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Throughout the world, government support for technological commercialization has been reliable.
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The technologies upon which new products are based develop over long periods of time as a result
of the actions of numerous
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a. social power
b. dollars
c. private and public sector actors.
d. Leadership
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Assigning statistical probabilities to the likelihood that commercialization will succeed is

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d. predictable
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According to the assigned textbook, the technology push model starts with discoveries in basic
science and
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a. population size
b. genetics
c. engineering
d. math
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Organizations like Greenpeace urged Monsanto to continue biotech and embrace organic farming.
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According to Keynes, the thought of ultimate loss, often overtakes pioneers, must be put aside “as a
healthy man puts aside the expectation of death.”
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Game theory can help us understand why Xerox did not successfully exploit the opportunity it had in
IT. If both Xerox and competitors continue with old technology the payoff for Xerox
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a. is $150m, whereas the competitors’ payoff is $325m.
b. is $250m, whereas the competitors’ payoff is $75m.
c. is $75m, whereas the competitors’ payoff is $250m.
d. is $325m, whereas the competitors’ payoff is $150m.
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In deliberating about whether to commercialize a technology or not, companies have to consider the
feasibility by carrying out estimates of:
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a. population
b. probable future income streams
c. present value of money
d. the stock market
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According to the textbook, for a technology to gain widespread commercial acceptance, The
proponents of its commercialization must have the following 3 components:
Select one:
a. financial backing, governmental support, and the will to overcome setbacks
b. persistence, determination, and the will to overcome setbacks
c. social acceptance, determination, and financial backing
d. finances, culture, and social acceptance
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Expectations that prices will fall and quality increase actually retard more rapid adoption.
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What is the difference between data and information?

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B. Data is numbers. Information is words.
C. Data represents a process. Information is the stored data.
D. Data represents a fact. Information is data that has been organized.
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RAM is a ________ storage location.

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The terms data and information can be used interchangeably.

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A ________ enables your computer to connect to other computers or to the Internet.

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B. sound card
C. video card
D. controller card
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Computers use a ________ language consisting of 0s and 1s.

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Each of these is a basic type of a touch screen, EXCEPT ________.
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B. surface acoustic wave
C. capacitive
D. reflective
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Which of the following is the smallest unit of measure?

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C. Gigabyte
D. Petabyte
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Starting a computer when it is powered off is called a warm boot.

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Information is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.

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A smartphone is a type of computer.

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According to the author, there are five hedging strategies organizations can pursue. One of
them is:
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a. commit with fallback
b. Do not commit
c. commit with no fallback
d. allow independent thought
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When business risk is great, its reward may be ______.

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The ________ model is an analytical tool used in business strategy to provide insights into
future opportunities and threats.
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a. delphi
b. baysean
c. five-forces-plus
d. structured equation
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The Delphi method is used to aggregate the beliefs of experts, when experts are asked to
predict important events and to clarify why he/she thinks the events are likely to occur. This
method has been found to be highly unreliable.
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a. Used exclusively by think tank organizations
b. This method has been found to be highly unreliable.
c. This method has been found to be very reliable.
d. Used mainly by computer science organizations
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Effect uncertainty refers to the imperfect understanding of the impacts of the conditions on an
industry
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Which of the following is NOT a common network architecture type?

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A. Home area network (HAN)
B. Personal area network (PAN)
C. Intraoffice area network (IAN)
D. Local area network (LAN)
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An access point connects to the main router wirelessly.

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A computer ________ is two or more computers connected using software and hardware so that
they can communicate with each other.
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A. node
B. network
C. broadband
D. switch
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Sharing files is a benefit of a network.

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A peer-to-peer (P2P) network is an example of ________ administration.

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B. local
C. wide area
D. central
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The Internet is a WAN.

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Wireless networks are more vulnerable to attack than wired networks.

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A client/server network is an example of ________ administration.

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The unique number assigned to a network adapter by the manufacturer is referred to as the
________ address.
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B. SSID
C. IP
D. MAC
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To transfer data packets between two or more networks, a ________ is used.

