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What adjective best describes how the Impressionists saw color?
a. saturated
b. muted
c. vibrating
d. arbitrary
e. static
c. vibrating
Which of the following films includes music from the musical Hello Dolly!?
a. Back to the Future III
b. Star Wars
c. WALL•E
d. Inception
e. Mars Attacks!
c. WALL•E
In "No Woman Born," Dierdre might have resembled a creature in armor except that she had
a. distinct coloring
b. fine proportions
c. myriad segments
d. clinking sounds
e. dramatic poses
b. fine proportions
Allowing talented women and minorities to enter professions from which they were previously blocked is an example of matching workers to the jobs that __________.
a. best use their skills
b. are in the most demand
c. pay the highest wages
d. provide the best benefits
e. offer the most job security
a. best use their skills
The cheapest early IBM computer was known as the ___________________.
a. 500
b. 650
c. 701
d. 702
e. 4004
b. 650
Where does the transduction of light occur in the eye?
a. Cornea
b. Lens
c. Iris
d. Retina
e. Optic nerve
d. Retina
Why does sunlight appear to shine all over View from the Window at Le Gras?
a. Niépce combined several negatives to make the image.
b. It took a very long exposure to create the image.
c. Niépce used chemicals to lighten several areas of the image.
d. It was shot at noon when the sun illuminated everything.
e. Niépce supplemented natural lighting with lanterns and torches.
b. It took a very long exposure to create the image.
If a composer uses seven notes to set the word “bird” to music, the resulting melody is definitely
a. melismatic
b. conjunct
c. disjunct
d. diatonic
e. syllabic
a. melismatic
In "No Woman Born," Dierdre appears to Harris as if she had arisen whole like
a. Aphrodite
b. Eve
c. Juno
d. Phoenix
e. Leda
d. Phoenix
irms report what percent range of inventions are well protected by complementary manufacturing, sales, or service assets?
a. 5-15
b. 10-20
c. 30-50
d. 40-60
e. 60-80
c. 30-50
GNU had to be combined with which kernel to work properly?
a. CERN
b. Mosaic
c. Linux
d. Smalltalk
e. Visicalc
c. Linux
Which of the following is known as the area of a rodent’s primary somatosensory cortex representing the touch
or somatosensory inputs of each of their whiskers?
a. entorhinal region
b. perforant path
c. target region
d. barrel field
e. fusiform face area
d. barrel field
What was the principal advantage of the wet-plate photographic process over the daguerreotype?
a. It captured more details.
b. It took less time to develop.
c. It allowed for multiple prints.
d. It captured images in color.
e. It was cheaper to create.
c. It allowed for multiple prints.
Which of the following selections is in verse-chorus form?
a. “Doubleback”
b. “Dream is Collapsing”
c. “2815 A.D.”
d. “Wild Signals”
e. “Cantina Band”
a. “Doubleback”
In "No Woman Born," Dierdre says that
a. objects can acquire personality from people
b. people can absorb personal qualities from metal
c. thoughts are produced from chemistry
d. animals can communicate telepathically with humans
e. plants can develop consciousness through exposure to music
a. objects can acquire personality from people
Which of the following statement about product innovations and process innovations is correct?
a. Process innovations are discoveries of ways to transform inputs into entirely new outputs.
b. Product innovations are discoveries of ways to transform inputs into entirely new outputs.
c. Process innovations are discoveries of ways to transform outputs into entirely new inputs.
d. Product innovations are discoveries of ways to transform inputs into previous outputs.
e. Product innovations are discoveries of ways to transform inputs into older, reliable outputs.
b. Product innovations are discoveries of ways to transform inputs into entirely new outputs.
Hypertext and Networking, when combined, produced which of the following?
a. Blackberry
b. iOS
c. Android
d. MacBook Pro
e. World Wide Web
e. World Wide Web
Which of the following BEST describes the role of the hippocampus in memory consolidation and storage?
a. is responsible for short-term memory
b. receives sensory inputs
c. sends projections to sensory areas
d. forms new long-term memories
e. all of the above
d. forms new long-term memories
Compared to earlier forms of portraiture, silhouettes were:
a. more expensive
b. restricted to white citizens
c. more democratic
d. frowned upon by the church
e. more individualistic
c. more democratic
In which of the following films do people on earth communicate with alien visitors using a diatonic melody?
a. Back to the Future
b. WALL•E
c. Mars Attacks!
d. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
e. Inception
d. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
In "No Woman Born," Dierdre claims or demonstrates that in performing she can still do each of the following EXCEPT
a. dance multiple fouetté turns
b. dance sur les pointes (on tip-toes or in pointe shoes)
c. play Juliet in the theater
d. ascend stairs
e. do a perfect arabesque
b. dance sur les pointes (on tip-toes or in pointe shoes)
Solow concluded that most of the growth in GDP per capita across time was due to changes in which part of the production function?
