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This is a 65 question test to see if I can test out of other classes there is no limit to the amount of words used.

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY
1. While looking for a job, an employer might ask you to provide your Facebook password so they can look at your Facebook page. What privacy protections exist for you in this situation, and what case can you legally make to refuse?
2. Those introducing new technologies often confront ethical questions on both personal and professional levels. Give an example of each of these two views of ethical decision-making and explain how they are different from each other.
3. Many see the government as the protector of consumers from private industry abuses. Discuss how this role has changed from that envisioned by the Founding Fathers, who feared that citizens would be victims of government power and protected by private industry.
4. Many believe that people or companies who introduce new technologies have an ethical responsibility to make those technologies accessible to the public. Using medicine (HIV treatment) and computers (Internet) as examples, discuss these ethical responsibilities of access.
5. Imagine that the Internet was centrally managed by government agencies. How would this impact the Internet’s technological advancement compared with the current system? To answer this question, explain the Internet and compare this approach and its impact on technology to a central management model.
6. Netiquette is an Internet term that refers to rules to maintain civility in posting messages to online services and newsgroups. Why are these rules needed and what is it about the nature of communication and freedom on the Internet that makes these rules necessary?
7. Due to the vast scope of the Internet and its collection of international data and information, providing security for its content is a major challenge. Illustrate the ethical and legal challenges the Internet’s scope creates and how online researchers might respond to them.
8. Although new technologies must always obey existing laws for industry compliance, they often involve ethical issues as well. Assess the difference between ethical and legal obligations for new technologies and why legal decisions may be of less initial importance.
9. Whenever a company’s services are accessible by minors or offers opportunities to post images of minors, the company faces a higher level of scrutiny. Facebook has faced criticism regarding perceived invasion of privacy of minors. Discuss options Facebook has to resolve this issue.
10. In Modern Times, the main character suffers from physical and mental effects of automation. If this character was using a computer rather than working in a factory, what harmful physical and mental impacts might he experience?
11. Most inventions change substantially over time from their original version and mission. Analyze the original intent of the introduction of electric power and discuss the technological and social changes that evolved over the years since its introduction.
12. Between the founding of the US and World War I, the country moved from sea-based to land-based communications. Using the railroad and telegraph as examples, describe how they helped drive the country’s progress.
13. If you were asked to evaluate Facebook on an ethical basis, what would your conclusion be? In your discussion, refer to the transparency of the company’s ethical behavior.
14. Every new technology contains both positive and negative aspects. Discuss the government’s role in promoting the positive aspects of technology, while at the same time protecting from its potential hazards.
15. The film, The Social Network, portrayed the evolution of Facebook from an idea to a global business. Along the way there were many ethical decision points. How did ethics come into play, and what issues were involved in the relationship between Mark Zuckerberg and the Winkelvoss twins?
FOOD TECH
16. Explain how ethics govern the conduct of individual persons, and include specific examples.
17. Based on Singer’s views of moral duty, should we as human beings be responsible for the prevention of others going hungry, and why do we allow hunger to exist in the first place?
18. According to Singer, how can killing animals for food be justified?
19. Discuss how food industry workers are treated and the ethical repercussions of this treatment. Examine at least two of the following conditions of their work: wages, health care availability, housing, and safety.
20. Determine whether the production of GMO products is ethical based on what you know about the hazards of these items.
21. Discuss the general living conditions of animals on factory farms.
22. Discuss how climate change is creating a world food crisis.
23. Discuss the pros and cons of using bottled water.
24. Discuss what led to the failure of the Enviropig.
25. How did Cuba produce their food under their low oil economy?
26. Summarize the findings of the Farming Systems Trial comparing the energy input of the organic system of farming compared to the conventional system of farming.
27. According to Wendell Berry why are agrarians and conservationists divided and how can they bridge the divide?
COLD WAR
28. Describe the US response to the invasion of South Korea.
29. What action by McCarthy finally brought him down, i.e. ended his influence?
30. How did the Allies respond to the Berlin blockade?
31. Why did the US enter World War I according to President Wilson?
32. What was the Potsdam Conference and why was it important to the Cold War?
33. In Cold War: 1945-1991, John Mason says that the Soviet Union was a “curious superpower” in the early 1980s. Explain what he meant by that phrase.
34. What was the main event that provided the impetus for the Soviet policy of “glasnost” and “perestroika”?
35. Explain how the policy of containment during the Cold War developed including its primary advocate.
36. What was the “Fifth Freedom” proclaimed by the United States during the Cold War?
37. After World War II, Soviet leaders argued that their country should have political and economic control over Eastern Europe. Explain the Soviet Union’s argument.
38. Four events occurred in 1946 making it an important year in the Cold War, according to the film Cold War. Describe two of the four events.

Analyzing Visual Art
39. Why is it important to be trained to attend to the physical elements (color scheme, composition, texture) of an artwork?
40. What is the difference between form and content in art?
41. What is the difference between impressionism and expressionism in art?
Observing the Sky
42. How was the International Space Station assembled, and how is it resupplied? What purposes do different modules serve?
43. Describe at least one research project that has been conducted on the ISS. What was the purpose of the research? If the results are known, what did the study find?
44. Do other planets have days and seasons? Explain why or why not.
45. Jupiter has many moons. Describe two or three of Jupiter’s moons and describe some of their most important features.
46. Can learning about space tell us anything about ourselves? What connections do we have with objects in space?
47. Describe the planet Saturn. What is its surface like? What is its atmosphere like? What are its major features?
48. What is a planetarium? What would a planetarium show consist of?
49. Describe the effects of prolonged low gravity on humans in orbit around Earth. How can these effects be reduced?
50. Describe (you do not need to use numbers, the most common orbital eccentricities for planets? What about other objects in the solar system?
51. Describe the life-cycle of the most massive main sequence stars.
52. What is an ellipse? Define it and discuss its properties.
53. Write an essay describing the man-made objects in our solar system. What types of objects are they? Name and describe at least two. Provide a detailed description of one permanent human habitation that fits this description. What is that object? What research is done there? Describe how man-made objects in the solar system move. What laws govern their motion?
Connecting Art and Religion
54. The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is an example of what architectural structure that indicates the presence of Islam in an area?
55. Michelangelo took charge of designing St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome following the death of which architect? What two shapes was the original plan for St. Peter’s based upon?
56. What does “rinascimento” or “Renaissance” mean? How did the original users of this term define the period?
57. According to the Da Vinci Code, Mary Magdalene was pregnant with Christ’s child at the time of the crucifixion and secretly fled to France where she gave birth. What are the facts regarding this portrayal?
58. What do the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share in terms of their attitude toward religious texts?
59. What is a central tenet of Christian belief that indicates Jesus’ divinity?
60. Christian church architecture in the medieval West was built first in the Romanesque style, then in the Gothic style, on a cruciform plan. What was cruciform?
61. Professional painters like Andrea del Castagno were hired to provide Florence convents with appropriate imagery. What did he depict in his famous fresco for the convent’s dining hall?
62. According to the Da Vinci Code, Constantine convened the Council of Nicea to unify Christians by compelling them to acknowledge Jesus as divine. (Prior to this time, Christians saw Jesus as a human prophet.) What are the facts regarding this portrayal?
63. Identify three religions that emerged from South Asia.
64. According to the Da Vinci Code, Jesus was married, Jewish men were supposed to be married, and celibacy was condemned. What are the facts regarding this portrayal?
65. How did Sephardic Jews who resided in the Iberian peninsula reflect Islamic influence in their biblical illustrations?