Question 1

Which 2006 documentary featuring Al Gore won an Academy Award for its argument that people must act to prevent climate disaster?

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A)   The Environment: From Surplus to Scarcity
B)   Risk Society
C)   An Inconvenient Truth
D)   The Politics of Climate ChangeE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

The higher levels of consumption in wealthy societies is associated with

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A)   the same per-capita waste per person as in poorer nations because of policies that require businesses to pay for the cost of waste, which incentives less waste
B)   the same per-capita waste per person as in poorer nations because of better recycling programs that divert and reuse waste
C)   significantly higher levels of per-capita waste
D)   significantly lower levels of per-capita wasteE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Which U.S. island saw nearly one-third of its homes destroyed in 2017's Hurricane Maria?

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A)   Puerto Rico
B)   Three Mile Island
C)   Hawai'i
D)   Hatteras IslandE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Ecological modernization theory says that people will develop sustainable practices to lower environmental risk as

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A)   expert knowledge becomes more available and people's consciousness is raised
B)   they personally come to know someone hurt by climate change
C)   they see their financial investments negatively impacted by environmental disasters
D)   journalistic coverage of the international crises produced by climate change increasesE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 5

How can journalism's effort to report without bias contribute to climate change denialism?

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A)   Because they are committed to citing credible sources, journalists are unable to locate many scholarly sources that say that climate change is not real or does not have human causes. This causes readers who want to hear that argument to do their own online research, and then they often find themselves reading information from conspiracy theorists.
B)   Journalists often try to present "both sides of a story," but claims that climate change is not real or has no human causes is not credible, so including that "side" of this story suggests that there is scientific debate when there is, in reality, strong consensus.
C)   Because they want to appeal to a wide range of readers or viewers, journalists hesitate to report on the most frightening stories about climate change, which then makes readers and viewers underestimate the danger.
D)   Because news media often relies on the sale of advertising, they are inherently biased in favor of corporations and thus are unlikely to report on the main cause of pollution: the quest for profit.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Pit latrines (also called pit toilets)  are a common kind of toilet in poorer nations. They collect human waste in a hole about 10 feet deep and 3 feet wide. While pit latrines can contribute to pollution of groundwater, they are much safer than open defecation. You are a sanitation engineer from a non-profit agency from a wealthy nation trying to convince people in a small town in a poor nation to replace open defecation with pit toilets. What strategy would work best?

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A)   Convincing your national legislators to withhold humanitarian aid to this nation until they agree to sign contracts to purchase pit latrines from manufacturers located in your nation
B)   Providing photos of people in your country using pit latrines, which are common in state parks
C)   Offering free public lectures about the science of sanitation to the community
D)   Convincing local community leaders to install pit toilets around their own homes and businesses so that other members of the community can see these high-prestige people using themE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 7

Climate change is a huge threat to human existence, and yet most people cannot see that because they are busy living their lives. This is termed

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A)   Gidden's Law
B)   Gidden's Principle
C)   Gidden's Maxim
D)   Gidden's ParadoxE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 8

What holiday was first organized in 1970 as an environmental teach-in?

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A)   World Wetlands Day (February 2) 
B)   b. America Recycles Day (November 15) 
C)   c. Arbor Day (the last Friday in April) 
D)   d. Earth Day (April 22) E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Why have environmental movements typically been more successful in Europe, North America, and Asia?

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A)   These places face greater risk from environmental degradation and so are more motivated to address it.
B)   These places have long traditions of care for Earth that are not present in other societies.
C)   The affluence of nations in those places allows people to engage in a post-material politics.
D)   The people there are more deeply connected to their land than in other places and so want to care for it.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Many scientific articles about climate change have been published in scholarly journals. What percent of these deny that climate change is real or say that it is real but not caused by humans?