a. total factor efficiency
b. total efficient output
c. total factor productivity
d. total production output
e. total growth productivity
c. total factor productivity
Mosaic was the first web browser to feature both text and ________________.
a. images
b. audio
c. video
d. hyperlinks
e. word processing
a. images
Critical periods can be seen not just in visual development, but also in other areas, such as auditory language development. Critical periods in development are short and usually take place during which part of one’s development in life?
a. within the first few weeks to months of life
b. early childhood (ages 3-7)
c. late childhood (8-12)
d. adolescence (13-17)
e. adulthood
a. within the first few weeks to months of life
Compared to the Jar with Dragon, the Behaim Beaker
a. has more colors
b. is more monochrome
c. has more undecorated areas
d. has fewer materials
e. has less metal
a. has more colors
Which of the following production studios made WALL•E?
a. MGM
b. Columbia
c. LucasArts
d. Imagine
e. Pixar
e. Pixar
The intent of the "The Mushroom Hunters" is to dispute the mythology that
a. all mushrooms are poisonous
b. early peoples couldn't work with their hands
c. cave drawings were random scribbles
d. men invented all science
e. prehistoric children had poor diets.
d. men invented all science
Historically, what is the primary source of growth in GDP per capita?
a. The growth is due to worker efficiency and increased wages that improve worker morale.
b. The growth comes from changes in total factor productivity.
c. The growth is a result of the ever-increasing incomes of factory workers and salaried office staff.
d. The growth results from an increase in capital investments that pays off in higher GDP.
e. The growth is likely a result of the increase in the use of lower-wage workers who reduce costs.
b. The growth comes from changes in total factor productivity.
Many early computer companies were susceptible to the dot-com bubble of the ______________.
a. 1970s
b. 1980s
c. 1990s
d. 2000s
e. 2010s
c. 1990s
In the early 2000s, researchers in Germany found a type of light-absorbing pigment called channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) while studying what?
a. alpha particle beam scattering when it strikes a thin metal foil
b. the bioluminescent process in jelly fish
c. biosynthesis in fruits and physiological processes related to light response
d. the role of light with the pigment of melanin in mice
e. how green algae cells respond to light
e. how green algae cells respond to light
The most ornamented order of classical Greek and Roman columns was the:
a. Greek Doric
b. Ionic
c. Tuscan
d. Corinthian
e. Roman Doric
d. Corinthian
Which of the following composers drew inspiration from Bernard Herrmann’s score to The Day the Earth Stood Still?
a. Alan Silvestri/ZZ Top
b. John Williams
c. Thomas Newman
d. Hans Zimmer
e. Danny Elfman
e. Danny Elfman
In "Snow," the concept of being in a person's room at The Park is described as
a. reconnecting
b. communing
c. framing
d. enhancing
e. reawakening
b. communing
According to Solow’s work, the most important reason for differences in GDP per capita is ___________.
a. capital accumulation
b. investor funding
c. private capital expenditures
d. improved worker output
e. differences in technology
e. differences in technology
Steve Jobs returned to Apple when the company purchased which corporation?
a. Google
b. AlohaNet
c. Yahoo
d. NeXT
e. ARPANET
d. NeXT
What is the main advantage of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over electroencephalogram (EEG)?
a. Higher spatial resolution
b. Real-time tracking
c. Noninvasive brain measurement
d. Recording of neuronal membrane potential
e. Detection of electrical changes in neurons
a. Higher spatial resolution
Eadweard Muybridge was commissioned to do his animal locomotion series in California at the same time that:
a. Impressionism emerged
b. Fauvism emerged
c. Cubism emerged
d. German expressionism emerged
e. Einstein published his theory of relativity
a. Impressionism emerged
Which of the following is an example of a fully diegetic scene?
a. “Doubleback”
b. “Dream is Collapsing”
c. “2815 A.D.”
d. “Wild Signals”
e. none of the above
a. “Doubleback”
In “Snow,” Charlie comes to believe that the director is
a. drunk
b. crazy
c. death-obsessed
d. a robot
e. both a and b
e. both a and b
Which of the following BEST explains why technological innovations have such high returns?
a. competition
b. nonrivalry of ideas
c. patents and trademarks
d. worker efficiency
e. worker output
b. nonrivalry of ideas
According to the Supreme Court, APIs are not subject to copyright, as determined when Google was sued
by_______________________.
a. Xerox
b. Microsoft
c. IBM
d. Yahoo
e. Oracle
e. Oracle
Which of the following causes the alignment of hydrogen atoms in the body during an MRI scan?
a. radio frequency (RF) pulse
b. water molecules in the tissue
c. introduction of strong magnetic field
d. gradient coils
e. random orientation of atoms
c. introduction of strong magnetic field
Romans were known for their advances in all of the following architectural forms EXCEPT:
a. arch
b. vault
c. post and lintel
d. dome
e. concrete
c. post and lintel
What narrative does the music in Blade Runner’s “End Titles” suggest?
a. Deckard and Rachel are on the run.
b. Deckard leaves Rachel.
c. The ending is ambiguous.
d. Humanoids overtake the earth.
e. Roy and Sebastian escape.
a. Deckard and Rachel are on the run.
