STS FIRST Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
____________ has always been the mother of Philippine inventions -
✔✔necessity
____________________________ in science and technology are factors that
paved the way for the presence of advanced and sophisticated scientific and
technological innovations today - ✔✔historical antecedent
A device that analyzes whether a driver was using his or her phone during an
accident - ✔✔Textalyzer
a digital app store designed to read genomes - ✔✔Helix
a hands-free camera that lets the user capture every moment effortlessly -
✔✔Google Clips
A machine used for transforming fiber into thread or yarn and eventually woven
into cloth on a loom. - ✔✔Spinning Wheel
a mysterious algorithm designed to aid courts in sentencing decisions -
✔✔Sentencing Software
a scientific method of understanding inner and unconscious conflicts embedded
within one's personality, springing from free associations, dreams, and fantasies
of the individual. - ✔✔psychoanalysis
,a software being developed to assess your reactions to anything such as
shopping and playing games - ✔✔Emotion-Sensing Facial Recognition
a system of scoring citizens through their actions by placing them under
constant surveillance (which China plays to adopt) - ✔✔Social Credit System
a systematic and methodical activity of building and organizing knowledge
about how the universe behaves through observation, experimentation, or
both. - ✔✔Science
a way of holding data hostage through hacking and requiring a ransom to be
paid - ✔✔Ransomware
According to Harvard University's Kennedy School, STS traces its root from the
interwar period and the start of - ✔✔Cold War
According to White (1974), the invention of spinning wheel sped up the rate at
which fiber could be spun by a factor of ____ to _____ times. - ✔✔10 to 100
also known as the Hero's engine and is widely believed to be the ancient
precursor of the steam engine - ✔✔Aeolipile
Although it was not clear whether Aeolipile served any practical purpose, it is
believed to be one of many "_________________" at the time - ✔✔temple
wonders
, an app that notifies users of ongoing crimes or major events in a specific area -
✔✔Citizen App
an app that stores the deceased's digital footprint so one can still "chat" with
them - ✔✔Friendbot
an example of techniques Filipinos developed for livelihood purposes that
resulted in majestic architectural designs that managed to attract worldwide
attention - ✔✔Banaue Rice Terraces of Ifugao
An invented antibiotic made out of a strain of bacterium called Streptomyces
Erythreus from which this drug derived its name - ✔✔Erythromycin
Antikythera mechanism is similar to a ______________________. - ✔✔mantel
clock
Antikythera mechanism was discovered in __________ and retrieved from the
waters of Antikythera, Greece. - ✔✔1902
Antikythera mechanism was one of the oldest known antecedents of the
modern ______________. - ✔✔clockwork
Around 850 AD, Chinese alchemists accidentally invented the black powder or
the __________________. - ✔✔Gunpowder
Arroyo promulgated this act to utilize indigenous materials as sources of energy
- ✔✔RA 9367 - Biofuels Act
____________ has always been the mother of Philippine inventions -
✔✔necessity
____________________________ in science and technology are factors that
paved the way for the presence of advanced and sophisticated scientific and
technological innovations today - ✔✔historical antecedent
A device that analyzes whether a driver was using his or her phone during an
accident - ✔✔Textalyzer
a digital app store designed to read genomes - ✔✔Helix
a hands-free camera that lets the user capture every moment effortlessly -
✔✔Google Clips
A machine used for transforming fiber into thread or yarn and eventually woven
into cloth on a loom. - ✔✔Spinning Wheel
a mysterious algorithm designed to aid courts in sentencing decisions -
✔✔Sentencing Software
a scientific method of understanding inner and unconscious conflicts embedded
within one's personality, springing from free associations, dreams, and fantasies
of the individual. - ✔✔psychoanalysis
,a software being developed to assess your reactions to anything such as
shopping and playing games - ✔✔Emotion-Sensing Facial Recognition
a system of scoring citizens through their actions by placing them under
constant surveillance (which China plays to adopt) - ✔✔Social Credit System
a systematic and methodical activity of building and organizing knowledge
about how the universe behaves through observation, experimentation, or
both. - ✔✔Science
a way of holding data hostage through hacking and requiring a ransom to be
paid - ✔✔Ransomware
According to Harvard University's Kennedy School, STS traces its root from the
interwar period and the start of - ✔✔Cold War
According to White (1974), the invention of spinning wheel sped up the rate at
which fiber could be spun by a factor of ____ to _____ times. - ✔✔10 to 100
also known as the Hero's engine and is widely believed to be the ancient
precursor of the steam engine - ✔✔Aeolipile
Although it was not clear whether Aeolipile served any practical purpose, it is
believed to be one of many "_________________" at the time - ✔✔temple
wonders
, an app that notifies users of ongoing crimes or major events in a specific area -
✔✔Citizen App
an app that stores the deceased's digital footprint so one can still "chat" with
them - ✔✔Friendbot
an example of techniques Filipinos developed for livelihood purposes that
resulted in majestic architectural designs that managed to attract worldwide
attention - ✔✔Banaue Rice Terraces of Ifugao
An invented antibiotic made out of a strain of bacterium called Streptomyces
Erythreus from which this drug derived its name - ✔✔Erythromycin
Antikythera mechanism is similar to a ______________________. - ✔✔mantel
clock
Antikythera mechanism was discovered in __________ and retrieved from the
waters of Antikythera, Greece. - ✔✔1902
Antikythera mechanism was one of the oldest known antecedents of the
modern ______________. - ✔✔clockwork
Around 850 AD, Chinese alchemists accidentally invented the black powder or
the __________________. - ✔✔Gunpowder
Arroyo promulgated this act to utilize indigenous materials as sources of energy
- ✔✔RA 9367 - Biofuels Act
