tionsofBiotechnology**:Explorationofpracticalapplicationsofbiotechnologyinvariousfields:**Medicine**:Genetherapy,personalizedmedicine,productionoftherapeuticproteins(e.g.,insulin).**Agriculture**:Gen
eticallymodifiedorganisms(GMOs),cropimprovement,pestresistance.**Industry**:Bioremediation,biofuels,enzymeproduction.**Forensics**:DNAfingerprinting,forensicanalysis.**GenomicsandHumanHealth
**:Introductiontogenomicsasthestudyofwholegenomes,including:
**HumanGenomeProject**:Overview,goals,andimpactonunderstandinghumangeneticsanddisease.**GenomicMedicine**:Applicationsofgenomicsindiagnosis,treatment,andpreventionofdiseases(e.g.,can
cergenomics,pharmacogenomics).**EthicalandSocialIssuesinBiotechnology**:Discussiononethicalconsiderationsrelatedtobiotechnologicaladvancements,including:**GeneticPrivacy**:Issuessurroundi
ngtheuseandprotectionofgeneticinformation.**Bioethics**:Considerationsoffairness,access,andthepotentialconsequencesofbiotechnologicalapplications.**RegulationofBiotechnology**:Overviewofregu
latoryframeworksandagenciesresponsibleforoverseeingbiotechnologicalresearch,development,andapplications(e.g.,FDA,USDA).**EmergingTechnologiesinBiotechnology**:Introductiontocurrentande
mergingtechnologiesinbiotechnologyandgenomics,suchassyntheticbiology,CRISPR-
basedgenomeediting,andbioinformatics.**ImpactofBiotechnologyonSociety**:Examinationofthebroaderimpactsofbiotechnologyonsociety,includingeconomicimplications,jobcreation,andpublicpercepti
ons.**FutureDirectionsinBiotechnology**:Speculationonfuturetrendsandpotentialbreakthroughsinbiotechnology,includingapplicationsinspaceexploration,environmentalsustainability,andbeyond.**Sum
maryandKeyConcepts**:Thechapterconcludeswithasummaryofkeyconceptsrelatedtobiotechnologyandgenomics,reinforcingunderstandingoftheapplications,implications,andethicalconsiderationsassociat
edwithbiotechnologicaladvancements
TEST BANK FOR
UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF MISSION IN AN EVER
CHANGING WORLD 4E BY JILL KICKUL, THOMAS S. LYONS
CHAPTER 1-14
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1) How is social entrepreneurship defined in this chapter?
a. As the application of the mindset, processes, tools, and techniques of
business entrepreneurship to the pursuit of a social and/or environmental
mission
b. As the application of the mindset, processes, tools, and techniques of a social
mission to the pursuit of business entrepreneurship and/or environmental
mission
c. As the application of the mindset, processes, tools, and techniques of an
environmental mission to the pursuit of a social mission and/or business
entrepreneurship
d. As the mission to make the world a better place
ANSWER: A, p. 1
2) How old is social entrepreneurship as a field of study?
a. Very old, it goes back to the classics
b. Relatively new, although not much has been written on the subject
c. Relatively new, although much has already been written on the subject
d. It has still be founded.
ANSWER: C, p. 2
3) All of the following statements accurately describe what can be called market
failures in terms of a “free market economy” except which one?
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, a. Profits are insufficient to cause private developers to generate housing for
low-income households
b. Banks refuse to invest in certain neighborhoods because of perceived risk,
called redlining
c. One community’s pursuit of economic well-being results in polluting the
environment, thereby increasing the ability of another community to provide
for its residents
d. People go hungry in some parts of the world, while in other regions surplus
food is destroyed or land is kept out of agricultural production
ANSWER: C, p. 2
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tionsofBiotechnology**:Explorationofpracticalapplicationsofbiotechnologyinvariousfields:**Medicine**:Genetherapy,personalizedmedicine,productionoftherapeuticproteins(e.g.,insulin).**Agriculture**:Gen
eticallymodifiedorganisms(GMOs),cropimprovement,pestresistance.**Industry**:Bioremediation,biofuels,enzymeproduction.**Forensics**:DNAfingerprinting,forensicanalysis.**GenomicsandHumanHealth
**:Introductiontogenomicsasthestudyofwholegenomes,including:
**HumanGenomeProject**:Overview,goals,andimpactonunderstandinghumangeneticsanddisease.**GenomicMedicine**:Applicationsofgenomicsindiagnosis,treatment,andpreventionofdiseases(e.g.,cancergen
omics,pharmacogenomics).**EthicalandSocialIssuesinBiotechnology**:Discussiononethicalconsiderationsrelatedtobiotechnologicaladvancements,including:**GeneticPrivacy**:Issuessurroundingtheuseandpr
otectionofgeneticinformation.**Bioethics**:Considerationsoffairness,access,andthepotentialconsequencesofbiotechnologicalapplications.**RegulationofBiotechnology**:Overviewofregulatoryframeworksand
agenciesresponsibleforoverseeingbiotechnologicalresearch,development,andapplications(e.g.,FDA,USDA).**EmergingTechnologiesinBiotechnology**:Introductiontocurrentandemergingtechnologiesinbiotech
nologyandgenomics,suchassyntheticbiology,CRISPR-
basedgenomeediting,andbioinformatics.**ImpactofBiotechnologyonSociety**:Examinationofthebroaderimpactsofbiotechnologyonsociet y,includingeconomicimplications,jobcreation,andpublicperceptions.**F
utureDirectionsinBiotechnology**:Speculationonfuturetrendsandpotentialbreakthroughsinbiotechnology,includingapplicationsinspaceexploration,environmentalsustainability,andbeyond.**SummaryandKeyCo
ncepts**:Thechapterconcludeswithasummaryofkeyconceptsrelatedtobiotechnologyandgenomics,reinforcingunderstandingoftheapplications,implications,andethicalconsiderationsassociatedwithbiotechnological
advancements
4) There is often a general lack of political will to sustain efforts to address societal
problems in democratic societies. Which of the following contributes to this lack of
political will?
