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Choose one
1 point
A factory sells products at a profit, but nearby residents bear health costs from its air pollution. Which environmental-policy purpose most directly addresses this situation?
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12. Environmental Policy and Climate Solutions Online Quiz Questions
Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 12. Environmental Policy and Climate Solutions, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.
20 questions
02
True or false
1 point
True or false: Under NEPA, completing an environmental review automatically prohibits a proposed project if the project could have environmental effects.
- A
True
- B
False
03
Written response
1 point
What conservation approach involves implementing an action, monitoring its results, and adjusting the strategy as evidence changes?
04
Fill in the blank
1 point
Complete each statement with the appropriate conservation term: Protecting an ecosystem from use or major alteration is ; permitting resource use while maintaining long-term ecological function is ; and repairing a degraded ecosystem is .
05
Choose one
1 point
Which policy is a market-based instrument rather than a command-and-control regulation?
- A
A discharge permit that sets a legally enforceable limit
- B
A ban on a particularly hazardous substance
- C
A tax assigned to each unit of pollution
- D
A requirement to prepare an environmental impact statement
06
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1 point
Select all of the potential benefits of maintaining or restoring wildlife corridors.
- A
They can connect otherwise isolated habitat patches.
- B
They guarantee that no species using the corridor will become extinct.
- C
They can help maintain gene flow between populations.
- D
They can help organisms move as seasonal conditions and climate change alter suitable habitat.
- E
They eliminate every threat from invasive species and illegal harvest.
07
True or false
1 point
True or false: An environmental justice review should consider cumulative exposure to multiple hazards rather than evaluating each facility or pollutant in isolation.
- A
True
- B
False
08
Written response
1 point
Which dimension of environmental justice asks whether the histories, cultures, rights, and knowledge of affected communities are respected?
09
Fill in the blank
1 point
Complete the examples of nature-based solutions: Restoring can reduce coastal flooding, while planting can lower urban heat.
10
Choose one
1 point
A farming region expects more frequent droughts and adopts drought-resistant crops and efficient irrigation. How should this response be classified?
- A
Mitigation
- B
Adaptation
- C
Environmental restoration
- D
Risk assessment
11
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1 point
A city is comparing several proposals to reduce environmental risk. Select all of the criteria from the material that would directly help the city evaluate the proposals.
- A
Effectiveness in reducing the target risk or pressure
- B
Equity in who pays, benefits, or may be harmed
- C
Popularity among all residents, regardless of environmental results
- D
Measurability using reliable indicators
- E
Whether the solution uses the newest available technology
12
Choose one
1 point
A city wants to compare technologies by considering mining, manufacturing, operation, energy use, and waste. Which evaluation method is most appropriate?
- A
Public comment analysis
- B
Dose-response assessment
- C
Life-cycle assessment
- D
Habitat Conservation Planning
13
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1 point
Which activity is an example of risk management rather than risk assessment?
- A
Determining whether a pollutant can cause harmful effects
- B
Estimating how risk changes as concentration changes
- C
Choosing an intervention after considering legal, economic, ethical, and feasibility factors
- D
Estimating who is exposed and for how long
14
Open ended
1 point
A city is developing a long-term response to increasingly severe urban heat. Propose an integrated portfolio of mitigation and adaptation measures, and explain how the city should evaluate and adjust the portfolio over time.
15
Choose one
1 point
A factory sells products, but nearby residents develop health problems because of the factory's air pollution. Which environmental-policy concept best describes this situation?
- A
Externality
- B
Public good
- C
Common-resource problem
- D
Information gap
16
Choose one
1 point
Which statement best explains the primary function of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)?
- A
It requires every proposed project to use renewable energy.
- B
It automatically prohibits projects expected to have any environmental effect.
- C
It requires agencies to study environmental consequences and alternatives before certain major federal actions.
- D
It sets a national tax on every unit of pollution.
17
True or false
1 point
Mitigation reduces the causes of climate change, whereas adaptation reduces vulnerability to its actual or expected impacts.
- A
True
- B
False
18
Choose one
1 point
Scientists have identified a chemical's harmful effects, estimated how exposure varies among residents, and analyzed how harm changes with dose. Which risk-assessment step should integrate these findings and explain uncertainty?
- A
Hazard identification
- B
Risk characterization
- C
Exposure assessment
- D
Dose-response assessment
19
Written response
1 point
What conservation feature connects otherwise isolated habitat patches and helps organisms move between them?
20
Written response
1 point
In what year was the Paris Agreement adopted, establishing the framework in which countries prepare and communicate nationally determined contributions (NDCs)? Enter the four-digit Gregorian year.