Las 432 Midterm Week 5

Hey Class,

Here are the question and and answers for the midterm.

Multiple choice questions with the answers

1. In the neolitchic revolution, the growth of communities was a result of

B)Farming and domestification of animals

2.Francis Bacon argued that scientific method different from logic and mathematical in that

D)scientific inquiry starts with the phenomena and ends in theory.

3.Wajcman argues that the perception of technology as necessarily masculine is

D)socially constructecd, and a result of parrent of production and consumption of the technologies

4.The instruduction of four uniform time zones in the united states was a direct result of

C)The impact of a fully interated reailroad system

5.One of the chareacteristics wikiart is

B) it's collaberative and ever-changing

6.according to Winner, the use of computer technologies to supervise workersis

B) A reflection of a political relationship

7.The term Luddite refers to

C) Workers who rejected new technologies

8.Which of the following consider a scholarly resource?

B) Journal of the American Medical Association

9.Bill Joy compare the threat ofself-replicating nanotehcnology with

A) The use of living cells in genetic engineering

10.The term nanotechnology was first used to referred to

B) Production techonology

Essay questions 50 points each

1. (TCO 1&2) Landes argues that these were cultural differences between the East and the West that affected the development and application of some technologies such as the clock. Did these difference also affect the way these cultures approached information thechnologies such as the printing press? Can you make a comparison with the different approaches taken by Eastern and Middle Eastern and Western cultures today and current information tehcnologies?

2. (TCO 4&8) Explain in your own owrds your understanding of Wajcman's critique of techonlogical determinism. How does her reasoning compare with Winner's argument that technologies can...