In "Moxon's Master," Moxon appears with bloody scratches and says that that he has left a machine with with nothing to do. Moxon seems to be intentionally omitting the fact that his machine
a. is sentient
b. is dangerous
c. is illegal
d. has limited use
e. both a and b
e. both a and b
One reason it can be hard to appropriate the value of an innovation is that the non-excludability and non-rivalry of such innovations ___.
a. allow competitors to learn how to produce a new invention without doing any R&D themselves
b. allow for many different innovators to invest in R&D to discover new technologies
c. provide for a variety of ideas and innovations, and leads to an increase in R&D spending
d. maintain a competitive balance between industry rivals
e. help to keep an invention from being copied by other competitors
a. allow competitors to learn how to produce a new invention without doing any R&D themselves
The designer at Apple who designed the iMac and iPod is _____________________.
a. James Gosling
b. Tim Berners-Lee
c. Jony Ive
d. Richard Stallman
e. Ted Nelson
c. Jony Ive
One of the main challenges in psychiatry when it comes to diagnosis is _________________.
a. limited availability of medications
b. the reliance on a patient’s subjective reports of their emotions
c. funding for behavioral testing
d. changing laws
e. limited pharmaceutical licenses
b. the reliance on a patient’s subjective reports of their emotions
Which subject would be most likely to be painted by a Precisionist artist?
a. a farm
b. a dog
c. a factory
d. a ballet
e. flowers
c. a factory
How does the “Main Titles” cue in Mars Attacks! conclude?
a. choral chords in minor mode
b. march-like bassoon ostinato
c. “braying” trumpet with theremin glissandos
d. descending brass scale
e. long chord held by fermata
e. long chord held by fermata
In "Childfinder," the situation of Harriet Tubman mirrors that of Barbara because Barbara has each of the following situations EXCEPT
a. needing to keep people hidden or secret
b. being constantly threatened
c. having to make very fast decisions
d. threatening to kill people who turn against her objectives
e. being willing to endure hardship for her beliefs
d. threatening to kill people who turn against her objectives
What improvements were made to cement that allowed it to be used in everyday infrastructure?
a. Using forced air allowed the cement to dry quickly and set in place much faster than before.
b. Adding CO2 to the cement modified its chemical properties to allow it to support more weight.
c. Mixing in silicates like volcanic ash made the material harder and allowed it to set underwater.
d. Combining nitrogen and oxygen made the cement much less brittle and harder to break.
e. Subtracting carbon from the cement created a much stronger and more resilient product.
c. Mixing in silicates like volcanic ash made the material harder and allowed it to set underwater.
All of the following are examples of operating systems EXCEPT
a. Blackberry
b. Windows
c. MacOS
d. iOS
e. Android
a. Blackberry
Which of the following BEST describes a brain-computer interface?
a. a system that allows a person to control a device using their thoughts
b. a technology that enhances human-computer interactions
c. a method of recording brain activity for medical purposes
d. a method to scan brain tissue for injuries
e. an AI program that simulates the behavior of neurons
a. a system that allows a person to control a device using their thoughts
Compared to Roman portraits, Egyptian depictions made their leaders seem more:
a. welcoming
b. aloof
c. agitated
d. down-to-earth
e. cheerful
b. aloof
Which technique does “Dream is Collapsing” utilize?
a. minimalism
b. serialism
c. nationalism
d. pastoralism
e. expressionism
a. minimalism
The title of "Relativity" is a salute to
a. Robert Oppenheimer
b. Stephen Hawking
c. Albert Einstein
d. Edward Teller
e. Isaac Newton
c. Albert Einstein
Why do private companies usually capture only a tiny part of the R&D value they create?
a. Private companies usually provide the R&D to whomever wants to produce the product.
b. The cost of producing a new product is usually too high for small companies to contemplate.
c. There is no benefit for a private company to invest in R&D on a large scale.
d. There are smaller, more nimble companies that are willing to do the R&D themselves.
e. The value of knowledge spillovers is captured by organizations that did not do the original R&D.
e. The value of knowledge spillovers is captured by organizations that did not do the original R&D.
The idea of hyperlinks was inspired from a 1945 essay, As We May Think, written by
a. Robert Metcalfe
b. William Lowe
c. Barbara Liskov
d. Grace Hopper
e. Vannevar Bush
e. Vannevar Bush
Scientists used the method of transcranial magnetic stimulation for what purpose?
a. to permanently damage brain regions
b. to confirm findings from lesion studies and imaging studies
c. to diagnose neurological conditions
d. to measure brain waves using electrodes
e. both measure brain waves using electrodes and diagnose neurological conditions
b. to confirm findings from lesion studies and imaging studies