This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Natural Resources > Management > Management Of Natural Resources – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Management Of Natural Resources Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What word MOST NEARLY means:to process materials, such as paper, plastic, aluminum, steel, and glass, so they can be used to make new items? A) Reduce. B) Reuse. C) Recycle. D) Conserve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recycle. 2. In recent years, companies from more developed nations have often built new production facilities in less developed nations. This outsourcing has occured because less developed nations frequently have - A) A favorable climate. B) Capital resources. C) A supply of inexpensive labor. D) Greater political stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A supply of inexpensive labor. 3. The tools and machinery that are used to produce goods and perform services are called ..... A) Human resources. B) Capital resources. C) Natural resource. D) Labour resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capital resources. 4. Which set of factors most likely corresponds to a country that is classified as more developed? A) Literacy rate=low, life expectancy=high. B) Literacy rate=high, infant mortality=high. C) Life expectancy=high; infant mortality=low. D) Life expectancy=low; infant mortality=high. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life expectancy=high; infant mortality=low. 5. What do companies often need in order to implement green legislation successfully?A. Time to implement legislationB. Tax breaks to offset costsC. Large factoriesD. A large number of employees A) A & D only. B) B & C only. C) A, B & C. D) A & B only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A & B only. 6. What was done to those teens and kids that didnt do what they were told immediately? A) Tortured / killed. B) They had to climb mountains. C) They had to work in farms. D) They had to watch the cattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tortured / killed. 7. What does D4S stand for? A) Design for Stability. B) Design for Safety. C) Design for Sustainability. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Design for Sustainability. 8. What are some outcomes of the wars caused by Blood Diamonds? A) Friends and family members lost. B) Lives shattered. C) Physical and emotional scars. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. How did European Colonization impact the economy of African? A) Africa and European have equal economies. B) Africa now has no resources. C) African countries were left with no stable economy or infrastructure after Europeans left. D) European's left all the money to their African colonies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) African countries were left with no stable economy or infrastructure after Europeans left. 10. Construction, food processing, furniture making are examples of what level of economic activity? A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Tertiary. D) Quaternary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary. 11. The term that describes a technology used to reduce pollutants and waste at the end of a manufacturing process is ..... A) End-of-pollution and waste technology. B) End-of-manufacturing technology. C) End-of-process technology. D) End-of-pipe technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) End-of-pipe technology. 12. How many categories of resources does a business need to plan for? A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 13. National and State Parks help conserve A) Land, animals, and plants. B) Fossil fuels. C) Wind and solar energy. D) Nuclear power plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land, animals, and plants. 14. Select the MOST correct definition for Labour Resources . A) The people that provide their skills, effort and knowledge to the business. B) The people that provide their skills, money and knowledge to the business. C) The people that provide their skills, labour and knowledge to the business. D) The people that provide their, labour, money, skills and knowledge to the business. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The people that provide their skills, effort and knowledge to the business. 15. Countries generally specialize in producing particular goods. What is one result of such specialization? A) Production and consumption gradually decrease. B) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods. C) Countries become less interdependent. D) Prices increase as many goods become more scarce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods. 16. Environmental considerations of Eco-Design are ..... A. Water and soil pollution - water and soil degradation - air contamination - noise - energy consumption - consumption of - natural resources - pollution - effect on ecosystemsB. Water and soil degradation - air contamination - noise - energy consumption - consumption of - natural resources - pollutionC. Energy consumption - consumption of - natural resources - pollution - effect on ecosystemsD. Air contamination - noise - energy consumption - consumption of - natural resources - pollution A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 17. For the United States, one benefit of encouraging the development of renewable sources of energy is ..... A) A reduction in the cost of energy. B) Less reliance on foreign sources of oil. C) Increased mining of domestic stores of fossil fuels. D) Heavy reliance on resources that are replaced by artificial processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less reliance on foreign sources of oil. 18. Which of these isn't a component of resource management? A) Food. B) Water. C) Energy. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air. 19. What is an advantage of 'incremental' solutions to dealing with waste and pollution?A - Companies can respond to legislation quickly and efficientlyB - Companies do not need to invest in major changes to the processes or technologyC - Tried and tested technologies can be used - so low risk A) A only. B) B only. C) A & C only. D) A, B & C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A, B & C. 20. An examples of government regulation leading to green design are ..... A. banning the use of Styrofoam as it contains harmful CFC'sB. labelling the different types of plastic to help with recyclingC. banning plastic strawsD. recycling schemes A) A, B, C & D. B) A & B only. C) A only. D) A, B & C only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A, B & C only. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesNatural Resources QuizzesManagement Of Natural Resources Quiz 1Management Of Natural Resources Quiz 3Management Of Natural Resources Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books