SCMH 1010 | LAB EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
What is the difference between objective and subjective information in the context of science as
a source of authority - ANS objective is verifiable by others, subjective is personal and related
to individual experience
what is reproducibility in the scientific context - ANS tests that can be repeated and give the
same results
what qualities does something need to have in order to be testable - ANS all options correct
(it can be verified by multiple observers, it is part of a pattern and not just random noise, it can
be objectively observed or experienced, and it can be isolated)
if it is not ___, it is not science - ANS peer reviewed
what does theoretical mean - ANS abstract reasoning for something
how do scientists meet and discuss thinga - ANS all options are correct (colloquia,
professional societies, working together on journal articles, conferences)
The following is from a Scientific American article found here:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tobacco-and-oil-industries-used-same-researchers-
to-sway-public1/
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, CIEL stands for Center for International Environmental Law
What is this an example of? - ANS science for hire
what characterizes a conspiracy theory relative to other types of science-themed
misinformation - ANS motives of social advancement, the narrative that someone is out to
get the purveyor of the theory
what US agency is responsible for forming and executing plans in the case of a global pandemic
- ANS CDC
which 2 federal scientific agencies operate satellites - ANS NOAA + NASA
if another country built an outpost on the moon or on mars, what effect might this have on US
scientific institution and STEM initiatives? (STEM = science, technology, math, and engineering) -
ANS sputnik moment
how would you describe the tiontion between CO2 and temperature - ANS positively
correlated
If a scientist says they are 99.9% confident of their observations, what does this mean exactly? -
ANS there is a 0.1% chance their observation was a random accident
a rule of thumb in physical science measurement precision is that error should not exceed 10%
of the measured value. If the Higgs Boson weighs 125 ± 0.21 GeV/c2, does this measurement
abide by this rule of thumb? - ANS yes
which of the following is an example of an interpretation (i.e., not an observation) -
ANS super-recognizer identification works well as DNA or fingerprint identification
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AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
What is the difference between objective and subjective information in the context of science as
a source of authority - ANS objective is verifiable by others, subjective is personal and related
to individual experience
what is reproducibility in the scientific context - ANS tests that can be repeated and give the
same results
what qualities does something need to have in order to be testable - ANS all options correct
(it can be verified by multiple observers, it is part of a pattern and not just random noise, it can
be objectively observed or experienced, and it can be isolated)
if it is not ___, it is not science - ANS peer reviewed
what does theoretical mean - ANS abstract reasoning for something
how do scientists meet and discuss thinga - ANS all options are correct (colloquia,
professional societies, working together on journal articles, conferences)
The following is from a Scientific American article found here:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tobacco-and-oil-industries-used-same-researchers-
to-sway-public1/
@COPYRIGHT 2026/2027 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1
, CIEL stands for Center for International Environmental Law
What is this an example of? - ANS science for hire
what characterizes a conspiracy theory relative to other types of science-themed
misinformation - ANS motives of social advancement, the narrative that someone is out to
get the purveyor of the theory
what US agency is responsible for forming and executing plans in the case of a global pandemic
- ANS CDC
which 2 federal scientific agencies operate satellites - ANS NOAA + NASA
if another country built an outpost on the moon or on mars, what effect might this have on US
scientific institution and STEM initiatives? (STEM = science, technology, math, and engineering) -
ANS sputnik moment
how would you describe the tiontion between CO2 and temperature - ANS positively
correlated
If a scientist says they are 99.9% confident of their observations, what does this mean exactly? -
ANS there is a 0.1% chance their observation was a random accident
a rule of thumb in physical science measurement precision is that error should not exceed 10%
of the measured value. If the Higgs Boson weighs 125 ± 0.21 GeV/c2, does this measurement
abide by this rule of thumb? - ANS yes
which of the following is an example of an interpretation (i.e., not an observation) -
ANS super-recognizer identification works well as DNA or fingerprint identification
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