a. Newly elected officials attempt to build on the programs of their
predecessors so they can leave their own mark on public policy
b. Warring ideologies cause pendulum swings in attitudes and approaches as
one political regime replaces another and efforts are routinely “done and
undone”
c. There are no checks on power, so corruption is common and
counterproductive relative to focusing attention and resources on meeting
the needs of the populace
d. Changes in government are often violent and the resulting instability creates
still more social problems
ANSWER: B, p. 3
5) Which of the following is given as a reason authoritarian governments are no more
successful than democratic governments at solving their society’s problems?
a. The well-documented breakdown in civil society that has exacerbated the
problem of warring ideologies
b. Short election cycles, term limits, and the propensity of newly elected
officials to ignore programs of their predecessors
c. Conflicting ideologies cause pendulum swings in attitudes and approaches as
one regime replaces another, causing governments to “do and undo” their
efforts rather than make steady forward progress
d. One ideology dominates and eventually, and inevitably, reaches its point of
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, diminishing returns for producing positive change
ANSWER: D, p. 3
6) Which of the following has been identified by Bornstein as a key change that has
made today’s social entrepreneurship phenomenon possible?
a. There has been a global increase in prosperity that brought the rise of the
middle class and an increase in wealth that can be used to finance social
ventures
b. There remain many obstacles to the active participation of women and
certain subjugated groups in societal affairs
c. There has been a decrease in the number of democratic and semi-democratic
societies dealing with social wrongs
d. There continues to be a great disparity in the availability of formal education
and the number of college-educated individuals remains stable
ANSWER: A, pp. 3-4
Cas9).**DNASequencing**:MethodsfordeterminingthepreciseorderofnucleotidesinaDNAmolecule.**GenomicLibraries**:CollectionsofclonedDNAfragmentsrepresentinganorganism'sentiregenome.**Applica
tionsofBiotechnology**:Explorationofpracticalapplicationsofbiotechnologyinvariousfields:**Medicine**:Genetherapy,personalizedmedicine,productionoftherapeuticproteins(e.g.,insulin).**Agriculture**:Gen
eticallymodifiedorganisms(GMOs),cropimprovement,pestresistance.**Industry**:Bioremediation,biofuels,enzymeproduction.**Forensics**:DNAfingerprinting,forensicanalysis.**GenomicsandHumanHealth
**:Introductiontogenomicsasthestudyofwholegenomes,including:
**HumanGenomeProject**:Overview,goals,andimpactonunderstandinghumangeneticsanddisease.**GenomicMedicine**:Applicationsofgenomicsindiagnosis,treatment,andpreventionofdiseases(e.g.,cancergen
omics,pharmacogenomics).**EthicalandSocialIssuesinBiotechnology**:Discussiononethicalconsiderationsrelatedtobiotechnologicaladvancements,including:**GeneticPrivacy**:Issuessurroundingtheuseandpr
otectionofgeneticinformation.**Bioethics**:Considerationsoffairness,access,andthepotentialconsequencesofbiotechnologicalapplications.**RegulationofBiotechnology**:Overviewofregulatoryframeworksand
agenciesresponsibleforoverseeingbiotechnologicalresearch,development,andapplications(e.g.,FDA,USDA).**EmergingTechnologiesinBiotechnology**:Introductiontocurrentandemergingtechnologiesinbiotech
nologyandgenomics,suchassyntheticbiology,CRISPR-
basedgenomeediting,andbioinformatics.**ImpactofBiotechnologyonSociety**:Examinationofthebroaderimpactsofbiotechnologyonsociet y,includingeconomicimplications,jobcreation,andpublicperceptions.**F
utureDirectionsinBiotechnology**:Speculationonfuturetrendsandpotentialbreakthroughsinbiotechnology,includingapplicationsinspaceexploration,environmentalsustainability,andbeyond.**SummaryandKeyCo
ncepts**:Thechapterconcludeswithasummaryofkeyconceptsrelatedtobiotechnologyandgenomics,reinforcingunderstandingoftheapplications,implications,andethicalconsiderationsassociatedwithbiotechnological
advancements
7) Which of the following has not been identified by Bornstein as a key change that has
made today’s social entrepreneurship phenomenon possible?
