GST 104 Past Questions and Answers
Title: GST 104 Past Questions and Answers URL: https://studentsdash.com/gst-104-past-questions-and-answers-2/ -------------------------------------------------- GST 104 History and Philosophy of Science _ is the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observations and experiment. A. Science B. Art C. Literature D. Economics Answer: A Every physical entity in the terrestrial and extra-terrestrial environment is a component of the nature. A. True B. False Answer: A The following are physical entities of the mother-nature EXCEPT A. Galaxies B. Stars C. Moons D. None of the above Answer: D The methodical manner to our mental skills to satisfy human curiosity is what we call? A. Graphical method B. Structural method C. Scientific method D. Linear method Answer: C Science originates from the Latin word A. Scientia B. Scint C. Dominus D. None of the above Answer: A Science consist of what or things, we can think, believe or hope and things we know A. True B. False Answer: A Science is self-correcting and self-generating human activity A. True B. False Answer: A _________is a mental process which serves as the tool of a scientist with which new discovery are made A. Scientific method B. Graphical method C. Structural method D. Linear method Answer: A Scientific method consists traditionally of A. Observation B. Problem identification C. Hypothesis formulation D. Drawing of conclusion E. All of the above Answer: E Scientists are not in general agreement as to exactly what constitute scientific procedure in reality A. True B. False Answer: A Scientist use inductive and deductive logic in the development and testing of hypothesis A. True B. False Answer: A _ proceeds from the specific and arrives at a generalization A. Deductive logic B. Inductive logic C. Specific logic D. All of the above Answer: B _ proceeds from the general to specific A. Inductive logic B. Deductive logic C. Specific logic D. All of the above Answer: B _ involves arriving at a probable conclusion base on several samplings. A. Inductive logic B. Deductive logic C. Specific logic D. None of the above Answer: A Science progress by interplay of inductive and deductive reasoning A. True B. False Answer: A Inductive generalization never attains absolute certainty. They only attain higher degree of probability. A. True //b/ False Answer: A The following are broad division of science A. Biological science B. Applied science C. Computer science D. All of the above Answer: D _ is the study of living organisms and life. A. Biological science B. Applied science C. Physical science D. None of the above Answer: A _ deals with the theory, experimentation and engineering that form the basis for the design and use of computers. A. Biological science B. Applied science C. Computer science D. None of the above Answer: C __ involves the study of algorithms, that process, store, and communicate digital information. A. Biological science B. Applied science C. Computer science D. None of the above Answer: C __ is the application of existing scientific knowledge to practical application A. Biological science B. Computer science C. Social science D. Applied science Answer: D Applied science deals with application fo scientific knowledge to practical problem solving. A. True B. False Answer: A __ is the branch of science that studies non-living system. A. Primary science B. Physical science C. Health education D. All of the above Answer: B Physical science deals with mater and energy. A. True B. False Answer: A Physical science it concerned with study of inanimate natural objects. A. True B. False Answer: A Biological science is subdivided into the following EXCEPT A. Botany B. Zoology C. Biochemistry D. Computer science Answer: C Physical science is subdivided into A. Physics B. Chemistry C. Geology D. All of the above Answer: D Applied science is subdivided into A. Medicine B. Agriculture C. Engineering D. All of the above Answer: D __ is the science of animals A. Botany B. Zoology C. Microbiology D. Computer science Answer: B Plant anatomy is known as A. Zootomy B. Phytotomy C. Botany D. Zoology Answer: B Botany is the science of plants A. True B. False Answer: A The advancement in science and technology lead to wealth creation, ease of life and so on. A. True B. False Answer: A Advances is science and technology have help in improving human life. A. True B. False Answer: A __ is applying scientific knowledge in practical ways. A. Technology B. Art C. Law D. Literature Answer: A _ is the science of land cultivation and breeding/rearing of animals to provide food, fiber, medicinal plant and other products to enhance and sustain life. A. engineering B. Geology C. Agriculture D. Physics Answer: C __ is the act of conveying meaning from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood sign, signs, symbols. A. Communication. B. Agriculture