Environmental Policy and Management Exam Bank
Course Introduction
This course explores the principles and processes underlying environmental policy and management at local, national, and global levels. Students will examine the development, implementation, and evaluation of environmental policies, considering the roles of government agencies, private industry, non-governmental organizations, and the public. The course covers key concepts such as regulatory frameworks, sustainable development, stakeholder engagement, and environmental justice. Through case studies and practical analysis, students will gain insight into policy tools and management strategies for addressing issues such as climate change, air and water quality, biodiversity conservation, and resource management. The course prepares students to critically assess policy decisions and to contribute effectively to the development and execution of solutions to environmental challenges.
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Sustaining the Earth 11th Edition by G. Tyler Miller
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Chapter 1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
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Q1) Which worldview is most consistent with the current situation in the United States?
A)planetary Management
B)biocentric
C)stewardship
D)humility
E)environmental wisdom
Answer: A
Q2) A renewable resource can be
A)used indefinitely.
B)replenished by natural processes within hours to centuries.
C)replenished by natural processes in millions of years.
D)consumed completely if it is managed within its sustainable yield.
E)found and used easily.
Answer: B
Q3) When a nonrenewable resource is completely exhausted, humans can rarely find a substitute.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
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Q1) According to the first law of thermodynamics, energy input is
A)usually greater than energy output.
B)always greater than energy output.
C)always equal to energy output.
D)usually less than energy output.
E)always less than energy input.
Answer: C
Q2) A set of organisms that are similar in genetic make up and reproduce sexually to produce fertile offspring are members of the same species.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) New scientific results that have not been fully tested and accepted by peer review are known as _____________________.
Answer: frontier science tentative science
Q4) The smallest unit of matter into which an element can be divided and still have its chemical properties is a(n) _____________________.
Answer: atom
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Chapter 3: Biodiversity and Evolution
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Q1) In a region with seasonal drought, occasional fires, and grazing by large herbivores, you would most likely find a A)forest.
B)grassland.
C)desert.
D)volcanoes.
E)sand dunes.
Answer: B
Q2) Biodiversity is a renewable resource.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) A variety of oranges that have been selectively bred to be juicer and sweeter are a result of
A)natural selection.
B)artificial selection.
C)adaptation.
D)reproductive isolation.
E)differential reproduction.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Community Ecology, Population Ecology, and the Human Population
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Q1) The size of a species' population, be that of an animal or plant, is influenced by births, deaths, immigration, and emigration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ____________ provides educational and clinical services to help couples choose how many children to have and when to have them.
Q3) In 1845, the human population of Ireland experienced a major crash as a result of
A)the plague.
B)the potato fungus.
C)an influenza epidemic.
D)a prolonged drought.
E)HIV/AIDS.
Q4) The relationship between honeybees and flowers is A)competition.
B)commensalism.
C)parasitism.
D)mutualism.
E)predation.
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Chapter 5: Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach
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Q1) As human populations have spread over most of the globe, extinction rates have dropped.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One characteristic of a species that is likely to become extinct is
A)being invasive.
B)requiring a small territory.
C)having a high reproduction rate.
D)being a generalist.
E)having a specialized niche.
Q3) The ____________________ suggests that, on average, loss of 90% of the habitat in an area causes extinction of about 50% of the species in that area.
Q4) Rehabilitation of wild endangered species is best done in zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are two major hindrances to protecting species extinction within a single human lifetime?
Q6) ____________________ is diminished by extinction.
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Chapter 6: Sustaining Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach
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Q1) The reintroduction of wolves into the Yellowstone ecosystem has been considered a success because
A)the wolves are thriving.
B)local ranchers fear that wolves will attach cattle.
C)ecotourism has decreased.
D)biodiversity of the ecosystem has been re-established and sustained. E)global warming has ceased.
Q2) The removal of large tracts of forestland for human use is called deforestation. A)True B)False
Q3) Protecting watersheds is important to protecting freshwater biodiversity, since water and land are connected.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Conversion of forests and woodlands to agricultural land contributes to the growing problem of ____________________.
Q5) Reducing soil erosion, purifying air and water, and influencing climate are examples of the ____________________ of forests.
Q6) How have marine reserves helped marine ecosystems?
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Chapter 7: Food, Soil, and Pest Management
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Q1) What agricultural style prevents erosion on steep slopes?
A)windbreaks
B)conservation tillage farming
C)terracing
D)strip cropping
E)crop rotation
Q2) Global food supplies can be made more available and affordable by
A)purchasing food from big box stores.
B)consuming more meat.
C)eliminating subsidies.
D)wasting less food.
E)promoting free trade.
Q3) Cattle and dairy cows are responsible for producing around 16% of the world's annual emissions of which greenhouse gas?
A)carbon dioxide
B)nitrous oxide
C)carbon monoxide
D)chlorofluorocarbons
E)methane
Q4) Explain how eating fish or poultry leads to more sustainable agriculture.
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Chapter 8: Water Resources and Water Pollution
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Q1) Where does the majority of oil pollution in the ocean come from?
