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ENVI 201 - Final Exam
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1
What is a
key feature
of
interval data
?
It can only be grouped and counted.
It can be used for categorical analysis.
It has a meaningful zero point.
Allows to measure the difference between values but zero point is arbitrary
2
Green infrastructure in a city is designed to solve three main challenges. What are they?
Increasing food securing
Reducing heat island effect
Managing stormwater
Protecting water quality
Increasing downtown shopping sales
3
In the framework of system dynamics, at what point would the extinction of an endangered species be all but certain?
Mass Exodus
Point of Light
Overshoot Day
Point of Departure
Tipping Point
4
Changing dietary patterns today include:
More diversity of plant products
The 7-11 diet (cheap, high calories)
People closer to their food production
Processed versus fresh food
5
From the following list, choose the strategies that they use to get people out of their cars.
Provided plans from the old French military installation
Have no streets that cut through the neighborhood
Have a light rail route through the neighborhood
Have no private parking spaces in the interior
Banned all cars
6
The development of agriculture and food systems led to the development of what other system?
Energy systems
Water systems for irrigation
Climate systems
Waste systems
7
Which of the following is not a main component of sustainability?
Economy
Environmental Protection
Political Entities
Social Equity
8
It is impossible to initiate global cooling that will counteract climate change by increasing Earth's albedo alone.
False
True
9
American Community Survey is a __ of the population from which we infer what happens more generally in the population
push
smattering
sample
census
10
The comparison of the number of different species of tree that you counted in the Nature Preserve. Which chart is best?
Pie chart
Line chart
Tricorder chart
Bar chart
11
Which of the following data types would be best used to represent a
ranking
of finishers in a race?
Ratio
Interval
Nominal
Ordinal
12
Which of the following would be Scope 1 emissions?
From electricity we purchase from the grid and used to power our lights.
From our on-campus wood pellet fueled heating generation facility.
From the boilers in the basements of the dorms
Generated by producing the books that we use for studying.
From the cars that faculty, staff, and students use to come to campus.
Emissions from our university-owned vans.
13
Choose the 3 power generating sources that are most typically part of distributed energy resources.
Coal-fired power plants
Fuel cells
Home solar panels
Nuclear plants
Natural gas fueled plants
Micro-turbines
14
Tendency of people to deny social undesirable traits and admit to desirable ones.
Social desirability bias
Sampling bias
Gender bias
Affinity bias
15
Which of the following are examples of
potential
energy?
The movement of electron into your computer.
Water sitting in a pond atop a hill waiting to rundown into a power plant.
Wind moving across blades and turning a turbineto produce energy.
Moving water spinning a turbine in a powerplant.
The battery in an electric car.
The forward motion of a bicycle as we pedal towork.
16
What's the bias issue with conducting intercept surveys on the sidewalk in downtown Binghamton?
Question order bias
Andorian bias
Social desirability bias
Dissent bias
Selection bias
Demand bias
17
"From 1 (easy) to 5 (hard), how easy was it to charge your car oncampus?" This question would produce what kind of data?
Nominal / categorical
Interval
Ordinal
Qualitative
18
About 16% to 25% of energy in gasoline is converted to motion. Most of it is lost in various ways. Which is the biggest?
Drivetrain converts the engine's kinetic energy into forward motion.
Engine converts the chemical energy in gasoline to waste heat.
The car has to run other systems to keep the car cool which require energy.
19
Which of the following are considered
strong
sustainability?
Smokestack scrubbing technology
Recycling plastic
Transitioning to renewable energy
Eliminating single-use plastic bags
Carbon capture technology
20
Which state is allowed to draft its own clean air regulations?
New York
Vermont
Massachusetts
California
21
The migration of a significant number of people from one region or country to another, often due to crises or hardships.
Mass Exodus
Point of departure
Overshoot day
Tipping point
22
What is the threshold over which a household is considered energy burdened?
6% of income spent on energy
9% of income spent on energy
12% of income spent on energy
3% of income spent on energy
23
Which of the following are considered
weak
sustainability?
Transitioning to renewable energy
Smokestack scrubbing technology
Recycling plastic
Carbon capture technology
Eliminating single-use plastic bags
24
Which of the following are examples of
kinetic
energy?
Water sitting in a pond atop a hill waiting to rundown into a power plant.
Wind moving across blades and turning a turbineto produce energy.
The battery in an electric car.
The movement of electron into your computer.
The forward motion of a bicycle as we pedal towork.
Moving water spinning a turbine in a powerplant.
25
In a system dynamics framework, what factors make it difficult to tackle environmental issues such as glacial melt?
All of the above
Time delays and reinforcing loops
Decreasing global temperatures
Reinforcing loops
Time delays
Time delays and decreasing global temperatures
26
It is impossible to initiate global cooling that will counteract climate change by increasing Earth's albedo alone.
False
True
27
Which of the following is an example of
ratio data
?
The color of a dog.
The weight of a person.
The number of people in different professions.
The size of a dog (small, medium, large).
28
Which of the following is true about
nominal data
?
It can be ordered, and the differences between values are meaningful.
It has a true zero point that allows for mathematical operations.
It can only be counted and categorized, but the order does not matter.
It involves numerical measurements with equal intervals.
29
How was
Rapa Nui
(Easter Island) able to sustain itself despite its remote location and limited resources?
Through isolation and lack of interaction with other cultures.
By focusing solely on the production of statues and ignoring agriculture.
By adopting unsustainable practices, which led to resource depletion.
Cooperative group efforts that led to the well-managed sharing of resources
30
As we discussed in class, what makes Greta Thunberg an effective leader?
Her lack of knowledge about the world.
Her contagious passion and bluntness.
Her controversy amongst older generations.
Her disregard for social cues.
31
When rainwater hits a landfill and infiltrates the waste, it becomes polluted. What is this contaminated liquid called?
Leachate
Aggregate
Percolate
Vegetate
32
Which of the following would be Scope 3 emissions?
From the boilers in the basements of the dorms
Generated by producing the books that we use for studying.
Emissions from the landfilling of our waste in the county landfill
From the cars that faculty, staff, and students use to come to campus.
From our on-campus wood pellet fueled heating generation facility.
From the airplanes on which faculty and staff use to get to conferences.
33
Animal product consumption is biggest where?
Russia
Europe
Africa
South America
The US
China
34
The model of raising animals in closed spaces and feeding them grain is a strong form of sustainable agriculture.
False
True
35
Which of the following are considered to be externalities?
Air pollution
Car production
Water pollution
Local economic improvement
36
You want to show the annual decline in the number of ash trees on campus. What is the best chart to use?
Box plot chart
Pie chart
Line chart
Tricorder chart
37
Which of the following would be Scope 2 emissions?
From the boilers in the basements of the dorms
From our on-campus wood pellet fueled heating generation facility.
From electricity we purchase from the grid and used to power our lights.
Emissions from our university-owned vans.
Generated by producing the books that we use for studying.
From the cars that faculty, staff, and students use to come to campus.
38
What is the mission of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?
Conduct original laboratory research on climate change mitigation.
Produce policy relevant assessment of the state of climate change.
Conduct original field research on climate change adaptation.
Produce agreements to mitigate climate change.
39
To reduce methane emissions from landfills, we need to reduce the amount of what kind of waste entering the landfill?
Metallic
Hazardous
Plastic
Organic
40
One challenge of adding renewable to the power grid is that..
The grid must stay balanced, with power supply equaling demand.
The grid must be downsized to shorten the distance between power sources.
The grid must be strengthened to supply twice the power customers need.
