Question 1

Three approaches have gained the most attention when it comes to achieving our environmental goals: the use of regulations,incentives,and pricing mechanisms.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The rising affluence of people in the United States has meant a corresponding decrease in pollution and its attendant environmental problems in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Is there ever a time that a business can say that it will not abide by environmental regulations or requests?  Describe those conditions.

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Question 4

Which of the following is a drawback to the regulatory approach?

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A)  regulation can take away an industry's incentive to do more than the minimum
B)  regulation is an incentive to an industry to do more than the minimum
C)  regulation does not apply to all equally
D)  does not require polluters to use the strongest most feasible means of pollution control.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

A moral vegetarian

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A)  rejects eating meat based on moral grounds.
B)  only eats animal that were raised humanely.
C)  does not believe animals suffer.
D)  the pleasure we get from eating a hamburger justifies the price the animals pay.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Cost-benefit analysis is a device used to determine whether it's worthwhile to incur a particular cost.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Cost-benefit analysis

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A)  involves value judgments and factual uncertainties.
B)  considers only short-term effects.
C)  values costs over benefits focusing on internalities.
D)  is a value-free social-scientific approach.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Any equitable solution to the problem of who should pay the bill for environmental cleanup should take into account responsibility as well as benefit.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The "tragedy of the commons" is

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A)  the lack of a commons-a common place where people can come together.
B)  the failure to appreciate what we have in common with other species.
C)  that cost-benefit analysis involves value judgments that we do not share in common.
D)  that individual pursuit of self-interest can sometimes make everyone worse off.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 10

According to Joel Feinberg,future generations

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A)  future people can claim a right to a livable environment.
B)  can not claim any right so we have limitied duties towards their welfare.
C)  have a right to be born and we have an obligation to uphold this.
D)  have interests that we can affect,for better or worse,right now.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

According to Joel Feinberg,future generations of people have a right to be born.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Business has considered the environment to be

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A)  a scarce commodity.
B)  free and nearly limitless.
C)  a limited supply.
D)  costly.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

The term ecology refers to the science of the

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A)  independent nature of individual ecosystems and animal species.
B)  relationships between predators and prey within a given environment.
C)  total ecological community,both living and nonliving.
D)  interrelationships among organisms and their environments.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

According to Cambridge University biologist Andrew Balmford,the loss of nature's services is always outweighed by the benefits of development.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Environmental protection is always a static trade-off,with a fixed economic price to be paid for the gains we want.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

William T.Blackstone rejects the idea that each person has a human right to a livable environment on the grounds that it is technically infeasible.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A decade after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone Park their presence was discovered to

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A)  not change anything.
B)  have stabilized their own population.
C)  have changed the behavior of elk.
D)  be disruptive.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

What's a "free rider"?

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Question 19

According to Holmes Rolston III,

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A)  naturalistic ethics ought to be abandoned.
B)  some natural objects are morally considerable in their own right,apart from human interests.
C)  all moral rights are derived from the interests of human beings.
D)  nature has no value apart from human beings.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Utilitarians

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A)  focus on human well-being and ignore animal welfare.
B)  oppose animal experimentation in principle.
C)  are likely to oppose factory farming.
D)  are likely to favor factory farming.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Exam 7: The Environment

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A moral vegetarian

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Is there ever a time that a business can say that it will not abide by environmental regulations or requests? Describe those conditions.

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According to Cambridge University biologist Andrew Balmford,the loss of nature's services is always outweighed by the benefits of development.

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Any equitable solution to the problem of who should pay the bill for environmental cleanup should take into account responsibility as well as benefit.

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Three approaches have gained the most attention when it comes to achieving our environmental goals: the use of regulations,incentives,and pricing mechanisms.

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According to Holmes Rolston III,

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William T.Blackstone rejects the idea that each person has a human right to a livable environment on the grounds that it is technically infeasible.

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Environmental protection is always a static trade-off,with a fixed economic price to be paid for the gains we want.

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