Environmental Science, Management, And Policy
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This quiz was given as part of A&WMA's live course, "GENESMP-100: Environmental Practices Review Specialty Course: Environmental Science, Management and Policy" in June, 2008.
- 1.A coal fired combustion facility reports the following annual emissions for greenhouse gases: Carbon Dioxide - 500 t/y(m)Nitrous Oxide - 500 kg/yNatrual Gas - 5 t/y(m)Sulfur Hexafluoride - 50 g/yGreenhouse Warming Potentials (GWP) are: 21 for CH4, 300 for N2O, and 23,900 for SF6The CO2eq emissions are:
- A.
7560 t/y
- B.
766 t/y
- C.
756 t/y
- D.
256 t/y
- 2.Life cycle analysis (LCA) is a methodology to evaluate:
- A.
Ecological impacts to the environment from industrial activities
- B.
Costs to operate a facility over its useful life
- C.
Environmental impacts of products from design through disposal
- D.
Health risks from a product to a person over their lifetime
- 3.Which of the following is the most preferred method of reducing landfill disposal of waste?
- A.
Composting
- B.
Materials recovery
- C.
Source separation
- D.
Source reduction
- 4.Which of the following is a primary "greenhouse" gas because it absorbs the largest amount of long wave infrared radiation in the earth's atmosphere?
- A.
Carbon monoxide
- B.
Ozone
- C.
Water vapor
- D.
Methane
- 5.Cost Benefit Analysis of environmental decision making may be flawed since it does not take into consideration
- A.
Equality and fairness
- B.
Economic efficiency
- C.
Identifying all non-trivial effects
- D.
Discounting future costs and benefits
- 6.Water quality standards are most often based on:
- A.
Existing or emerging technology
- B.
Empirical predictive modeling
- C.
Natural attenuation
- D.
Alternative beneficial uses of water resources
- 7.In toxicology, the amount of a toxic agent which reaches a target organ is:
- A.
Administered dose
- B.
Ingested dose
- C.
Effective dose
- D.
Intake dose
- 8.Wetlands differ from lakes in that:
- A.
Wetlands contain plants, lakes do not
- B.
Wetlands have a distinctively higher rate of microbial decomposition than lakes
- C.
Wetlands are "salt water" rather than "freshwater"
- D.
Wetlands are thermally stratified
- 9.The main difference between point sources and fugitive emissions is:
- A.
Point sources are toxic, fugitive emissions are not
- B.
Point sources are always stacks, fugitive emissions are from mobile sources
- C.
Point sources are manmade, fugitive emissions are natural
- D.
Point sources are any identifiable single source of pollution, fugitive emissions are released to the air other than those from stacks or vents
- 10.Which of the following is not considered a source of indoor air contaminants?
- A.
Mold, mildew, bacteria, etc.
- B.
Building materials and furnishings
- C.
Appliances
- D.
Personal care products
- 11.The common exposure routes for environmental toxins are:
- A.
Inhalation, oral, dermal
- B.
Inhalation, oral, injection
- C.
Inhalation, oral, open wound
- D.
Inhalation, dermal, injection
- 12.Toxics may interact in an organism in which of the following ways
- A.
Additive, synergistic, antagonism
- B.
Additive, synergistic, potentiation, antagonism
- C.
Additive, synergistic, negative, antagonism
- D.
Synergistic, negative, antagonism
- 13.Adhesion to an extremely thin layer of molecules to the surfaces of solid bodies and liquids with which they contact is known as:
- A.
Absorption
- B.
Contact
- C.
Adsorption
- D.
Scrubbing
- 14.The three-way catalysts used in automobiles are an example of:
- A.
Scrubbing
- B.
Catalytic reduction and oxidation
- C.
Catalytic reduction
- D.
Thermal decomposition
- 15.Which of the following chemical is not effectively treated using Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE)?
- A.
TCE
- B.
Ethylbenzene
- C.
Perchloroethylene
- D.
Vinyl chloride
- 16.Effective Environmental Management Systems are based on:
- A.
Laws and regulations
- B.
The Quality Circle (Plan, Do, Check, Act)
- C.
The Quality Circle (Plan, Act, Do, Check)
- D.
Local customs and cultures
- 17.Life cycle analysis (LCA) is appropriate when focusing on a product to:
- A.
Predict the final cost of the product
- B.
Compare the cost of meeting or not meeting environmental requirements standard
- C.
Identify the environmentally dominant stage in a product's life cycle
- D.
Set production goals
- 18.Which of the following does not add to an organization's environmental aspects?
- A.
Source reduction
- B.
Resource consumption
- C.
Releases to environment
- D.
Energy generation and / or utilization
- 19.Which of the following is not a type of command-and-control regulatory requirements?
- A.
Performance standards
- B.
Design standards
- C.
Tradable permits
- D.
Specific pollution control equipment or technology
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