Impacts of Computing: How Technology Affects Careers Part 3

What was the main goal of the Green Revolution initiated by U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace?

• To help developing nations feed their growing populations

• To introduce genetically modified crops

• To develop new herbicides

• To promote urban farming

Which herbicide, released in 1974, uses glyphosate as its active ingredient?

• Roundup® Herbicide

• Atrazine

• Paraquat

• 2,4-D

What significant agricultural technology was introduced in 1975 by Sperry-New Holland?

• Rotary combines

• Satellite technology

• CRISPR technology

• Drones

In what year did scientists at Monsanto Company first genetically modify a plant cell?

• 1982

• 1994

• 1996

• 2012

What technology allowed farmers to see their farms from overhead for the first time in 1994?

• Satellite technology

• Drone technology

• GPS technology

• CRISPR technology

What is the name of the digital platform that combines data from on-farm practices and agronomic models to provide farmers with a detailed understanding of their fields?

• FieldView™

• AgriTech

• FarmData

• CropInsight

Which technology, discovered by Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier in 2012, allows scientists to fine-tune an organism’s genome?

• CRISPR

• FieldView™

• Roundup®

• Omics