Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 9: Practice Exam 2
Section I: Multiple-Choice Questions
Time: 90 minutes
100 questions
Directions:
Each of the questions or incomplete statements in this section is followed by five answer choices.
Select the best answer choice and fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet.
1.
Which of the following is responsible for reducing global CFC production by half?
A.
Copenhagen Protocol
B.
Montreal Protocol
C.
Pollution Prevention Act
D.
Kyoto Protocol
E.
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
2.
The main global contributing factors to greenhouse-gas emissions are
A.
Electricity production and transportation
B.
Industrial processes
C.
Agricultural processes
D.
Agriculture and transportation
E.
None of the above
3.
Which of the following is a way to potentially avoid a tragedy of the commons?
A.
People sharing the resource work to manage the resource
B.
Private ownership
C.
Regulation by the government
D.
All of the above
E.
None of the above
4.
In the transitional stage of demographic transition, why does the death rate fall?
A.
Movement of people into urban areas
B.
Less disease on a global scale
C.
More efficient and reliable food production and medical advancements
D.
Fewer births
E.
Fewer work-related accidents
5.
What is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere?
A.
Methane
B.
Nitrogen dioxide
C.
Water vapor
