Question 1

Under FIFRA, what happens if a pesticide cannot perform its intended function without unreasonable risks to human health or the environment?

Accepted Answer

A)   The pesticide will not be approved for sale
B)   The pesticide will become a controlled substance and possession will result in criminal prosecution.
C)   The pesticide may be given a restricted use registration
D)   The pesticide will be sold to the public anyway, with a warning label
E)   The pesticide will be sold to the public anyway, but only if it treats a pest which carries the risk of spreading disease.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

Which of the following is false regarding the management of nonhazardous solid waste?

Accepted Answer

A)   The federal government sets national standards for municipal solid waste landfills.
B)   The federal government provides technical assistance to the states for the management of nonhazardous waste.
C)   The federal government provides financial assistance to the states for the management of nonhazardous waste.
D)   The federal government requires that each state has a solid waste management plan that must include provisions for encouraging resource conservation or recovery.
E)   Managing nonhazardous solid waste is the responsibility of the federal government, not the states.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

________ sets specific limits on the amount of pollutants which can be discharged.

Accepted Answer

A)   Marketable discharge regulations
B)   Farmer discharge permits
C)   Green taxes
D)   Direct regulation
E)   State zoning ordinancesF) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 4

Which of the following regulates any chemicals or mixtures whose manufacture, processing, distribution, use or disposal may present an unreasonable risk of harm to human health or the environment?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Endangered Air and Water Act
B)   Properties and Chemicals Act
C)   Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
D)   Toxic Substances Control Act
E)   The Humane Protection ActF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

Under what conditions would a permit be issued to a landowner seeking to add dredged or filled material to a wetland?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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 construction of a residential home in a neighborhood where it is believed there are wild deer.
C)   The expansion by a local township from a one room courthouse to a two room courthouse.
D)   The construction of a new "mother-in-law apartment" behind an existing home.
E)   The expansion of a playground by a local township.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

The United States Acid Rain Trading Program of 1990 set up what type of incentive for reducing acid rain?

Accepted Answer

A)   Marketable discharge permits.
B)   Government subsidies.
C)   Green taxes.
D)   Direct regulation.
E)   Tort law.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

A nuisance results if someone unreasonably interferes with another's use of their land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

[Not So Sly Trucker] Sly had a trucking business and advertised that he would transport "anything." One day Shady Corporation asked him to transport some hazardous waste and dump it on a farm telling him that he should be careful about touching any of the waste. A friend of Sly's asked him if he should check to see if Shady Corporation had the proper permits. Sly replied that he was unconcerned about permits for dumping because he was a mere transporter. A few years later, federal investigators operating on a tip from someone Sly had cheated in a poker game, discovered the farm. The material at issue consisted of a pile of hazardous waste dumped by Sly. The waste was removed; soil was cleaned; and the action, resulting in a permanent solution, was complete within 6 months. The government requested that Sly cover the clean-up costs. He refused on the basis that he was simply a trucker and did not make the waste.
-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)   Hazardous duty fund
C)   Superfund
D)   Primary payment source
E)   Secondary payment sourceF) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 11

Under what circumstances, if any, does the Environmental Protection Agency give a state the first opportunity to prosecute violators of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act?

Accepted Answer

A)   When the state has set up its own program for managing hazardous waste that is at least as stringent as the federal program.
B)   When the state has reduced hazardous waste production at least 10% per year for each of the previous three years.
C)   When the state has reduced hazardous waste production at least 5% per year for each of the previous three years.
D)   When the state has stronger criminal penalties for violation of its hazardous waste laws than does the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
E)   The Environmental Protection Agency never gives a state the first opportunity to prosecute violators of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.F) B) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 12

When a pesticide is registered under FIFRA, tolerance levels for its residues will be established by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Congress
B)   the Senate
C)   the Food and Drug Administration
D)   the EPA
E)   state legislaturesF) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 13

Regulations that aim to achieve the greatest possible improvements while taking into account the existing levels of technology are known as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Phasing out environmentally harmful action through the imposition of a tax is the ultimate goal of the "polluter and user pay" approach.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

When a plant emits particulates that fall on a person's property, defacing the house and making it difficult for family members to breathe, a(n)  ________ can be brought.

Accepted Answer

A)   negligence claim
B)   strict liability claim
C)   abatement claim
D)   nuisance claim
E)   trespass claimF) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 16

The Air Toxics Program covers all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)   asbestos.
B)   H20.
C)   benzene
D)   mercury
E)   vinyl chlorideF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Before it can be sold in the US, a pesticide must be ________

Accepted Answer

A)   registered and properly labeled.
B)   approved by Congress.
C)   approved by Congress and then registered with the FDA.
D)   registered with the FDA and monitored for 10 years.
E)   registered with the DEA.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

To reduce harmful emissions, the government forces individuals to install pollution control devices as a substantial cost to the business without governmental help.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The government took a ________ action by cleaning up the farm.

Accepted Answer

A)   Removal
B)   Remedial
C)   Reclamation
D)   Redemption
E)   ReallocationF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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The United States Acid Rain Trading Program of 1990 set up what type of incentive for reducing acid rain?

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

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Which of the following regulates any chemicals or mixtures whose manufacture, processing, distribution, use or disposal may present an unreasonable risk of harm to human health or the environment?

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A nuisance results if someone unreasonably interferes with another's use of their land.

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Which of the following is false regarding the management of nonhazardous solid waste?

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Under what circumstances, if any, does the Environmental Protection Agency give a state the first opportunity to prosecute violators of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act?

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