Question 1

The word "ecosystem" refers to a total ecological community, both living and non-living.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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.

Question 3

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 4

The disparity between private industrial costs and public social costs is what economists call an "internality."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to the anthropocentric (or human-oriented)  ethic of Baxter and others,

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A)   environmental preservation is inherently valuable.
B)   the Grand Canyon is valuable only because people care about it.
C)   we have a strong, almost absolute obligation to preserve species from extinction.
D)   future people have no interests that we need to respect now.
E)   nature has value in and of itself, apart from human beings.

Question 6

Advocates of a naturalistic ethic contend that some natural objects are morally considerable in their own right, apart from human interests.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Tampering with the ecosystem always has injurious effects.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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. B

Question 9

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.

Question 10

An ordinary example of an ecosystem is a pond.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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  False

Question 12

Which of the following is true of factory farms?

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A)   They are farms that produce large amounts of fruits and vegetables at low prices.
B)   Small production of meat where ecological concerns are paramount.
C)   Contrary to the critics, the animals in them rarely suffer.
D)   Have the largest and most devastating impact on animals.

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 withing a given environment.
C)   total ecological community, both living and nonliving.
D)   interrelationships among organisms and their environments.

Question 14

According to the philosopher Joel Feinberg,

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A)   future generations of people have a right to be born.
B)   future generations have no moral rights.
C)   we have no duties to future generations.
D)   the rights of future generations are contingent upon those people coming into existence.

Question 15

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 16

The international fishing industry as it exists today gives us good reason to reject the moral of Garrett Hardin's "Parable of the Commons."

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 17

Which environmental statement is true?

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A)   An American consumer can cause more tropical rain forest destruction than a poor person living within the forest itself.
B)   Because of technological breakthroughs, people living in developed countries put less strain on the environment than do people in poorer countries.
C)   There are only about 1000 species of animals left in the world.
D)   The United States consumes only its proportional share of the world's irreplaceable natural resources.

Question 18

Regulation is always the most effective way to allocate the costs of environmental protection.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What's a "free rider"?

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A "free rider" is a term used in economi...

Question 20

Thanks to the EPA, the federal government long ago eliminated the problem of potentially harmful pesticides and other chemical residues in food.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 7: The Environment

The word "ecosystem" refers to a total ecological community, both living and non-living.

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

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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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The disparity between private industrial costs and public social costs is what economists call an "internality."

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According to the anthropocentric (or human-oriented) ethic of Baxter and others,

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Advocates of a naturalistic ethic contend that some natural objects are morally considerable in their own right, apart from human interests.

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Tampering with the ecosystem always has injurious effects.

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Business has considered the environment to be

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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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Which of the following is true of factory farms?

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The term ecology refers to the science of the

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According to the philosopher Joel Feinberg,

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The international fishing industry as it exists today gives us good reason to reject the moral of Garrett Hardin's "Parable of the Commons."

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Which environmental statement is true?

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Regulation is always the most effective way to allocate the costs of environmental protection.

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