IED Unit 9

Question 1

The hearing and determination of a dispute or the settling of differences between parties by a person or persons chosen or agreed to by them.

Answer 1

Arbitration

Question 2

The principal legal officer of the Crown or a state.

Answer 2

Attorney General

Question 3

Something produced in the making of something else; a secondary result; a side effect.

Answer 3

By-product

Question 4

A substance capable of causing cancer.

Answer 4

Carcinogen

Question 5

General agreement.

Answer 5

Consensus

Question 6

A detailed analysis and assessment.

Answer 6

Critique

Question 7

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Answer 7

Ecosystem

Question 8

The US federal agency with a mission to protect human health and the environment.

Answer 8

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Question 9

The study of workplace equipment design or how to arrange and design devices, machines, or workspace so that people and things interact safely and most efficiently.

Answer 9

Ergonomics

Question 10

Conforming to an established set of principles or accepted professional standards of contact.

Answer 10

Ethical

Question 11

The moral principles governing or influencing conduct.

Answer 11

Ethics

Question 12

To form an idea of the amount or value of; assess.

Answer 12

Evaluate

Question 13

A time and activity bar chart that is used for planning, managing, and controlling major programs that have a distinct beginning and end.

Answer 13

Gantt Chart

Question 14

A danger or risk.

Answer 14

Hazard

Question 15

The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated, and others are unanticipated.

Answer 15

Impact

Question 16

A low area of land that is built up from deposits of solid refuse in layers covered by soil.

Answer 16

Landfill

Question 17

The act or process of using an intermediary to effect an agreement or reconciliation.

Answer 17

Mediation

Question 18

Mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement.

Answer 18

Negotiation

Question 19

Principles of right action, binding upon the members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and acceptable behavior.

Answer 19

Norms

Question 20

A government organization whose mission is to assure the safety and health of America’s workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health.

Answer 20

Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Question 21

Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place.

Answer 21

Product Lifecycle

Question 22

The accepted code of behavior in a particular situation.

Answer 22

Protocol

Question 23

Any natural resource that is used to make finished products.

Answer 23

Raw Material

Question 24

To reclaim or reuse old materials in order to make new products.

Answer 24

Recycle

Question 25

To renovate or redecorate.

Answer 25

Refurbish

Question 26

Matter thrown away as worthless.

Answer 26

Refuse

Question 27

A small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used.

Answer 27

Residue

Question 28

When the unit or team becomes stronger than the sum of the individual members.

Answer 28

Synergy

Question 29

An exchange of one thing in return for another: especially relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for another regarded as more desirable.

Answer 29

Trade-off

Question 30

A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.

Answer 30

Virtual Team

Question 31

Material which is eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required.

Answer 31

Waste