1. What is chronic toxicity?
a) Effects due to long term exposure
b) Effects due to short term exposure
c) Effects due to exposure
d) Benefits due to exposure
Explanation: Hazardous substances produce toxic effects in humans or the environment after prolonged exposure to the substance, which is called chronic toxicity.
2. What is acute toxicity?
a) Effects due to long term exposure
b) Effects due to short term exposure
c) Effects due to exposure
d) Benefits due to exposure
Explanation: Some hazardous substances produce toxic effects in humans or the environment after a single, episodic release. These toxic effects are referred to as acute toxicity.
3. When the National Environmental Policy Act was signed into law?
a) January 1, 1970
b) January 2, 1970
c) January 1, 1971
d) January 1, 1972
Explanation: The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was signed into law on January 1, 1970. NEPA entails federal agencies to evaluate the environmental effects of proposed actions former to making decisions and to suggest alternatives.
4. By NEPA process, federal agencies assess social and ______ effects of proposed actions.
a) Industrial
b) Health
c) Economic
d) Chronic
Explanation: By the applications of policies by NEPA, federal agencies estimate and analyse the probable risk as well as the alternatives for minimization, sometimes, prevention of threat
5. Which act is responsible to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in harmony?
a) EIA
b) RCRS
c) CERCLA
d) NEPA
Explanation: Title I of NEPA contains a Declaration of National Environmental Policy. This policy requires the federal government to use all practicable means to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony.
6. What do Section 102 in Title I of the NEPA Act requires?
a) Risk assessment
b) Incorporate environmental considerations in their planning
c) Risk analysis
d) Site clean-up
Explanation: Section 102 in Title I of the Act requires federal agencies to incorporate environmental considerations in their planning and decision-making through a systematic interdisciplinary approach.
7. Who signed NEPA into law on January 1, 1970?
a) William
b) Benjamin
c) Nixon
d) Luther
Explanation: President Nixon signed NEPA into law on January 1, 1970. NEPA set forth a bold new vision for America and is basic national charter for protection of the environment.
8. Which law was the first major environmental law in the United States and is often called the “Magna Carta” of Federal environmental laws?
a) RCRA
b) NEPA
c) OSHA
d) FIFRA
Explanation: EPA requires Federal Agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions. The ultimate goal of the NEPA process is to foster excellent action that protects, restores, and enhances our environment
9. ______ established the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
a) NPL
b) HRS
c) RCRA
d) NEPA
Explanation: NEPA established the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) within the Executive Office of the President to ensure that Federal agencies meet their obligations under NEPA. CEQ oversees NEPA implementation, principally through issuing guidance and interpreting regulations that implement NEPA’s procedural requirements.
10. NEPA sets federal environmental policy, it does not specifically command protection of the environment.
a) true
b) false
Explanation: NEPA examines that federal agencies consider the impact of actions on the environment, discuss probable alternatives, and disclose its findings to the public.