Question 1

Referencing the National Ambient Air Quality Standards,________ standards are standards necessary to protect the public health,including an adequate margin of safety.

Accepted Answer

A)  Primary
B)  Conservation
C)  Secondary
D)  Required
E)  SuggestedF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Prohibiting the international trade of endangered plants and animals is the purpose of which of the following treaties?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Endangered Plants and Animals Agreement
B)  The Humane Protection Agreement
C)  The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
D)  The Endangered Species Treaty
E)  The International Endangered Plants and Animals ProtocolF) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Which of the following is funded primarily by taxes on corporations in industries that create significant amounts of hazardous waste,and used to handle clean-up of hazardous waste such as that on the farm?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clean-Up fund
B)  Primary payment source
C)  Hazardous duty fund
D)  Superfund
E)  Secondary payment sourceF) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 4

Which treaty helps regulate the harvest of a certain fish by granting licenses only to fishermen catching fish within 200 miles of the costs of signatories to the treaty?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Marine Pollution Prevention Protocol
B)  The Montreal Protocol.
C)  MARPOL.
D)  The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
E)  The Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuna Fishing Agreement.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

What are the 1972 amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act commonly called?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Navigable Water Act
B)  The Clean Water Act
C)  The Remedial Water Act
D)  The Clean-Up Water Act
E)  The Ambient Quality Water StandardsF) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 6

[Smelly Lake] Emilio,who lives on a navigable lake,is unhappy because he believes that a local company is dumping pollutants into the lake,resulting in harm to his property and causing horrible odors.No one swims in the lake anymore.He calls a company official,Sean,who tells him to mind his own business.Sean tells him that the state has no authority,that federal investigators do not have time for Emilio's small smelly lake,that swimming is not a concern of the government,and that any federal penalties are negligible.Emilio tells Sean that he is pushing for big penalties and that Sean is likely to end up in jail.Sean just laughs.
-Assuming that Sean's company is engaged in pollution,which of the following identifies the source?

Accepted Answer

A)  Specified
B)  Point
C)  Identified
D)  Standard
E)  SpecificF) D) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 7

When one person uses his or her property in a manner that unreasonably interferes with another's use and enjoyment of his or her land,a nuisance arises.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

For which project would an EIS be required?

Accepted Answer

A)  The construction of a large nuclear power plant bordering Yellowstone National Park which congress has proposed.
B)  The expansion of a playground by a local township.
C)  The expansion by a local township from a one room courthouse to a two room courthouse.
D)  The construction of a residential home in a neighborhood where it is believed there are wild deer.
E)  The construction of a new "mother-in-law apartment" behind an existing home.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

Damien operates a power plant that emits mercury.He has older pollution control equipment and constantly struggles with his discharges.Sylvia also operates a power plant.She tells Damien that she is investigating the purchase of modern pollution equipment that would result in the mercury discharge of her company being significantly under the amount of allowable mercury discharge.Sylvia tells Damien,however,that the equipment is very expensive.She proposes that she and Damien lobby legislators for marketable discharge permits in the mercury area.What is she referencing and how would it work? Do you think this is a good idea,and why or why not?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

How is the appropriate remedy in a nuisance claim determined?

Accepted Answer

A)  By calculating the value of misused government subsidies
B)  By balancing damages and the cost of nuisance prevention
C)  By the EPA's published guidelines
D)  By assessing an ideal amount of green tax
E)  By assessing the actual dollar amount of lost property valueF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 11

An environmental impact statement must be filed for every single construction project,no matter how minor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Regarding Sly's contention that he should not be held liable for any amounts for clean-up because he was merely a transporter,which of the following statements is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  He is incorrect.
B)  He is correct only if he can establish that the owner of the site has sufficient funds with which to clean the site.
C)  He is correct only if the state,not the federal government,cleans the site.
D)  He is correct only if the federal government,not the state,cleans the site.
E)  He is correct only if damages for cleaning the site are in an amount less than $50,000.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