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A)   3%
B)   33%
C)   53%
D)   73%E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Which book argues that argues that the continuous quest for economic growth encourages businesses to pursue strategies that cause environmental damage?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Environment: From Surplus to Scarcity
B)   Risk Society
C)   An Inconvenient Truth,
D)   The Politics of Climate ChangeE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Energy production from ______ is now the fastest-growing form of energy globally.

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A)   wind
B)   coal
C)   water
D)   solarE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

You are a member of your city's disaster preparedness team preparing for a hurricane to make landfall. While you will be thinking about each of the questions below, which one reflects risk management thinking?

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A)   What reasons do people give for failing to follow evacuation orders?
B)   What is the proper pay rate for emergency first responders during a crisis?
C)   Is it safer to release low-level offenders from prison so that they can evacuate themselves or to keep them in the city jail with few guards, increasing the chance of violence within the jail, including against guards?
D)   How many gallons of clean drinking water should each home have on stock?E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Which nation is now the global leader in renewable energy production and manufacturing?

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A)   China
B)   India
C)   Russia
D)   The U.S.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

In 2011, Japan faced a major environmental crisis when

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A)   a hurricane overwhelmed a city's pumping system, leading to widespread flooding at the same time that a city dam collapsed
B)   an earthquake and the tsunami it created overwhelmed a nuclear power plant leading to three nuclear meltdowns and the release of nuclear contaminants
C)   the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, spilling oil into the water for 6 months before being sealed
D)   an oil tanker rammed a reef, spilling 10.8 million gallons of oil into environmentally important and fragile waterwaysE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

If you wanted to follow Philip Smith and Nicholas Howe's advice for convincing people to act on climate change, you could

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A)   support STEM education in public schools
B)   use PowerPoint slides to talk about climate change
C)   remind people of the times the world has defeated other evils, like Nazis
D)   teach people to observe their own world for evidence of environmental disasterE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Why are African American households more likely than white households to have exposure to lead from their environment?

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A)   They are more likely to buy antiques, which sometimes are painted with lead paint.
B)   They are often poorer, which means they are less able to move into places where lead exposure is lessened.
C)   They are less likely to believe in the risks of lead exposure, so they do not take precautions against it.
D)   They are more likely to buy products with lead in them, such as toys imported from nations with fewer consumer protections.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

We struggle to act on climate change because we are preoccupied with the urgent but less important work of everyday life and cannot easily see how the abstract but looming problem of environmental disaster is a major concern, is the argument made in

Accepted Answer

A)   The Environment: From Surplus to Scarcity by Allan Schnaiberg
B)   Risk Society by Ulrich Beck
C)   An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary featuring Al Gore
D)   The Politics of Climate Change by Anthony GiddensE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

A senator up for re-election talks about bringing down the cost of gasoline so that American drivers are not paying as much at the pump and so that shipping companies can save money-savings, he says, that will be passed on to the consumer. By focusing his concern on the financial cost of gas rather that the high environmental costs of gasoline use, the senator is

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A)   arguing that high gasoline costs make it harder to raise taxes on gasoline since consumers will only tolerate gas prices of a certain amount before they stop driving
B)   prioritizing short-term gains over long-term dangers
C)   arguing that hybrid and electric cars, which use less gas, should be taxed more at the point of purchase (a sales tax)  since their drivers contribute less in fuel tax but still use roads that are maintained through fuel taxes
D)   prioritizing road, bridge, and other infrastructure maintenance over the environmental damage done by such projectsE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Can you ever escape a risk society?

Accepted Answer

A)   Yes, by living "off grid"-away from the social relationships that increase your risk of harm.
B)   Yes, by working together with others to eliminate all risk.
C)   No, but you can radically reduce it by disengaging from risky activities like smoking or driving.
D)   No, because new risks emerge with new technologies, business practices, and political policies.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Energy production from ______ is now the fastest-growing form of energy globally.

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Many scientific articles about climate change have been published in scholarly journals. What percent of these deny that climate change is real or say that it is real but not caused by humans?

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