46. Chemicals or mixtures that may present unreasonable risks of injury to health or to the envirornnent are
called
a. industrial
wastes.
b. water pollution.
c. toxic
substances.
d. radioactive
material.
47. “Wicked” envirornnental problems include
a. smog
b. toxic
waste
c. acid rain.
d. all of these.
48. Which of the following is not a reason for devoting resources to achieving sustainability?
a. the upside
benefits.
b. the upside risks.
c. the downside risks.
d. the right thing to
do.
49. Reports of studies explaining and estimating the ecological ramifications of questionable practices and
irreversible
uses of resources and proposing detailed, reasonable alternatives to these practices and uses
are
a. triple bottom line reports.
b. social needs
statements.
c. envirornnental impact
statements.
d. engineering assessment
studies.
50. One approach to resolving air pollution problems, intended to reduce a particular pollutant over an entire industrial
region by treating all emission sources as
if
they were under one bubble is
called
a. emissions trading.
b. blanket controls.
c. comprehensive emissions regulation.
d. the clean air provision.
51. The purpose of Superfund legislation was to
a. identify toxic waste
sites.
b. eliminate dumping of toxic
wastes.
c. clean up hazardous waste dumps and
spills.
d. prevent land
degradation.
52. In the Montreal Protocol of 1987, most of the nations that produced or used CFCs agreed
to
a. a gradual phase-out of those
materials.
b. limit future use
ofCFCs
to amounts produced in that year.
c. an immediate ban on all
CFCs.
d. a quick phase-out of
CFCs.
53. Envirornnental interest groups believe that the threat of confrontation motivates companies to
a. undergone a series of bitter court
cases.
b. be more cooperative with
them.
c. joined forces to lobby Congress for more stringent
envirornnentallaws.
d. been forced to stop conferring, due to antitrust
concerns.
54. Groups that employ violent acts that involve real or threatened damage to people or property in pursuit
of
envirornnental goals are called
a. radical ecologists.
b. scientific
anarchists.
c. ecoterrorists.
d. bio-envirornnentalists.
55. Businesses are paying close attention to all of the following green groups
except
a. consumers.
b. legislators.
c. employees.
d. investors.
56. Business that meets the need of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own
needs is following principles
of
a. endurance.
b. long-termism.
c. sustainability.
d. ecological determinism.
57. Which of the following is not a CERES
principle?
a. protection of the
biosphere
b. sustainable use of natural
resources
c. reduction of
waste
d. cooperation with business and
govermnent
58. CERES principles include all of the following
except
a. reduce environmental, health, and safety risks to employees and the
public
b. environmental restoration
c. concentrate on industrialized countries
d. informing the public
59. Managers can use crisis management in the environmental area by focusing on:
a. Prevention
b. Contingency plans
c. all of
these
d. none of
these
60. Which of the following is not a principle of sustainable
success?
a. Your business should never use more than it can
replace.
b. Your business is part of a much larger
system.
c. The culture of your business is determined by the context you create for it.
d. The soul of a business is found in the hearts of its
people.
61. People who prefer to invest in companies with sustainability programs are known as
a. sustainability investors
b. power
investors
c. green investors
d. ethical investors
62. Which
oftbe
following is not considered a systematic management approach to selecting or constructing an
envirornnental strategy?
a. crisis management.
b. accommodation
strategy.
c. issues
management.
d. stakeholder
management.
63. Hazardous wastes can include all the following
except
a. solids.
b. food.
c. contained
gases.
d. sludges
64. Orphan sites
are
a. land sites with renewable energy
sources
b. superfund sites where money from the original polluter has been exhausted or no responsibility party can
be
found
c. deforestation plots
d. water spills
65. Ecoterrorism is all the following
except
a. employing violent acts that involve real or threatened damage to people or property to attempt to
achieve
goals.
b. taking an increased
importance.
c. in the form of radical
groups.
d. fought through the federal level with such as the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.
66. Describe some of the changes that have occurred as a result of global
warming.
67. Describe the ethics of the solution that some businesses have for hazardous
wastes-
transporting and dumping
them
elsewhere, legally or illegally.
68. Describe some of the potential effects of water shortages or “water
bankruptcy.”
69. What are the likely effects of degraded marine
environments?
70. Detail some of the effects of land
degradation.
71. What are the answers to our overuse of
nonrenewable
energy
resources?
72. Describe the basic problems of producing toxic
substances.
73. Describe what is meant by “wicked problems” and why they are considered so
problematic.
74. Explain the concept of the “tragedy of the
commons.”
75. What is the focus of sustainability?
76. Describe the major sources of pollution in the area where you
live.
77. Based on the knowledge you gained about emissions trading, decide if this is an acceptable solution to our
air
pollution
problem.
78. Go to the EPA’s website,
http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer,
and input your zip code to generate a report about
the
releases of toxic chemicals where you live. Research the effects of the largest chemical released in your
area.
Report your fmdings.
79.
Describe
the use of
cost-benefit
analysis in
managing envirornnental
matters.
Evaluate
its
appropriateness
as
a
decision-making
tool for
envirornnental issues.
80. Is
economic
growth an
appropriate
goal for
business?
81. Is the green approach just a
fad?