C. Machine D. Technology Answer: A Radar is used to locate objects beyond the range of vision. A. True B. False Answer: A The following are the non-verbal means of conveying messages. A. Music B. Dance C. Drawings D. All of the above Answer: D __ means for communication A. Electronic communication B. Telecommunication C. Frequency D. Modulation Answer: B The following are major telecommunication transmission media or devices. A. Fax B. Telephone C. Television D. All of the above Answer: D _ is sometimes called tele-copying A. Fax B. Internet C. Telephone D. E-mail Answer: A _ provides private two-way voice and data communication between two persons separated by a distance. A. Fax B. Telephone C. Internet D. Agriculture Answer: B Each telephone set has both a transmitter (mouth piece) and a receiver A. True B. False Answer: A Science and technology has provided us with good and bad effects. A. True B. False Answer: A ____________is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention of disease A. Medicine B. Machines C. Communication D. Agriculture Answer: A The use of anti-retroviral drugs in the suppression of HIV strands is also a good development in the area of medicine. A. True //b/ False Answer: A Who built the first pendulum clock A. Robert Boyle B. Robert Hooke C. Christian Huygens D. Galileo Answer: C Who discovered electricity A. Robert Boyle B. Robert Hooke C. Isaac Newton D. Micheal Faraday Answer: D Who discovered and first made U of telescope A. Robert Boyle B. Robert Hooke C. Galileo D. William Harvey Answer: C Who observed the effects of the mould penicillium on a bacteria culture A. Galileo B. Albert Einstein C. Alexandre fleming D. Robert Boyle Answer: C __ is a natural condition A. Effects B. Environment C. Chemical D. Water Answer: B _ is a change which is a result of an action. A. Effect B. Chemical C. Pollution D. Land Answer: A __ is a substance produced by chemistry A. Water B. Air C. Chemical D. Food Answer: C _ is a natural science A. Animals B. Plants C. Human D. Chemistry Answer: D The introduction of contaminants into the natural environment is called _ A. Hygiene B. Pollution C. Cleanness D. Neatness Answer: B _ gets introduced into the environment to cause pollution. A. Chemical B. Water C. Pollutants D. Fire. Answer: C Chemical pollutants are classified into? A. Two B. Four C. One D. Tree Answer: A Metal pollutants includes all except A. Chromium B. Lead C. Mercury D. Paracetamol Answer: D ________is one of the heavy metals found in urban street dust. A. Lead B. Chromium C. Zinc D. Hydrogen Answer: B ________Inhalation causes dermatitis and induces lung cancer. A. Lead B. Mercury C. Chromium D. Arsenic Answer: C Chromic acid and its salts have a corrosive action on the __ and mucous membranes. A. Mouth B. Eye C. Nose D. Skin Answer: D __ is used often used as herbicides and insecticides A. Arsenic B. Mercury C. Lead D. Cadmium Answer: A _ is a causative agent of cancer of the larynx, lung, skin and esophagus A. Lead B. Arsenic C. Cadmium D. Chromium Answer: B Cases of loss of teeth and early infertility are traceable to __ A. Lead poisoning B. Food poisoning C. Poisoned drinks D. Arsenic in drinking water Answer: A Lead components are used as stabilizer in plastic pipes. A. True B. False C. None of the above D. All of the above Answer: A _ is one of the raw materials used in the production of batteries A. Cadmium B. Antimonies lead C. Mercury black D. None of the above Answer: B the toxicity of cadmium may depend on the presence of other elements such as zinc and __ A. Magnesium B. Sodium C. Selenium D. Silver Answer: C _ is implicated in causing cortices disease and hypertension. A. Lead B. Mercury C. Magnesium D. Cadmium Answer: D __________is a general protoplasmic poison A. Mercury B. Lead C. Sodium D. Selenium Answer: A What is the full meaning of ADI A. Address – Incomplete signal B. Attitude display indicator C. Anti-detonent infection D. Acceptable daily intake Answer: D __ causes Hogskin’s disease A. Tin B. Iron C. Wilson’s poisoning D. Lead poisoning Answer: C _________industry converts animals skin into leather A. Automobile industry B. Film industry C. Food industry D. Tanning industry Answer: D Tannery can contributed to the problem of health hazard A. False B. True C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: B Tannery can cause the following except A. High concentration of salts B. Oxygen depletion in water C. Bacteriological pollution D. Good health Answer: D Method of tannery effluents disposal is through? A. Burning B. Recycling C. Water (rivers and streams) D. Incineration Answer: C Most common metals associated with tanneries includes all except. A. Zin B. Tin C. Magnesium D. Potassium Answer: B The following are the major air pollutants except A. Oxides of sulphur B. Formaldehyde C. Carbonmonoxide D. Oxygen. Answer: D