Waste Management Environmental Practices Review Quiz
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- 1.A discarded material is a waste. Which of the following is not discarding?
- A.
Inherently waste-like
- B.
Abandoned
- C.
Recycled and applied to the land
- D.
Excluded
- 2.Hazardous wastes by definition may be all but which one?
- A.
Listed
- B.
Toxic
- C.
Reactive
- D.
Corrosive
- E.
Radioactive
- 3.Medical Waste is a subset of what type of waste?
- A.
Residual
- B.
Municipal
- C.
Hazardous
- 4.Wastes derived from listed waste are listed unless exempted or delisted.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Waste minimization includes all but what?
- A.
Toxicity reduction
- B.
Reduction in waste generated
- C.
Reduction in costs
- D.
Beneficial use of waste
- 6.Advanced management tools do not include what?
- A.
Chemical Management Services
- B.
Environmental Management Systems
- C.
Product Management
- D.
Lean Manufacturing
- 7.Pollution and environmental risks are not explicitly identified in Lean Manufacturing.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Plan, Do, Check, and React are part of which of the following?
- A.
Chemical Management System
- B.
Environmental Management System
- C.
Lean Manufacturing
- D.
Greening of the Supply Chain
- 9.Exclusionary criteria does not include:
- A.
100 year floodplain
- B.
100 feet of perennial stream
- C.
100 feet of angry citizen
- D.
100 feet of sinkhole
- 10.Social / economic considerations include all except which of the following when siting a facility?
- A.
Local zoning and land use
- B.
Property values
- C.
Environmental justice
- D.
Soil type
- 11.As long as a facility follows its state permit, it does not have to comply with the local laws.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Environmental factors investigated for a site investigation include all but which of the following?
- A.
Geology / hydrogeology
- B.
Property values
- C.
Geo-technical conditions
- D.
Soil conditions
- 13.Inspections of a facility do not include which of the following?
- A.
Records and reports reviews
- B.
Samples
- C.
Interviews by newsman
- D.
Interviews of staff
- 14.Solid waste can be in which of the following forms?
- A.
Solid
- B.
Liquid
- C.
Containerized gas
- D.
All of the above
- 15.Which of the following reflects the correct order in the ISWM hierarchy?
- A.
Landfilling, resource recovery, source reduction, recycle
- B.
Recycle, landfilling, resource recovery, source reduction
- C.
Recycle, landfilling, source reduction, resource recovery
- D.
Source reduction, recycle, resource recovery, landfilling
- E.
Source reduction, recycle, landfilling, resource recovery
- 16.Recycling, although not a direct part of waste minimization, does help to reduce pollution by...
- A.
Preventing waste to landfills
- B.
Conserving energy
- C.
Conserving land
- D.
All of the above
- 17.The number one concern with composting is:
- A.
Odor
- B.
Pathogens
- C.
Fungus
- D.
Endotoxins
- 18.Landfills are usually designed with the following components except what?
- A.
Subbase
- B.
Secondary liner
- C.
Leachate detection zone
- D.
Leachate collection zone
- E.
Recycling operations
- 19.What is used to track hazardous waste from cradle to grave?
- A.
GIS
- B.
Subtitle D
- C.
Manifest
- D.
Police
- 20.Three broad questions must be answered to determine if a facility generates hazardous waste. Which of the following are not included in that analogy?
- A.
Is secondary material a solid waste?
- B.
Is the solid waste a hazardous waste?
- C.
Is the hazardous waste exempt from hazardous waste requirements?
- D.
Is the product recycled?
- 21.What are the two types of hazardous waste?
- A.
Infected, characteristic
- B.
Characteristic, special handling
- C.
Characteristic, listed
- D.
Listed, special handling
- E.
Listed, infected
- 22.A generator, transporter, and TSD facility handling hazardous waste must all obtain what?
- A.
Permit
- B.
License
- C.
Bonds
- D.
EPA ID #
- 23.Which treatment method is not typically used to remove organics?
- A.
Thermal
- B.
Chemical
- C.
Biological
- D.
Physical
- 24.Land disposal restrictions (LDR) require wastes to be what before landfilled?
- A.
Treated to certain standards
- B.
Manifested
- C.
Stored
- D.
Transported within 90 days
- 25.The half life of a radioactive element means the time for half...
- A.
Of the atoms to disintegrate
- B.
The weight of the elements to disintegrate
- C.
The world's population to be affected
- D.
The electrons of the element to disintegrate
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