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C. hub
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As a result of international debt, Morocco was not allowed to shift from state-based planning to a
freer market.
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A so-called New Gilded Age from 1980–2007

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a. Stagflation from 1973–1980 when all groups lost ground, with real wages for industrial workers
declining by 13 percent, and the income of the richest 1 percent dropping by 14 percent
b. Stagflation from 1973–1980 when all groups lost ground, with real wages for industrial workers
declining by 3 percent, and the income of the richest 10 percent dropping by 4 percent
c. Stagflation from 1973–1980 when all groups lost ground, with real wages for industrial workers
declining by 13 percent, and the income of the richest 10 percent dropping by 4 percent
d. Stagflation from 1973–1980 when all groups lost ground, with real wages for industrial workers
declining by 3 percent, and the income of the richest 1 percent dropping by 4 percent
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One quarter of the world’s upper-middle-income countries have high or very high inequality based on
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To be a very low-income country, the per capita gross national income of a country in 2009 U.S.
dollars has to be $1,005 or less. Countries like ______, ______. and _______ fall into this category.
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a. Asia
b. Guatemala
c. Bangladesh
d. Cambodia
e. Kenya
f. India
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In India, the adoption of new telecommunication services was ____________

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c. frought with errors
d. accepted by only the rich.

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Unfortunately, as computing power has developed advanced techniques have not.

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Hedge funds have ______ than investments like mutual funds.

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a. more flexibility and less regulation
b. more flexibility and more regulation
c. less flexibility and less regulation
d. less flexibility and more regulation
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The earliest achievements in the quest to better serve the poor with technology took place in
___________________
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a. hedge funds
b. telecommunications.
c. law
d. major cities
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The middle classes have emerged in China and India and household income in the United States
and other wealthy nations has stagnated.
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A prosperous economy tends to struggle with high rates of crime, substance abuse, insecure
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________ tools gather information from sources such as e-mails, text messages, and tweets and
make the information instantly and publicly available for use in emergencies.
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A. Affective computing
B. Crowdsourcing
C. Social networking
D. Crisis-mapping
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Using the Internet to get small donations from many people to start a business is called ________.
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B. kickstarting
C. crowdfunding
D. collaborating
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________ results when leisure time and available tools allow us to engage in creative acts.
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A. Social networking
B. Cognitive surplus
C. Crowdsourcing
D. Affective computing
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People are motivated to use their free time for altruistic purposes for all of these reasons EXCEPT
________.
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A. autonomy
B. mastery
C. consumption
D. purpose
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The gap in ease of access to technology is known as the ________ divide.

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A. technology
B. web
C. Internet
D. digital

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New drug strategies have centered on cholesterol ______ statins.

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a. lowering
b. raising
c. destroying
d. improving
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Medical technology includes the ______ by which medical care is delivered.

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b. procedures and equipment
c. hardware
d. BPN
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Genetic technology is controversial, and in some quarters it is met with _______.

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b. resistance
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d. racial issues
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By the start of ____, global growth slipped. The post-World War II boom in advanced industrial
nations lost momentum. The need existed for a new set of advanced technologies.
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a. 1970
b. 1980
c. 1960
d. 1990
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______ are current leaders in energy storage and are used across many applications from laptops to
mobile phones to electric vehicles.
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a. Microwave
b. Transformers
c. Lithium-ion batteries
d. Solar cells
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In 2015, around ____ percent of the world’s population had an Internet connections.
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a. 10
b. 60
c. 30
d. 40
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Genes are the coded instructions that organisms use to make ______, which are the structures of all
living things and which perform the functions that make life possible.
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a. Protein
b. Blood
c. BHP
d. Cholesterol
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New materials can be constructed molecule-by-molecule and atom-by-atom using ______________

in their design.
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a. genetics
b. robots
c. ceramics
d. supercomputers
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A form of artificial intelligence that can perform many complex, _______ tasks.
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a. serialized
b. repetitive
c. non-repetitive
d. determinant
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Opportunities in nanotechnology apply broadly to many fields. Identify TWO areas of IT that may be
impacted by its further development;
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a. quantum computing and telecommunications
b. photolithography and genetics
c. photolithography and alternative energy
d. telecommunications and genetics
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In binary language, each letter of the alphabet, each number, and each special symbol is made up of
a unique combination of eight ________.
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A. kilobytes
B. bits
C. characters
D. bytes
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________ computers are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices, such
as a car.
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A. Desktop
B. Netbook
C. Embedded
D. Tablet
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An Apple iPad and a Microsoft Surface are examples of ________ computers.
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A. desktop
B. netbook
C. tablet
D. laptop
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Computers use a ________ language consisting of 0s and 1s.