Another name for formaldehyde is _ A. Methanal B. Metanol C. Alcohol D. None of the above Answer: A Carbon monoxide is the same as? A. Carbon iv oxide B. Carbon ii oxide C. Carbon and oxide D. All of the above Answer: B Inhalation of CO can damage the liver and _ A. Spleen B. Kidney C. Nerve tissue D. Heart Answer: C _ is the increase in the temperature of the earths atmosphere caused by the buildup of green house gases? A. Tsanami B. Global warming C. Erosion D. Bush burning Answer: B Sources of green house gases are all except A. Burning of forests B. Cattle rearing C. Cooking of food D. Burning of fossil fuels Answer: C __ provides a protective layer which prevents the penetration of the sun. A. Ozone layer B. God C. Clouds D. Sky Answer: A Agricultural activities contribute to lad pollution. A. False B. True C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: B Water is found by the combination of hydrogen and __ A. Nitrogen B. Sodium C. Oxygen D. Potassium Answer: C Environmental hazard of water are all except A. Pollution B. Flooding C. Erosion D. Cooking Answer: D Benefits of water includes all except A. Domestic use B. Erosion C. Agricultural use D. Medium of transport Answer: B _ is the change in the quality of water A. Water pollution B. Water storage C. Water purification D. Water wastage Answer: A Causes of chemical water pollution are all except A. Domestic activities B. Agricultural activities C. Water purification D. Industrial activities Answer: C industry is the crown jewel of the industrial sector in Nigeria A. Oil B. Brewery C. Tanning D. Bakery Answer: A . Examples of changes that occurs in the environment of man include __ A. Climate B. Culture C. Biodiversity D. All of the above Answer: D Environmental changes that occur around man include _ except A. Human health B. Culture C. Water D. Economy Answer: C Environmental changes that occur around man include A. Biodiversity B. Economy C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: C Man lives in a world with rapid environmental changes A. True B. False C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: A The team environment was derived from a French word known as __ A. Viron B. Environia C. Veronica D. Environmental Answer: B The environmental controls life and its activities A. True B. False C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: A About environmental of man A. Affects man’s activities B. Everything that surrounds man C. All the surrounding conditions and element D. All of the above Answer: D According to Gisbert (2010), the types of environment include __ A. Natural environment B. Social environment C. Psychological environment D. All of the above Answer: D Example of biotic natural environment include:- A. Light B. Store C. Grass D. Wind Answer: C About biotic natural environment except A. Grass B. Lion C. Stone D. Man Answer: C Types of environment according to Gisbert (2010) except A. Natural environment B. Artificial environment C. Social environment D. Break environment Answer: D Natural environment include biotic and abiotic element. A. True B. False C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: A About example f man-made environment A. Machinery B. Infrastructure C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: C Natural environment summarizes the whole apparatus of our civilization A. True B. False C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: B Components of social environment include the following except A. Regulation B. Authorities C. Tradition D. Infrastructure Answer: D Organization, government, power relationship and labour market are component of ______environment A. Social B. Man-made C. Natural D. All of the above Answer: A Non- living component of man’s environment include the following except A. Atmosphere B. Solar system C. Soil D. Fungi Answer: D The layer on which the lithosphere rests on the earth’s live is called _ A. Anthropology B. Lithman C. Asthenosphere D. Lithospherication Answer: C the part of the earth occupied by water is called _ A. River B. Ocean C. All of the above D. Hydrosphere Answer: D The first and lowest layer of earth’s atmosphere is __ A. Troposphere B. Lowersphere C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: A Troposphere contains about three-quarters of the mass of the entire atmosphere. A. True B. False C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: A __ protects plants, animals and human beings by blocking the most harmful ways of the sun. A. Hydrosphere B. Vapour C. Ozone D. Argon Answer: C The strastosphere is very wet, air in this layer contain plenty water A. True B. False C. All of the above D. None of the above Answer: B Water can take the form of the following except A. Ice B. Litmus C. Vapour D. Liquid Answer: B The lithosphere is the _ part of the earth crust? A. Ice B. Liquid C. Solid D. Gas Answer: C