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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY REVIEWER Reference: Final Exam Test Paper Test I. Multiple Choice. 1. Nano means dwarf in Greek. 2. Scientist who created the term nanotechnology. Richard Feynman....

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY REVIEWER Reference: Final Exam Test Paper Test I. Multiple Choice. 1. Nano means dwarf in Greek. 2. Scientist who created the term nanotechnology. Richard Feynman. 3. The title of the famous speech of Richard Feynman introducing nanotechnology. There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom. 4. The unit length of a nanometer is equivalent to One billionth of a meter. 5. Sunscreen lotion, Golf shaft, and Tennis racked are the consumer products that uses nanotechnology. 6. Nano machines are NOT slow to function. 7. Graphene is a (a) kind of carbon composed of flat sheets, (b) an extremely electrically conductive form of carbon, (c) an allotrope of carbon consisting single layer of carbon… All of the above. 8. Gray goo is a hypothetical Nano robot that has the ability to replicate. 9. Human hair can be measured on the nanoscale. 10. A material with same chemical composition will have a different property in the nanoscale size. True. 11. Nano particles can be found in nature and made by man. 12. There are 1 billion nanometers in a meter. 13. It was year 1959 when Richard Feynman introduced nanotechnology. 14. 1-100nm is the scale range of nanomaterial, as provided by US Environmental Protection Agency. 15. There are present Philippine laws that regulate the manufacture of nanotechnology. Yes. 16. Medical Ethics is referred to as a system of moral principles that apply values to the practice of clinical medicine and in scientific research. 17. Thomas Percival is the English author and physician who published Medical Ethics which first dated back to 1803. 18. It was 5th Century when the first Code of Ethics was published during the reign of King Theodoric the great. 19. It was year 1847 when the American Medical Association first adapted a Code of Medical Ethics based upon the word of Thomas Percival. 20. No clear question. Pero feeling ko confidentiality. 21. Autonomy is a doctrine which refers to the right of patient to refuse to any kind of treatment. 22. Portia has cervical cancer and she’s currently under radiation and chemotherapy and despite this invasive procedure her doctor recommended pain reliever every time that she feels discomfort. Double effect. 23. Portia’s brother calls the attention of the nurse because she’s feeling an intravenous insertion but the nurse demonstrated arrogance. Justice. 24. No clear question and choices. 25. No clear question and choices. Test II. Identification. Sarin 1. Also called GB, is a colorless, odorless nerve gas and considered an organophosphate chemical, a potent pesticide. Soman 2. A combination of Sarin and Lewisite, an effective blistering agent. It is more expensive to produce than sarin. Zyklon B 3. A poison gas invented in Germany in 1920 by Fritz Haber, a type of hydrogen cyanide used by the Nazis to kill war victims inside gas chamber during World War II. Ebola Virus 4. A virus that causes a severe bleeding. VX 5. A very toxic nerve gas. It is 100 times more toxic than sarin. Smallpox 6. Symptoms of this disease include high fever, body aches, and a rash that develops from fluid-like bumps and it produces scabs to permanent, pitted scars. Anthrax 7. One of the deadliest and most feared agents of biological weapon. It is caused by a bacterium, found naturally in some animals in low levels but when its spores are inhaled by humans, it becomes deadly. Plague 8. It is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis which was transmitted to humans by bites from infected rats. Tularemia 9. It is also called rabbit fever. Rinderpest 10. It is also called cattle plague.