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1
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Sustainable development is best defined as which of the following?
a. The potential for the long-term well-being of the environment, including all biological entities, as well as
mutually beneficial interactions among nature and individuals, organizations, and business strategies
b. Socially responsible activities such as sustainable business practices that create competitive advantages
c. When an organization uses its products and brand identity to create social value, quality, and consumer loyalty
d. A strategy involving stakeholder assessment to create meaningful long-term relationships with customers,
while maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the natural environment
e. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs, with an emphasis on the natural environment

A

E

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One of the biggest factors in land pollution is the dumping of waste into landfills. By far the world’s biggest wasters are
consumers in _______.
a. Europe
b. China
c. Russia
d. the United States
e. Canada

A

D

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The world’s forests, which cover more than 30 percent of the planet, are being destroyed, with forests shrinking by
502,000 square miles over the past 25 years. Wide-spread deforestation is caused predominantly by which of the
following?
a. The corn industry
b. Beef, soy, palm oil, and wood products
c. Human-lit fires
d. A lack of rain
e. Wildfires

A

B

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  1. Many businesses can benefit from urban renewal movements that reduce sprawl, but it can create disadvantages for
    _______.
    a. car and oil companies
    b. the airline industry
    c. the railroad industry
    d. service-oriented companies
    e. humans and animals
A

A

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  1. Farmers cannot keep harvested seed from genetically modified crops, but must purchase them each year from
    companies such as Bayer, due to the fact that such seeds are _______.
    a. non-organic
    b. perishable
    c. uncollectable
    d. destructive
    e. patented
A

E

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  1. The first Earth Day increased stakeholder awareness of environmental concerns and the creation of the Environmental
    Protection Agency, bringing which of the following to the forefront?
    a. Corporate social responsibility
    b. Alternative energy sources
    c. Diversity
    d. Sustainability
    e. Competition
A

D

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  1. The Environmental Protection Agency’s primary mission is to _______.
    a. protect human health and the environment
    b. ensure all Fortune 500 firms hire a chief sustainability officer
    c. protect threatened and endangered species
    d. encourage alternative energy sources
    e. collect taxes from the chemical and petroleum industries
A

A

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Which of the following statements accurately describes the Clean Air Act?
a. It allowed the EPA to track industrial chemicals.
b. It focused on promoting alternative forms of energy.
c. It established national air quality standards.
d. It provided tax benefits to consumers who purchase hybrid cars.
e. It focused on reducing pollution through cost-effective change.

A

C

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The Clean Water Act makes it illegal for anyone to discharge any pollutant from a point source directly into navigable
waters without a(n) _______.
a. good reason
b. direct order
c. permit
d. inspector present
e. limit

A

C

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Which of the following acts focuses on reducing pollution through cost-effective changes in production, operation,and raw materials use?
a. Pollution Prevention Act
b. Toxic Substances Control Act
c. Clean Air Act
d. Energy Policy Act
e. Oil Pollution Act

A

A

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  1. Which of the following is considered a misleading practice related to sustainability?
    a. Designing environmentally friendly buildings
    b. Recycling
    c. Greenwashing
    d. Source reduction
    e. Sustainable agriculture
A

C

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  1. To empower the EPA with the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the
    United States, Congress passed the _______.
    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
A

D

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Wind power holds great promise for the United States because it is home to one of the greatest sources of wind energy
in the world, found in the _______.
a. Rocky Mountains
b. Everglades
c. Great Lakes
d. Pacific Rim
e. Great Plains

A

E

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A more dependable energy source than some other forms of alternative energy, geothermal energy provides _______.
a. heat from the sun
b. a radiated heat
c. heat from steam
d. a constant source of heat
e. a dry heat

A

d

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15
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Which of these is considered the largest form of renewable energy?
a. Hydropower
b. Solar power
c. Geothermal power
d. Biofuels
e. Nuclear power

A

a

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16
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Which of the following is the most controversial form of alternative energy after nuclear power?
a. Hydropower
b. Geothermal power
c. Solar power
d. Wind power
e. Ethanol

A

e

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17
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  1. Which of the following is the name for a certification program that recognizes sustainable building practices and
    strategies?
    a. Brundtland Report
    b. WasteWise
    c. LEED
    d. Kyoto Protocol
    e. USMCA
A

C

18
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  1. To report air, land, and water sustainability issues, most businesses use _______.
    a. environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors
    b. triple bottom line
    c. green marketing
    d. LEED
    e. ISO 14000
A

a

19
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  1. Which type of business describes one that 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. A newly established business
    b. A socially responsible business
    c. A low-commitment business
    d. A single-impact-driven business
    e. A law-abiding business
A