A)blowouts (oil escapes under high pressure from a borehole on the ocean floor )
B)tanker accidents
C)fisheries
D)runoff from land
E)cruise ships
Q2) What percent of the earth's water supply is readily available as liquid freshwater?
A)0.024%
B)1.0%
C)2.3%
D)7.8%
E)15%
Q3) Large dams and reservoirs
A)reduce danger of flooding upstream.
B)are inexpensive to build.
C)cannot be used for outdoor recreation.
D)can be used to provide electric power.
E)improve ecosystem services.
Q4) What are three ecological services that rivers provide?
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Chapter 9: Nonrenewable Energy Resources
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Q1) Most of the energy used worldwide comes from renewable energy sources.
A)True
B)False
Q2) If nonrenewable energy has so many negative effects, why is it so widely used?
Q3) Natural gas consists of which gases?
A)methane, propane, and butane
B)ethanol, ethane, and butane
C)propane, oxygen, and methane
D)butane, carbon dioxide, and sulfide
E)sulfide, oxygen, and ethanol
Q4) The form of coal or organic matter fuel with the highest heat and carbon content is A)anthracite.
B)lignite.
C)peat.
D)bituminous coal.
E)shale.
Q5) The conventional nuclear fuel cycle has s low net energy yield.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
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Q1) Overall, nonrenewable resources have a lower net energy than renewable resources.
A)True
B)False
Q2) To reduce energy waste, we must
A)increase energy consumption.
B)improve energy efficiency.
C)switch from fossil fuels.
D)use only solar technologies.
E)lower energy efficiency.
Q3) Including environmental costs, wind power is the cheapest source of electricity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Keeping energy prices artificially low has resulted in harmful environmental affects and wasteful energy use.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ____________________ is based on energy-efficient and money saving building designs.
Q6) Electric-gasoline powered vehicles are called ____________________.
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Chapter 11: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
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Q1) Reducing the amount of human input can decrease the risks associated with a system's reliability. Why is this so? Why is this not always the best solution?
Q2) DDT is banned in most countries but is still widely used for malaria control.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Many AIDS patients are less vulnerable to tuberculosis infection because the immune system is already compromised.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Carcinogens are primarily known to cause or promote
A)genetic defects.
B)birth defects.
C)cancer.
D)chronic health effects.
E)allergic reactions.
Q5) Discuss the factors that limit the usefulness of epidemiological studies in estimating the harmful effects of chemicals.
Q6) Discuss the distinction between risk assessment and risk management.
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Chapter 12: Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone
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Q1) Photochemical smog is worst in urban areas with a climate that is A)cool, wet, and cloudy.
B)cool, dry, and sunny.
C)warm, dry, and sunny.
D)warm, wet, and cloudy.
E)warm, wet, and sunny.
Q2) The ____________________ is an international agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming.
Q3) Future global warming consequences will likely include major heat waves, more intense forest fires, prolonged droughts, glacial melt, and sea level rise.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A temperature inversion is the result of A)precipitation.
B)cold air drainage.
C)a layer of warm air lying atop cooler air near the ground.
D)a cold blanket of air that prevents warm air from rising.
E)mixing of cool and warm air.
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Q5) The atmospheric layer closest to earth's surface is the ____________________.
Chapter 13: Urbanization and Solid and Hazardous Waste
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Q1) Hazardous waste is best defined as waste that threatens human health or the environment because it
A)is devoid of any nutrients
B)is poisonous, dangerously chemically reactive, corrosive, or flammable
C)an unwanted or discarded material that is not liquid or gas.
D)is in violation of anti-pollution laws
E)has been disposed of improperly
Q2) Smart growth is a form of urban planning that
A)uses laws and other tools to channel urban growth into less harmful areas
B)relies on current statistics rather than on future population growth trends
C)encourages resource consumption
D)facilitates urban sprawl on a rapid scale
E)focuses on the social consequences of urban land use planning
Q3) ____________________ are excavated depressions such as ponds, pits, or lagoons into which liquid hazardous wastes are stored.
Q4) The United States legally exports its e-waste under the Basel Convention.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss three challenges faced by cities as urbanization expands.
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Chapter 14: Economics, Politics, Worldviews, and Sustainability
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Q1) Critics call the movement of employees between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate the "____________________" regulatory system.
Q2) A constitutional democracy would have the most difficulty in responding to A)a threat of attack
B)the possibility of long-range global warming
C)an economic depression
D)a labor strike
E)a sharp increase in gasoline prices
Q3) A(n) ____________________ is a social institution through which goods and services are produced, distributed and consumed to satisfy people's needs and wants.
Q4) Anjali Appadurai is notable for her
A)insistent support of neoclassical economics.
B)green business acumen.
C)rousing talk at the U.N. Climate Conference in Durban, South Africa.
D)extensive research on economic conditions in less-developed countries.
E)belief that environmental decisions should be made with patience and a long-term view.
Q5) How do the views of ecological economists differ from those of neoclassical economists?
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