STS

Question 1

Which of the following may describe science and technology as a means to reveal the truth?

Answer 1

critiquing a new medical procedure to verify its potential negative effects

Question 2

Who was the founder of rationalism?

Answer 2

Rene Descartes

Question 3

Which of the following was invented, a Filipina food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian, and war heroine, Maria
Orosa?

Answer 3

Banana Ketchup

Question 4

Which of the following causes enframing of the mind?

Answer 4

Seeing technology as nothing more than an object.

Question 5

In relation to the interpretive approach of the ontological foundation of science, reality is objective and independent of perception or experience of it. True or False.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The only true means of knowing whether a bottle mark with the “poison” sign contains something poisonous is by drinking it, if you die, then the label is true.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

The only true means of knowing whether a bottle mark with the “poison” sign contains something poisonous is by drinking it, if you die, then the label is true.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Who among the following stated that heavenly bodies were arranged in concentric crystalline spheres around the earth?

Answer 8

Eudoxus of Cnidus

Question 9

Who was the who proposed that diseases that start an epidemic are caused by minute entities called spores?

Answer 9

Girolamo Fracastoro

Question 10

Where is the Donya Simang Archeological site found?

Answer 10

Candaba, Pampanga

Question 11

When was the Unibersidad Literaria de Filipinas, a secular, state-supported institution of higher learning, established?

Answer 11

During the First Republic

Question 12

Which refers to the indigenous writing system of Kapampangan?

Answer 12

Kulitan

Question 13

Who stated that “a true scientist should look to falsify theory with observations that contradict them”?

Answer 13

Karl Popper

Question 14

Which theory states that disease was caused by “bad air” or “noxious air” from the decomposition of organic matter?

Answer 14

Miasma Theory

Question 15

Which Filipino archeologist led the discovery of Homo luzonensis?

Answer 15

Armand Mijares

Question 16

Which Filipino archeologist led the discovery of Homo luzonensis?

Answer 16

Armand Mijares

Question 17

Which of the following is concerned with the study of a set of beliefs about what the world actually is?

Answer 17

Ontology

Question 18

Which event is associated with the Archaic period of American
Civilization?

Answer 18

People made tools mostly for collecting and processing plant foods like rice grass and cactus

Question 19

Which of the following is used in observing small organisms or specimens which cannot be seen by the naked eye?

Answer 19

Microscope

Question 20

Who was considered as the founder of science and philosophy of science?

Answer 20

Aristotle

Question 21

A theory is a well-substantiated statement that explains a natural phenomenon. True or False.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

The illusion as a phenomenon, as well as the subject or object of the illusion, are both real. True or False

Answer 22

False

Question 23

How can Heidegger’s proposition on the use of technology be applied in today’s society?

Answer 23

be critical in the kind of information we share with others.

Question 24

Which ancient civilization is associated with the production of writing material papyrus?

Answer 24

Egyptian

Question 25

Which philosophical thought has a core belief that all human beings are essentially good. Being good means knowing the difference between right and wrong

Answer 25

Confucianism

Question 26

Who proposed the heliocentric theory based on the large size of the Sun?

Answer 26

Aristarchus

Question 27

Which is the world's oldest alphabet?

Answer 27

Cuneiform

Question 28

Who was regarded by Aristotle as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition and was also attributed to one of the early hypotheses about the nature of matter?

Answer 28

Thales

Question 29

According to historians, the discovery and use of fire occurred in the:

Answer 29

Stone Age

Question 30

Which of the following is attributed to Ancient Sumerian Civilization?

Answer 30

Construction of Ziggurats

Question 31

Which group came to Rome from Carthage and were known to be builders of powerful ships?

Answer 31

Phoenicians

Question 32

Which refers to the fact, feeling, or experience that is a part of a person's reality?

Answer 32

Knowledge

Question 33

Match the innovations with civilizations from which these are invented/developed. Gun Powder

Answer 33

Chinese

Question 34

Match the innovations with civilizations from which these are invented/developed. Wheel

Answer 34

Sumerian

Question 35

Match the innovations with civilizations from which these are invented/developed. Water mill

Answer 35

Greek

Question 36

Match the innovations with civilizations from which these are invented/developed. Newspaper

Answer 36

Roman

Question 37

Match the innovations with civilizations from which these are invented/developed. Cosmetics

Answer 37

Egyptian

Question 38

When was the system of secularized public school education introduced in the country?

Answer 38

During the American Regime

Question 39

According to the ruling of US Judge William Overton, a statement is considered scientific if its conclusion is tentative. True or False.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Who described a computing machine that could carry out any possible computation on its own in 1936?

Answer 40

Alan Turing

Question 41

Which of the following refers to large, deeply notched leaf-shaped spearheads used by the early Native Americans in hunting megafauna?

Answer 41

Clovis Point

Question 42

The best approach to viewing reality is the scientific approach because it can generate unbiased, generalizable knowledge. True or False.

Answer 42

True

Question 43

In the Philippines, petroglyphs were discovered by the National Artist Carlos "Botong" Francisco in 1965 and are now known as National Cultural Treasures. They are composed of characters etched on the rocky walls of caves and are estimated to be around 2,000 years old. In which province are these petroglyphs found?

Answer 43

Rizal

Question 44

Which of the following was discovered by Johannes Gutenberg?

Answer 44

Printing Press

Question 45

Which of the following is a manuscript written in the 16th century which contains illustrations of Ethnic groups in the Philippines at the time of their initial contact with the Spaniards?

Answer 45

Boxer Codex

Question 46

What is reality according to Philip Dick?

Answer 46

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Question 47

Who introduced the idea of the Precession of the equinoxes?

Answer 47

Hipparchus

Question 48

What is the philosophical thought that is based on the man must place his will in harmony with the natural universe?

Answer 48

Taoism

Question 49

Who developed a formula that provides the relationship between the sides in a right triangle?

Answer 49

Pythagoras

Question 50

Who was a famous cartographer during his time and well known for his concept of "geocentrism"?

Answer 50

Ptolemy

Question 51

What is the philosophical thought that is based on the principle that goodness is expressed as Good Thoughts, Good Words, and Good Deeds?

Answer 51

Zoroastrianism

Question 52

Scientific statements are absolutely true. This is the strength of the scientific method. True or False.

Answer 52

False

Question 53

Which is everything that appears to our five senses, the things that we can see, smell, touch, taste, and feel.

Answer 53

Reality

Question 54

Which theory states that microorganisms known as pathogens can lead to disease?

Answer 54

Germ Theory of Disease

Question 55

Which refers to the encyclical letter of Pope Francis on the care of our common home?

Answer 55

Laudato Si'

Question 56

Common sense is knowledge if it rests on induction or deduction. True or False.

Answer 56

True

Question 57

Who among the following is considered as the greatest philosopher of the Hundred Schools of Thought?

Answer 57

Confucius

Question 58

Which civilization is associated with the Nile River?

Answer 58

Egyptian Civilization

Question 59

Which refers to autonomous village communities in the country during the pre-colonial period?

Answer 59

Barangay

Question 60

What is Heidegger's proposed solution to the growing misuse in technology?

Answer 60

understand the dangers of development.