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Basic Environmental Engineering MCQ

1. Agricultural runoff would be increased if farmers ____.

Used no fertilizer on steeply sloped land

Switched from row crops to animal feedlots

Used slow-release fertilizers

Planted buffer zones between cultivated lands and water

Kept cropland covered with vegetation

Answer

Correct Answer: Switched from row crops to animal feedlots

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2. When lost fluid is not replaced adequately, __________ can result.

Heat stroke

Hypothermia

Dehydration

Emphysema

Answer

Correct Answer: Dehydration

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3. The city of arcata, california, is notable because it designed a _________ to treat its sewage.

Living machine

Natural marsh

Fully modern, technologically advanced system

Corporate sponsorship system

System of modern outhouses

Answer

Correct Answer: Natural marsh

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4. Introduced sewage in water systems _______.

Decreases levels of phosphorus and nitrogen

Increases oxygen levels

Increases concentrations of solids

Leads to decreases in the temperature

Answer

Correct Answer: Increases concentrations of solids

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5. Environmentalist groups tend to prefer to ___.

Marketable permits; pollution charges

Marginal analysis

Marginal utility

A tool-kit; specific tools

Answer

Correct Answer: Marketable permits; pollution charges

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6. ________ represent(s) the largest source of unregulated hazardous waste.

Wastewater

Cereal boxes

Households

Food scraps

Answer

Correct Answer: Households

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7. An important characteristic of aquatic dead zones is a ________.

Low concentration of oxygen

Highconcentration of oxygen

Low concentration of corbon

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Low concentration of oxygen

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8. A land breeze usually originates during the ________.

Evening and flows toward the water

Their paths are very predictable.

During mid- to late afternoon

Counterclockwise toward the center

Answer

Correct Answer: Evening and flows toward the water

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9. ________ have the most dynamic and changeable day-to-day weather on earth.

Tropical latitudes.

Latitudes affected by fronts.

Polar latitudes

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Latitudes affected by fronts.

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10. A paradigm ________.

Is synonymous with the scientific method

Is a means of evaluating scientific hypotheses

Is a dominant view in science

Is a group of several hypotheses that can be tested together

Can only come from qualitative data

Answer

Correct Answer: Is a dominant view in science

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Basic Environmental Engineering MCQ

1. Agricultural runoff would be increased if farmers ____.

2. When lost fluid is not replaced adequately, __________ can result.

3. The city of arcata, california, is notable because it designed a _________ to treat its sewage.

4. Introduced sewage in water systems _______.

5. Environmentalist groups tend to prefer ________________ to ___________________.

6. ________ represent(s) the largest source of unregulated hazardous waste.

7. An important characteristic of aquatic dead zones is a ________.

8. A land breeze usually originates during the ________.

9. ________ have the most dynamic and changeable day-to-day weather on earth.

10. A paradigm ________.

5. Environmentalist groups tend to prefer to ___.