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B. symbol
C. binary
D. system
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Which of the following computers is large, expensive, and is designed to execute a few programs as
fast as possible?
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A. Desktop computer
B. Mainframe computer
C. Embedded computer
D. Supercomputer
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Baysean judgment, is based on

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a. learning
b. statistics
c. common sense
d. the Delphi method
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It is useful to distinguish among

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b. state, cause, and response uncertainty
c. effect, state, and response certainty
d. state, effect, and response uncertainty
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Shaping the future is high-risk and high-return strategy

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a. low-risk and high-return strategy
b. high-risk and low-return strategy
c. low-risk and low-return strategy
d. high-risk and high-return strategy
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For each set of opportunities and threats business organizations should consider
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a. introducing innovations
b. repositioning products and services
c. not changing organizational structures
d. changing organizational structures
e. reduce innovation initiatives
f. extending or contracting global operations
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Analogical reasoning is an approach to understanding ____ patterns and their relevance to

contemporary challenges.
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a. past
b. present
c. future
d. environmental
e. weather
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Which is true about web-based application software?

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A. It is stored completely on a web server instead of your hard drive.
B. It is always free.
C. It is installed by the computer manufacturer.
D. It does not need an Internet connection.
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LibreOffice is an example of a(n) ________ productivity software package.

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A. open source
B. system
C. online
D. proprietary
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________ software lets you perform calculations and numerical analyses.

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A. Personal information manager
B. Word processing
C. Spreadsheet
D. Presentation
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Using applications on smartphones and tablets to buy and sell products is known as ________
commerce.
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A. remote
B. smart
C. mobile
D. web
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Which of the following is NOT a type of a productivity software application?

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A. Personal information management
B. Word processing
C. Spreadsheet
D. Image editing
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Which of these is NOT a factor to consider when upgrading software?

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A. Do you use the software frequently enough?
B. Is the upgrade sufficiently different?
C. What patches are applied to your current version?
D. Is the new upgrade stable?
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________ applications are software in which the vendor hosts the software online over the Internet
and you do not to install the software on your computer.
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A. Open Source as a Service
B. Infrastructure as a Service
C. Software as a Service
D. Platform as a Service
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All of the following are examples of software packages EXCEPT ________.

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A. Microsoft OneNote
B. Apple iWork
C. Microsoft Office 2016
D. LibreOffice
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________ software helps run the computer and coordinates instructions between other software and
the hardware devices.
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A. Productivity
B. Application
C. Recovery
D. System
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The appropriate software to use for creating research papers is ________ software.
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A. presentation
B. spreadsheet
C. database
D. word processing
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According to the author of the textbook, the explosion of the Union Carbide plant impact the
residence of the local community. Identify each of the ways residents were medically affected.
Select one or more:
a. Blinded by the cornea-clouding effect of the gas
b. traveling
c. lungs on fire
d. employment
e. reproductive illnesses
f. weather conditions
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Experts like economists and engineers are usually trained to rely on _____ to estimate risk
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a. computational tools
b. theories
c. specific observations
d. inspiration
e. bias
f. vibs
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Because of ______ managing the danger of technologies, according to Perrow, is impossible

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a. complexity
b. tight coupling
c. financial conditions
d. catastrophic potential
e. weather conditions
f. culture
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After the explosion of the Union Carbide plant the fire brigade began to spray a curtain of water in
the air to knock down the cloud of gas.
Select one:
a. The system of water spray pipes was too high to help
b. The system of water spray pipes was too low to help
c. The system of water spray pipes broke
d. The system of water spray pipes did not have sufficient water supply
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Limitations of time, money, and ______________ mean that there are questions that cannot be
answered with certainty.
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a. incomplete knowledge
b. culture
c. finance
d. politics
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Many investigations explored the causes of oil spills and have identified them to be a result of
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a. poor management oversight
b. poor financial planning
c. following procedures too closely
d. weather conditions
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In 1984 _____ ignored warnings that the plant was troubled and had potential for a catastrophe.
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a. IBM
b. BP
c. the United Nations
d. Union Carbide
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BP's expansion plans were reduced, and its ability to compete with other large multinational oil
companies like____ became limited.
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a. Texaco
b. Exxon Mobil
c. Shell
d. Sunoco
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December 2, 1984, everything seemed normal at the Bhopal plant. However, half an hour later, a
worker noticed a methyl isocyanate leak near the vent gas scrubber. The workers planned to fix the
leak
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a. after tea break
b. after lunch
c. when the weather cleared
d. the next day
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One the eight safety systems that failed was deemed to be ____________
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a. the cement at the bottom of the borehole did not seal.
b. the weather temperature
c. the water temperature
d. political