a. The increase in the number of democratic and semi-democratic societies,
which has given citizens the freedom to pursue the correction of social and
environmental wrong outside of government and the business sector
b. The fear for developments that may jeopardize the future of mankind
c. The proliferation of new communications technology that has increased
people’s level of awareness of global societal problems and their impacts
d. The removal of many obstacles to the active participation of women and
certain subjugated groups in societal affairs
ANSWER: B, pp. 3-4
8) By filtering out common limiting factors of private and public sectors, how does
social entrepreneurship represent the best of the private and public sectors?
a. It embodies the enterprising spirit of the private sector
b. It uses the power of economic markets to generate and deliver solutions to
problems
c. It strives to intervene in broken markets in an effort to repair them and
places the public interest ahead of private interests
d. All of the above
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, ANSWER: D, p. 4
9) Which of the following is one of the unique qualifications of social entrepreneurship
that makes it an attractive alternative to purely private or purely public approaches
to social and environmental problem solving?
a. It is passionate and personal because the problem chosen to be addressed
has deep meaning to the social entrepreneur
b. It has a well-established bureaucracy that facilitates its operations
c. It is based on an approach whereby goods and services are exchanged via
short-term transactional relationships
d. It fosters growth by maintaining the status quo as a means to problem
solving and transformative change
ANSWER: A, p. 5
Cas9).**DNASequencing**:MethodsfordeterminingthepreciseorderofnucleotidesinaDNAmolecule.**GenomicLibraries**:CollectionsofclonedDNAfragmentsrepresentinganorganism'sentiregenome.**Applica
tionsofBiotechnology**:Explorationofpracticalapplicationsofbiotechnologyinvariousfields:**Medicine**:Genetherapy,personalizedmedicine,productionoftherapeuticproteins(e.g.,insulin).**Agriculture**:Gen
eticallymodifiedorganisms(GMOs),cropimprovement,pestresistance.**Industry**:Bioremediation,biofuels,enzymeproduction.**Forensics**:DNAfingerprinting,forensicanalysis.**GenomicsandHumanHealth
**:Introductiontogenomicsasthestudyofwholegenomes,including:
**HumanGenomeProject**:Overview,goals,andimpactonunderstandinghumangeneticsanddisease.**GenomicMedicine**:Applicationsofgenomicsindiagnosis,treatment,andpreventionofdiseases(e.g.,cancergen
omics,pharmacogenomics).**EthicalandSocialIssuesinBiotechnology**:Discussiononethicalconsiderationsrelatedtobiotechnologicaladvancements,including:**GeneticPrivacy**:Issuessurroundingtheuseandpr
otectionofgeneticinformation.**Bioethics**:Considerationsoffairness,access,andthepotentialconsequencesofbiotechnologicalapplications.**RegulationofBiotechnology**:Overviewofregulatoryframeworksand
agenciesresponsibleforoverseeingbiotechnologicalresearch,development,andapplications(e.g.,FDA,USDA).**EmergingTechnologiesinBiotechnology**:Introductiontocurrentandemergingtechnologiesinbiotech
nologyandgenomics,suchassyntheticbiology,CRISPR-
basedgenomeediting,andbioinformatics.**ImpactofBiotechnologyonSociety**:Examinationofthebroaderimpactsofbiotechnologyonsociet y,includingeconomicimplications,jobcreation,andpublicperceptions.**F
utureDirectionsinBiotechnology**:Speculationonfuturetrendsandpotentialbreakthroughsinbiotechnology,includingapplicationsinspaceexploration,environmentalsustainability,andbeyond.**SummaryandKeyCo
ncepts**:Thechapterconcludeswithasummaryofkeyconceptsrelatedtobiotechnologyandgenomics,reinforcingunderstandingoftheapplications,implications,andethicalconsiderationsassociatedwithbiotechnological
advancements
10) Social entrepreneurship is passionate and personal, in that the social entrepreneur
has chosen the problem to be addressed because it has deep meaning to her or to
him. But wherefrom may this meaning be derived?
a. From personal experience
b. From second-hand knowledge
c. From avocation
d. From all three
ANSWER: D, p. 4
11) Which of the following is not one of the unique qualifications of social
entrepreneurship that makes it an attractive alternative to purely private or purely
public approaches to social and environmental problem solving?
a. It builds, maintains, and utilizes social capital (networking)
b. It is profit driven, not mission focused
c. It is accountable to society, not to private shareholders
d. It facilitates development by lending and stability
ANSWER: B, pp. 5-7
12) Social entrepreneurs embrace the concept of “co-opetition”, but what does ”co-
opetition” mean?
a. It only makes sense to compete with other social entrepreneurs and never to
collaborate
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