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Sustainability and Energy Simulations MCQ

1. What is acidification?

Change in oceanic temperature due to the absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide

Change in oceanic pH due to the absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide

Increase in salinity due to the absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide

Loss of nutrients due to the absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide

Answer

Correct Answer: Change in oceanic pH due to the absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide

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2. What is Allocation in the context of environmental impact?

The process of describing and quantifying the environmental impact of a product

The process of attributing corresponding shares of environmental impact to a product in cases of multifunctionality/coproduction

Designing products to reduce environmental impact

The process of measuring environmental impact with respect to a product

Answer

Correct Answer: The process of attributing corresponding shares of environmental impact to a product in cases of multifunctionality/coproduction

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3. What is important for practitioners do when testing multiple approaches?

Develop a new assessment framework

Research the implications of multiple approaches

Test one single solution

Assess the outcome of the study

Answer

Correct Answer: Assess the outcome of the study

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4. What does the Benefit Cost Ratio measure?

The total value of benefits divided by total value of costs

The present value of benefits divided by present value of costs

The past value of benefits divided by past value of costs

The net value of benefits

Answer

Correct Answer: The present value of benefits divided by present value of costs

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5. What is a Carbon footprint?

Pollution caused by burning fossil fuels

Amount of CO2 released in a certain area

Life-cycle climate-change impacts of a product or service

Global temperatures rising since the Industrial Revolution

Answer

Correct Answer: Life-cycle climate-change impacts of a product or service

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6. What is the definition of Accuracy?

How close two measurements are to each other

How precise a measurement is

How close a measurement is to the actual value

How close a measurement is to its ideal value

Answer

Correct Answer: How close a measurement is to the actual value

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