Environmental Engineering MCQs
Environmental Engineering MCQs
Our team has conducted extensive research to compile a set of Environmental Engineering MCQs. We encourage you to test your Environmental Engineering knowledge by answering these multiple-choice questions provided below.
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1: A paradigm ________.
A. Is synonymous with the scientific method
B. Is a means of evaluating scientific hypotheses
C. Is a dominant view in science
D. Is a group of several hypotheses that can be tested together
E. Can only come from qualitative data
2: ________ have the most dynamic and changeable day-to-day weather on earth.
A. Tropical latitudes.
B. Latitudes affected by fronts.
C. Polar latitudes
D. None of these
3: A land breeze usually originates during the ________.
A. Evening and flows toward the water
B. Their paths are very predictable.
C. During mid- to late afternoon
D. Counterclockwise toward the center
4: An important characteristic of aquatic dead zones is a ________.
A. Low concentration of oxygen
B. Highconcentration of oxygen
C. Low concentration of corbon
D. None of these
5: ________ represent(s) the largest source of unregulated hazardous waste.
A. Wastewater
B. Cereal boxes
C. Households
D. Food scraps
6: The trellis drainage pattern shown below develops ________.
A. In areas of alternating weak and resistant bedrock
B. Calcium carbonate dissolving in soil water and groundwater
C. Transpiration
D. The Republic of Slovenia, a province of the former Yugoslavia
E. 11 of 20
F. Term
7: Environmentalist groups tend to prefer ________________ to ___________________.
A. Marketable permits; pollution charges
B. Marginal analysis
C. Marginal utility
D. A tool-kit; specific tools
8: __________ is the process of recovering organic waste through decomposition.
A. Composting
B. Recycling
C. Combustion
D. Recovery
9: Introduced sewage in water systems _______.
A. Decreases levels of phosphorus and nitrogen
B. Increases oxygen levels
C. Increases concentrations of solids
D. Leads to decreases in the temperature
10: The city of arcata, california, is notable because it designed a _________ to treat its sewage.
A. Living machine
B. Natural marsh
C. Fully modern, technologically advanced system
D. Corporate sponsorship system
E. System of modern outhouses
11: When lost fluid is not replaced adequately, __________ can result.
A. Heat stroke
B. Hypothermia
C. Dehydration
D. Emphysema
12: Agricultural runoff would be increased if farmers ____.
A. Used no fertilizer on steeply sloped land
B. Switched from row crops to animal feedlots
C. Used slow-release fertilizers
D. Planted buffer zones between cultivated lands and water
E. Kept cropland covered with vegetation
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