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MCQs on chapter (1) Social impacts of technology

1. cyber ethics, internet ethics and social ethics
are …………. titles.
a. equivalent
b. inequivalent
c. irrelated
d. none of the above
2. All big companies are keen to have an ethical
charter.
a. True
b. False
3. The 1st computer was built in 70s.
a. True
b. False
4. First hard-disk drive weighed ………. and
stored five megabytes.
a. 5 Kg
b. 100 Kg
c. 1000 kg
d. None of the above
5. Nowadays, automobiles can have ………….
computers onboard.
a. 100 kg
b. 100 km
c. 100 MHz
d. None of the above
6. Most modern home appliances are now ………….
a. Expensive
b. Cheap
c. Computerized
d. None of the above
7. ……………… are relatively few in 1990s, approximately five billion worldwide in 2011.
a. Computers
b. Cell phones
c. Internet
d. None of the above

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8. Cameras in cell phones threaten ………..
a. Computers
b. Privacy
c. Natural rights
d. None of the above
9. Talking on cell phones while ……….. is a problem
a. Sleeping
b. Walking
c. Driving
d. None of the above
10. Cell phones can interfere with solitude, quiet and ………
a. Concentration
b. Sleeping
c. Driving
d. None of the above
11. Some American states have passed laws prohibiting use of hand-held devices.
a. True
b. False
12. Facebook was started at Harvard as an online version of …..
a. Social network
b. Social relations
c. Student relations
d. None of the above
13. Thanks to new technologies, we have good sleep habits
a. True
b. False
14. Nearly, Half of the world will be on the worldwide web in 2020.
a. True
b. False
15. It was predicted that cybercrime will cost the world many trillions of $ annually by
2021.
a. True
b. False
16. The attachment to our devices can also leave us feeling ………
a. Happy
b. Sad
c. Isolated
17. A significant lack of human contact can even cause …………..
a. Depression
b. Independence
c. Sadness
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18. Sometimes our online friends are not really friends at all.
a. True
b. False
19. Kids who play video games constantly and those who spend a great deal of their time
…………….don’t get as much physical exercise.
a. Sleeping
b. Running
c. Jumping
d. None of the above
20. Many of us are suffering from back and neck pain as a result of not sitting up …………….
a. Good
b. Bad
c. Curved
d. None of the above.
21. Having every answer in the world constantly at our fingertips is a massive source
of………………….
a. Distraction
b. Sleeping
c. Exercises
d. None of the above
22. Thanks to social media many of us have extremely …………… attention spans.
a. Long
b. Short
c. None of the above
23. Many videos on the Web can infringe ………… owned by entertainment companies.
a. Acts
b. Documents
c. Copyrights
d. None of the above

24. One of technology advantages, it is much easier to be a bully while hidden away
online.
a. True
b. False
25. One of technology advantages that the use of technology may stunt the imagination in
children.
a. True
b. False
26. Anyone who sits in front of a ………….. all day long knows how mentally and physically
draining it can be.
a. Car
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 b. Hospital
c. Faculty
d. None of the above
27. In Egypt, most of Facebook users are women.
a. True
b. False
28. Over one third of Egyptians uses Facebook.
a. True
b. False
29. One of impacts of using social networks that protesters organize demonstrations and
revolutions.
a. True
b. False
30. As a society, we consume more …………… than we ever have in the past.
a. Technology
b. Energy
c. Pollution
d. None of the above
31. Many videos on the Web can infringe ………… owned by entertainment companies.
a. Acts
b. Documents
c. Copyrights
d. None of the above
32. …………….. means: Remote performance of medical exams and procedures, including
surgery.
a. Medicine
b. Surgery
c. Far surgery
d. None of the above
33. Wikipedia site is funded through …………..
a. Money
b. Feedback of users
c. Documentations
d. None of the above
34. AI is a branch on CS that aims to make …………. perform tasks the same way as human
begins.
a. Documents
b. Robots
c. Configurations
d. computers
35. Speech recognition is a common tool that translate spoken speech into …………..
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 a. Written words
b. Spoken words
c. English words
d. None of the above
36. voice recognition and speech recognition are done using same application.
a. True
b. False
37. ……….. sensing devices are used to give robots the ability to walk, trigger airbags in a
crash.
a. Light
b. Dark
c. Water
d. None of the above
38. One of disadvantages of new technologies: making tools for disabled people.
a. True
b. False

39. Screen readers and scanners enable a ……………person to use documents and web-
pages like ordinary people.
a. Heavy
b. Light
c. Blind
d. Sad
40. Speech recognition help …………. people to understand what others says.
a. Heavy
b. Light
c. Blind
d. Deaf
41. People who can’t use their ………. can dictate documents to a word processer.
a. Eyes
b. Ears
c. Shoulders
d. hands
42. Artificial knees have ………….. to control bending and straightening the knee and
support body movements.
a. AI
b. Eyes
c. Voltage
d. sensors
43. Nowadays, …………. (smaller than a grain of rice) that stores 5 Megabits and can be
read wirelessly.
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 a. Robots
b. Computers
c. Sensors
d. chips
44. Wear-ware are …………computers displays in eye glasses, contact lenses and smart
sensors in clothing.
a. Fast
b. Slow
c. Huge
d. None of the above
45. Biological and computer sciences will combine new ways to insert micro-processors or
controlled devices on …………...
a. Laptops
b. Computers
c. Robots
d. None of the above
46. Analyzing and evaluating the impact of new technology is an easy job.
a. True
b. false
47. Even when benefits of new …………. are obvious, their costs and side-effects might not
be and vice versa.
a. AI
b. Humans
c. Disables
d. technologies
48. Unemployment is a big social problem.
a. True
b. false
49. ………………… has costs to a society that are more than just financial.
a. Social networks
b. Web pages
c. Bloggers
d. Unemployment
50. Societal costs of high unemployment include higher ………..and a reduced rate of
volunteerism.
a. Disables
b. Humans
c. Law enforcement
d. Crime
51. Ethics assumes people are ………… and make free choices
a. Happy
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 b. Sad
c. Helping
d. None of the above
52. One of ethical ideas; People are not means to ends but ends themselves.
a. True
b. False
53. Human behavior and real human situations are complex. There are often ………….. to
consider.
a. Situations
b. Exceptions
c. Hard days
d. Trade-offs
54. Ethical theories help to identify important principles or guidelines.
a. True
b. False
55. Ultimately, it is individuals who are making decisions and taking actions.
a. True
b. False
56. We can think of acts as either ethically obligatory, ethically prohibited, or ethically
……………..
a. Good
b. Bad
c. Exempted
d. Acceptable.
57. The ethical character of a company depends on whether the actions taken to achieve
the goal are consistent with ethical constraints.
a. True
b. False
58. It can be difficult to draw a line between what we consider ethically right or wrong
and what we personally approve or disapprove of.
a. True
b. False

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