Environmental Engineering Reference
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Chapter 10: Practice Exam 3
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.
Questions 1-3 refer to the following answer choices.
A.
Active volcano
B.
Cinder cone volcano
C.
Dormant volcano
D.
Extinct volcano
E.
Shield volcano
1.
A volcano that is considered inactive.
2.
A slowly erupting volcano with a broad base.
3.
A volcano with a large amount of seismic and thermal activity.
4.
Using manual labor, animal labor, and simple tools to grow crops is known as:
A.
Agriculture
B.
Conventional agriculture
C.
Industrialized agriculture
D.
Subsistence agriculture
E.
Traditional agriculture
5.
The Green Revolution of the 20th century is best characterized by which of the following:
I. Development of high-yield crops
II. Wide use of pesticides
III. Augmentation of an irrigation infrastructure
A.
I only
B.
II only
C.
III only
D.
I and II only
E.
I, II, and III
6.
Ozone can be beneficial or it can be a pollutant. What is the function of beneficial ozone?
A.
To act as a barrier for heat in the troposphere
B.
To block ultraviolet radiation in the mesopause
C.
To help hold in heat in the thermosphere
