sustainable" mobile phone (from a
Technology System perspective) would be best helped by
Answer: employing concepts like design for environment (DFE) and
lifecycle assessment (LCA)
●● Which of the following ethical frameworks is most prevalent in the
West and basically aims to deliver the greatest good for the greatest
number of people?
Answer: Utilitarian Ethics
●● True or False? Industrial Ecology is multidisciplinary
Answer: True
●● As discussed in this lecture, augmented cognition or "augcog" is
Answer: an integration of humans and information technology (e.g.,
computers and networks) that enables humans to function more
