Environment And Technology MCQs

Option A: newspapers

Option B: telephones

Option C: short-wave

Option D: satellite transmissions

Correct Answer: satellite transmissions ✔

Option A: al Rasheed

Option B: al Kalipha

Option C: al Bassara

Option D: al Jazeera

Correct Answer: al Jazeera ✔

Option A: Venezuela

Option B: Norway

Option C: Russia

Option D: Saudi Arabia

Correct Answer: Venezuela ✔

Option A: the shared parts of the earth

Option B: the parts of the Earth not accessible to any one nation

Option C: natural phenomena that affect all inhabitants of the Earth

Option D: all parts of nature that contribute to the health of the global environment

Correct Answer: the shared parts of the earth ✔

Option A: East Asia

Option B: West Africa

Option C: South America

Option D: the Middle East

Correct Answer: the Middle East ✔

Option A: Tigris

Option B: Syrian

Option C: Jordon

Option D: Nile

Correct Answer: Jordon ✔

Option A: An increase in chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere

Option B: A global temperature increase of three to ten degrees Fahrenheit

Option C: An increase in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth’s surface

Option D: A global temperature increase of ten to fifteen degrees Celsius

Correct Answer: A global temperature increase of three to ten degrees Fahrenheit ✔

Option A: the Middle East

Option B: North America

Option C: South America

Option D: Europe

Correct Answer: the Middle East ✔

Option A: enclosure

Option B: privatization

Option C: reclamation

Option D: land division

Correct Answer: enclosure ✔

Option A: the Commission on Sustainable Development

Option B: Greenpeace

Option C: the Montreal Protocol

Option D: the UN Environmental Program

Correct Answer: the Commission on Sustainable Development ✔

Option A: UNCLOS III

Option B: Framework Convention on Climate Change

Option C: Kyoto Protocol

Option D: UNEP

Correct Answer: Kyoto Protocol ✔

Option A: China

Option B: the United States

Option C: Russia

Option D: Great Britain

Correct Answer: the United States ✔

Option A: multilateral

Option B: regional

Option C: economic

Option D: global

Correct Answer: regional ✔

Option A: sustainable

Option B: pro-child

Option C: pronatalist

Option D: expansionist

Correct Answer: pronatalist ✔

Option A: high death rates

Option B: high birthrates

Option C: high rates and death rates that are close to each other

Option D: rapid population growth

Correct Answer: high rates and death rates that are close to each other ✔

Option A: North America

Option B: South America

Option C: Africa

Option D: Southeast Asia

Correct Answer: North America ✔

Option A: Sustainable

Option B: Large-scale

Option C: Progressive

Option D: Reliable

Correct Answer: Sustainable ✔

Option A: Iran

Option B: Saudi Arabia

Option C: Iraq

Option D: Egypt

Correct Answer: Iran ✔

Option A: Wars, droughts, epidemics, and disasters have a strong destabilizing effect on the global death rate

Option B: Death rates tend to be stable from one state or region to another, but vary strongly at the global death rate

Option C: Death rates vary greatly from one state or region to another, but the global trends are stable from decade to decade

Option D: Global warming has brought a measurable rise in global death rates

Correct Answer: Death rates vary greatly from one state or region to another, but the global trends are stable from decade to decade ✔

Option A: television talk shows that criticized his regime

Option B: the people’s access to Western broadcasts like CNN

Option C: the failure of the regime to use new media to broadcast its messages

Option D: huge protests organized through text messages

Correct Answer: huge protests organized through text messages ✔

Option A: broader communities of experts from various states that structure the way states manage environmental issues

Option B: broader management structures that coordinate the diverse activities of international organizations.

Option C: state bureaucrats nominated or elected to deal with environmental issues

Option D: groups of protesters or activists that have organized to oppose corporate interests

Correct Answer: broader communities of experts from various states that structure the way states manage environmental issues ✔

Option A: has been successful, but is not projected to have any significant effect on the hole in the ozone layer

Option B: has been the most important success in global efforts to coordinate environmental protection

Option C: is one of the most prominent failures of international efforts to coordinate environmental protection

Option D: has been ratified by most states and seem some voluntary compliance, but has failed to win the approval of some of the largest violators of CFC emissions

Correct Answer: has been the most important success in global efforts to coordinate environmental protection ✔

Option A: Natural resource conservation

Option B: Climate change

Option C: Pollution

Option D: a and c

Correct Answer: a and c ✔

Option A: Results from an inherent tension between collective and individual responsibility

Option B: Can always be resolved through privatization and nationalization of the commons

Option C: Is independent of the carrying capacity of the common

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: Results from an inherent tension between collective and individual responsibility ✔

Option A: Emphasize the role of institutions in regulating the environment

Option B: Focuses ones of state power and interest

Option C: Emphasizes the role played by epistemic communities of scientists

Option D: Focus on the dissemination of environmental norms

Correct Answer: Focuses ones of state power and interest ✔

Option A: Is German in origin

Option B: Advocates for a higher standard for environmental action

Option C: Has become increasingly popular

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: All of the options given are correct ✔

Option A: The precautionary principle

Option B: The polluter pays

Option C: Prior informed consent

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: All of the options given are correct ✔

Option A: Arrangements for the transfer of funds, technology and expertise

Option B: Environmental projects in developed countries

Option C: a and b

Option D: None of the options given is correct

Correct Answer: a and b ✔

Option A: Is disseminated through epistemic communities

Option B: Has played a key role in the creation of framework conventions and control protocols

Option C: Has particularly influenced the discourse of climate change

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: All of the options given are correct ✔

Option A: Epistemic Community

Option B: Global environmental common

Option C: Ecological footprint

Option D: Convention

Correct Answer: Ecological footprint ✔

Option A: The Montreal Protocol

Option B: The ChloroFluoroCarbon Treaty

Option C: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Option D: None of the options given is correct

Correct Answer: The Montreal Protocol ✔

Option A: was set up in 1988 under the auspices of WMO and UNEP

Option B: Focuses on climate science, impacts, and economic and social dimensions of climate change

Option C: Has concluded that warming of the climate system is unequivocal

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: All of the options given are correct ✔