Practice Final Flashcards

1
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When is the Design Cycle Done?

A

Never, but must choose to stop iteration to bring a new technology into being

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2
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Would the iphone 11 be an evolutionary or revolutionary product?

A

Evolutionary

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3
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WhT type of project requirement would a law/regulation fall under?

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Constraint

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4
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When creating a work breakdown structure, how do you know you have sufficiently broken down a project. (Ie when which of these statements have been met would you stop adding more levels)?

A

When the lowest level task has a clear deliverable, one owner (that owner can assign multiple doers), and is estimated to take a few hours to a few days to complete.

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5
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Which of the following is nit a dimension of the united nations human development index HDI?

A

Industrialization standards

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6
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List three dimensions of the united nations human development index

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Health dimensions
Education dimensions
Living standard dimensions

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7
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If a 75.0 L water bucket is contaminated with 15.0 mg/L of pesticides and then dumped into a drinking reservoir of 9,000 containing no Aldrin, what is the concentration of pesticides in the drinking water?

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0.12 mg/L

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8
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You are creating a novel water filter and your riskiest assumption is weather the material will degrade with water contact over 100 hours. What type of prototype do you need

A

Feels like

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9
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The triple bottom line does not include which of the following?

A

Appropriate technology

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10
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What is included in the triple bottom line?

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Environment impact, societal impact, economic impact

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11
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In order to maximize sustainability, life cycle assessment should be done from?

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Raw material extraction to end of life

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12
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Based on henrys law, as the ocean temperature rise which of the following is true?

A

The solubility of 02 in water will decrease

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13
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And recycling, converting discarded materials into some thing of greater value is known as______, well converting discarded material into lower value, quality, or functionality is known as_________, converting discarded materials into something of equal value is___________.

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upcycling, downcycling, closed loop recycling

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14
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You have designed a recycling plant that has the first stages is an air classifier, with of the following fractions what is the purity of the heavy glass bin?
Paper: 50 kg/hr Air classifier: 0
Glass: 20 kg/hr Air classifier: 0.9
Ferrous: 20kg/hr Air classifier: 0.15
Plastics: 20kg/hr Air classifier: 0.15

A

75%

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15
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Using the HHV equation, what is the HHV of Toronto’s MSW in kilojoules per kilogram, assuming the composition of their waist is 25% rubber, 50% mixed food waste, and 25% paper. Please select the closest answer.

A

16790 KJ/kg

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16
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What is the HHV of 1 kg waste that is 100% softwood?

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17,000 kJ

17
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A waste to energy facility in Oregon converts 1,000,000 kg of MSW per year with an HHV of 17,500 kJ per kilogram, 20% moisture in the garbage and 5% of dry mass is hydrogen to electricity. What is the total of the 1,000,000 kg of waste per year.

A

16,133,600,000kJ

18
Q

Global warming occurs when excess greenhouse gases trap additional sunlight and solar radiation that have bounced off earth surface.

A

True

19
Q

Which of the following is a component of the ecological footprint?

A

Productive land for growing crops, productive land for grazing animals, productive land for harvesting timber, productive land for absorbing waste.

20
Q

What is the definition of bio capacity?

A

Amount of land and see available on earth to provide the resources to meet demand

21
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What can we conclude from the worlds current carrying capacity?

A

Our current caring capacity requires 1.7 earths to provide the resources we use and absorb our waste.

22
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The Kaya identity is an application of IPA to carbon emissions from energy sources that allows to predict future use and analyze total omissions over a period of time. Period. Which assumption is made by Kaya?

A

Exponential growth / decay of population
Exponential growth/ decay of affluence .
Exponential growth/decay of technology

23
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What ethical principle does the ethical philosophy of utilitarianism prioritize?

A

Beneficence and Nonmaleficence

24
Q

UBC is in Vancouver campus is situated on the traditional territorial of which indigenous people?

A

Musqueam

25
Q

UBC Okanogan campus is situated on the traditional territory of which indigenous people?

A

Sylix

26
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The Okanogan nation alliance includes community territories in

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British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, USA.