Regarding federal regulation of toxic substances,which of the following statements is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Toxic Substances Control Act is the only federal act regulating toxic substances.
B)  The primary federal acts for regulating toxic substances are The Hazardous Chemical Act and The Toxic Substances Control Act.
C)  Three federal acts regulate toxic substances: The Hazardous Chemical Act,the Toxic Substances Control Act,and The Pesticide Regulation Act.
D)  The Federal Insecticide,Fungicide,and Rodenticide Act is the only federal act regulating toxic substances.
E)  The primary federal acts for regulating toxic substances are the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Federal Insecticide,Fungicide,and Rodenticide Act.F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 14

Every ________ the EPA must review the scientific evidence to determine whether new discoveries have shown that the National Ambient Air Quality Standards should be changed.

Accepted Answer

A)  Five years
B)  Two years
C)  18 months
D)  Ten years
E)  Three yearsF) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

Which of the following Is NOT a requirement under FIFRA before a pesticide can be sold in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Manufacturer data demonstrates it can perform its intended function
B)  It must be properly labeled
C)  It must be registered
D)  It must be demonstrated to pose absolutely no risk to human health or the environment
E)  Its composition must warrant the claims made for itF) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 16

Which of the following was the result on appeal in Brodsky v.United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission,the case in the text in which the plaintiff claimed that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission erred in not producing an environmental impact statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  The court determined that the agency's production of an environmental assessment and its finding of no significant impact satisfied the agency's minimal burden but that the agency was required to go beyond its minimal burden in order to meet environmental standards and that an environmental impact statement was required.
B)  The court determined that the agency's refusal to conduct an environmental impact statement resulted in its failure to meet even minimal standards,and that the agency was required to reconsider the matter and prepare an environmental impact statement.
C)  The court determined that while under certain circumstances the agency may forego an environmental impact statement,the plaintiff established that the agency in the present case failed to fully discuss why no adverse environmental effect was at issue which is necessary in order to forego a full environmental impact statement.
D)  The court refused to reach the issue of whether a full environmental impact statement was needed because the plaintiff lacked standing to sue.
E)  The court determined that the agency's production of an environmental assessment and its finding of no significant impact satisfied the agency's minimal burden to justify forgoing the environmental impact statement.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The federal law that protects the quality of water in navigable waterways is .

Accepted Answer

A)  The Water Control Act
B)  The Water Use Act
C)  The Safe Navigation Act
D)  The Water Conservation Act
E)  The Federal Water Pollution Control ActF) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 18

When a plant emits particulates that fall on a person's property,defacing the house and making it difficult for family members to breathe,which of the following is a theory on which the homeowner would most likely proceed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nuisance
B)  Abatement
C)  Trespass
D)  Negligence
E)  Strict liabilityF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

The National Environmental Policy Act NEPA)was one of the first major environmental laws enacted by the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The goals permit and discharge limits set out in the Clean Water Act are ________ goals.

Accepted Answer

A)  Application-assuming
B)  Technology-dependent
C)  Technology-forcing
D)  Technology-driven
E)  Invention-dependentF) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

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The federal law that protects the quality of water in navigable waterways is .

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When one person uses his or her property in a manner that unreasonably interferes with another's use and enjoyment of his or her land,a nuisance arises.

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Referencing the National Ambient Air Quality Standards,________ standards are standards necessary to protect the public health,including an adequate margin of safety.

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An environmental impact statement must be filed for every single construction project,no matter how minor.

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How is the appropriate remedy in a nuisance claim determined?

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Which of the following Is NOT a requirement under FIFRA before a pesticide can be sold in the United States?

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The National Environmental Policy Act NEPA)was one of the first major environmental laws enacted by the United States.

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When a plant emits particulates that fall on a person's property,defacing the house and making it difficult for family members to breathe,which of the following is a theory on which the homeowner would most likely proceed?

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Regarding federal regulation of toxic substances,which of the following statements is accurate?

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Which of the following is funded primarily by taxes on corporations in industries that create significant amounts of hazardous waste,and used to handle clean-up of hazardous waste such as that on the farm?

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The goals permit and discharge limits set out in the Clean Water Act are ________ goals.

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For which project would an EIS be required?

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What are the 1972 amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act commonly called?

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