1. All of the following are facts about water pollution, except:
a. Projected increases in fertilizer use suggest there will be a 10% – 20% global increase in nitrogen water
contamination.
b. Up to 90% of wastewater in developing countries flow untreated into rivers, lakes, and coastal zones.
c. In developing countries, 70% of industrial waste is dumped untreated into water sources.
d. Every day, 2 million tons of untreated human waste is put into some water source.
e. Water use is projected to decrease by 50% within 20 years.
2. Trying to pinpoint who is responsible for environmental degradation is not always easy, especially when it involves
__________ .
a. different countries
b. several managers
c. more than one CEO
d. differing regulatory agencies
e. both federal and local governments
3. One of the biggest factors in land pollution is the dumping of waste into landfills.
world’s biggest wasters.
a. European
b. Chinese
c. Russian
d. American
e. Canadian
consumers are by far the
4. The world’s forests are being destroyed at a rate of nearly 50,000 square miles annually. The reasons for this wide-
scale destruction are varied and include all except:
a. The boom in biofuels
b. The soil is great for farming
c. Logging profits
d. Cycle of poverty
e. Converting land to other use
5. Although limiting urban sprawl creates disadvantages for
renewal movements that reduce sprawl.
a. car and oil companies
b. the airline industry
c. the railroad industry
d. service oriented companies
e. humans and animals
, many businesses can benefit from urban
6. Because genetically modified seeds are , farmers cannot keep any of the seed themselves but must
purchase seeds each year from companies such as Monsanto.
a. so small
b. worthless
c. uncollectable
d. invisible
e. patented
7. The first Earth Day, increasing stakeholder awareness of environmental concerns and the creation of the
Environmental Protection Agency brought to the forefront.
a. corporate social responsibility
b. alternative energy sources
c. diversity
d. sustainability
e. competition
8. All of the following are goals of the Environmental Protection Agency, except:
a. Focus on the activities of business
b. Protecting America’s water
c. Cleaning up communities and advancing sustainable development
d. Taking action on climate change and improving air quality
e. Ensuring the safety of chemicals and preventing pollution
9. The Clean Air Act:
a. Allowed the EPA to track industrial chemicals
b. Focuses on promoting alternative forms of energy
c. Established national air quality standards
d. Provides tax benefits to consumers who purchase hybrid cars
e. Focuses on reducing pollution through cost-effective change
10. The Clean Water Act makes it illegal for anyone to discharge any pollutant from a point source directly into
navigable waters without a .
a. good reason
b. direct order
c. permit
d. inspector present
e. limit
11. The
raw materials use. focuses on reducing pollution through cost-effective changes in production, operation, and
a. Pollution Prevention Act
b. Toxic Substances Control Act
c. Clean Air Act
d. Energy Policy Act
e. Oil Pollution Act
12. All of these are ways of reducing pollution, except:
a. Designing environmentally friendly buildings
b. Recycling
c. Greenwashing
d. Source reduction
e. Sustainable agriculture
13. Congress passed the to empower the EPA with the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals
currently produced or imported into the United States.
a. Federal Water Pollution Control Act
b. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
c. Safe Drinking Water Act
d. Toxic Substances Control Act
e. Food Quality Protection Act
14. Wind power holds great promise for the United States because of the
energy could meet as much as 20 percent of the nation’s energy needs.
a. Rocky Mountains
b. Everglades
c. Great Lakes
d. Pacific Rim
e. Great Plains
, and experts believe wind
15. Geothermal energy provides
alternative energy.
a. heat from the sun
b. a radiated heat
c. heat from steam
d. a constant source of heat
e. a dry heat
and is a more dependable energy source than some other forms of
16. Critics of nuclear power are concerned about all of the following, except:
a. Reduced emissions
b. Worker safety
c. The transport of nuclear waste
d. Damage to plants from natural disasters
e. Nuclear meltdowns
17. Perhaps the most controversial form of alternative energy after nuclear power is .
a. hydopower
b. geothermal power
c. solar power
d. wind power
e. ethanol
18. in the United States, provides only 7% of total output but provides 19% of total electricity
production worldwide, making it the largest form of renewable energy.
a. wind power
b. geothermal power
c. hydroelectric power
d. solar power
e. nuclear power
19. Many businesses responded to sustainability by adopting a triple-bottom line approach; taking into consideration
social and environmental performance variables in addition to .
a. managerial performance
b. economic performance
c. board of directors performance
d. customer focus
e. stakeholder focus
20. A business attempts to avoid dealing with environmental issues and hopes nothing bad happens or no
one ever finds out about an environmental accident or abuse.
a. newly established
b. socially responsible
c. low–commitment
d. bankrupt
e. law-abiding
21. is one of the country’s greatest sustainability success stories.
a. Water conservation
b. Pollution control
c. Manufacturing
d. Composting
e. Recycling
22. Stakeholder assessment is an important part of a approach to environmental issues.
a. low–commitment
b. medium-commitment
c. high-commitment
d. hands-off
e. hands–on
23. Through , it is possible to quantify the trade-offs to determine whether to accept or reject
environmentally-related activities and programs.
a. risk management
b. management voting
c. board directives
d. legal requirements
e. customer input
24. Organizations highly committed to environmental responsibility may conduct an audit of their efforts and report the
results to all interested .
a. agencies
b. countries
c. stakeholders
d. individuals
e. suppliers
25. Which option includes the assessment and improvement of business strategies, economic ectors, work practices,
technologies, and lifestyles while maintaining the natural environment?
a. Competitive advantage
b. Marketing
c. Sustainability
d. Greenwashing
e. Risk analysis
26. Sustainability is the long–term well–being of the natural environment and the mutually beneficial interactions among
_____.
a. customers, investors, managers, and policies
b. board members, presidents, managers, and nonprofit organizations
c. investors, creditors, suppliers, and the marketing department
d. nature, individuals, organizations, and business strategies
e. managers, boards, CEO’s, and stakeholder strategies
27. Which industry invests the most in alternative clean energy sources?
a. The automobile industry
b. The clothing industry
c. The airline industry
d. The federal government
e. The oil and gas industry
28. All of these are examples of social responsibility concerns, except:
a. Product price
b. Consumer protection
c. Employee well-being
d. Sustainability
e. Legal responsibilities
29. The protection of air, water, land, biodiversity, and emerged as a major issue in the twentieth century.
a. employee relations
b. renewable natural resources
c. environmental legal regulations
d. consumer protection
e. air pollution
30. can cause markedly shorter life spans, along with chronic respiratory problems in humans and animals.
a. Water pollution
b. Air pollution
c. Global warming
d. Deforestation
e. Acid rain
31. The Kyoto Protocol created in 1997 is an international treaty meant to curb global .
a. natural resource use
b. greenwashing activities
c. water pollution
d. greenhouse gas emissions
e. competition
32. How does sustainability relate to ethical decision making and social responsibility?
33. Discuss the benefits of green marketing and the long-term pitfalls of greenwashing.
34. Why is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said to be the most influential regulatory agency?