C

20
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  1. One of the country’s greatest sustainability success stories is _______.
    a. water conservation
    b. pollution control
    c. manufacturing
    d. composting
    e. recycling
A

e

21
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  1. Stakeholder assessment is an important part of which type of approach to environmental issues?
    a. Low-commitment
    b. Medium-commitment
    c. High-commitment
    d. Hands-off
    e. Hands-in
A

c

22
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  1. It is possible to quantify the trade-offs to determine whether to accept or reject environmentally related activities and
    programs through _______.
    a. risk management
    b. management voting
    c. board directives
    d. legal requirements
    e. customer input
A

a

23
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  1. Which of the following is a comprehensive set of environmental standards developed by the International
    Organization for Standardization to encourage a cleaner, safer, healthier world?
    a. Green Globes
    b. Kyoto Protocol
    c. ISO 14000
    d. Cancun Package
    e. LEED
A

C

24
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  1. Which of the following includes the assessment and improvement of business strategies, economic sectors, work
    practices, technologies, and lifestyles in the maintaining of the natural environment?
    a. Competitive advantage
    b. Marketing
    c. Sustainability
    d. Greenwashing
    e. Risk analysis
A

c

25
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  1. Sustainability is defined as 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 and individuals, organizations, and business strategies
    e. managers, boards, CEOs, and stakeholder strategies
A

d

26
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Which of the following does a cap-and-trade program reduce?
a. Carbon emissions
b. Waste
c. Water pollution
d. Deforestation
e. Fracking

A

a

27
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  1. Which of the following statements about genetically modified seeds is true?
    a. They are able to cross-pollinate with other plants.
    b. They make food more perishable.
    c. They often result in greater crop yields.
    d. They have a negative impact on impoverished areas.
    e. They do not offer crop resistance to pests such as bugs.
A

c

28
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  1. Major issues that emerged in the twentieth century include the protection of air, water, land, biodiversity, and
    _______.
    a. employee relations
    b. renewable natural resources
    c. environmental legal regulations
    d. consumer protection
    e. greenwashing
A

b

29
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  1. Which of the following can cause markedly shorter life spans, along with chronic respiratory problems, in humans and animals?
    a. Water pollution
    b. Air pollution
    c. Climate change
    d. Deforestation e. Acid rain
A

b

30
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  1. Created in 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty meant to curb global _______.
    a. natural resource use
    b. greenwashing activities
    c. water pollution
    d. greenhouse gas emissions
    e. competition
A

d

31
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  1. Which issue did Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring address that sparked the environmental movement?

a. Indiscriminate use of genetically modified seeds
b. Deforestation
c. Urban sprawl
d. Indiscriminate use of pesticides
e. Lack of renewable energy

A

d

32
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  1. The biggest contributor of illnesses in developing countries is likely which of the following?
    a. Acid rain
    b. Water pollution
    c. Deforestation
    d. Climate change
    e. Landfill waste
A

b

33
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because ehanol is created from corn in the United States, there are concerns that the increased use of ethanol will decrease food supplies.
a. true
b. false

A

a

34
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  1. Greenwashing is a strategy involving stakeholder assessment to create meaningful long-term relationships with customers, while maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the natural environment.
    a. true
    b. false
A

false

35
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  1. Green Globes and LEED are certification groups that authorize buildings as “green.”
    a. True
    b. False
A

true

36
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  1. Acid rain, waste management, urban sprawl, and deforestation are all environmental issues related to land.
    a. True
    b. false
A

false

37
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  1. Recycling is the reprocessing of materials—especially steel, aluminum, paper, glass, rubber, and some plastics— for reuse
    a. true
    b. false
A

a

38
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  1. Which of the following is an example of sustainability?
    a. Recycling
    b. Donating money
    c. Building schools
    d. Helping children learn
    e. Building roads
A

a

39
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  1. A strategy involving stakeholder assessment to create meaningful long-term relationships with customers while maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the natural environment is known as _______.
    a. green marketing
    b. recycling initiatives
    c. stakeholder assessment
    d. risk analysis
    e. strategic environmental audit
A

a

40
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The long-term variation in average weather patterns is referred to as _______.
a. water pollution
b. greenhouse gas 17
c. climate change
d. the Kyoto Protocol
e. the ozone layer

A

c

41
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Sustainability falls into the social responsibility domain of maximizing positive and minimizing negative impacts on stakeholders.
a. True
b. False

A

True

42
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Sustainability relates to ethical decision making.

A

True

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