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Question 1 (2 points)
Oyster reefs, which used to line the coasts of New York and New Jersey, could have lessened the impact of
Hu
ican Sandy's flood damage.
Question 1 options:
A) True
B) False
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Question 2 (2 points)
The huge amounts of water required for hydraulic fracturing all ends up as toxic waste that is completely
emoved from the hydrologic cycle.
Question 2 options:
A) True
B) False
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Question 3 (2 points)
Based on trial-and-e
or experience, and theoretical results, command-and-control policies have proven to be
the most efficient way to implement environmental regulations.
Question 3 options:
A) True
B) False
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Question 4 (2 points)
The Clean Water Act has been widely violated for decades since its passage in 1972 due to lack of enforcement
y state agencies charged with implementing it.
Question 4 options:
A) True
B) False
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Question 5 (2 points)
The State Forest Service of CSU has been helping with the pine beetle epidemic in Colorado by buying up much
of dead timber and selling the lumber.
Question 5 options:
A) True
B) False
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Question 6 (2 points)
Economic rent is the difference in what a factor of production receives and the maximum payment required to
keep it in use.
Question 6 options:
A) True
B) False
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Question 7 (2 points)
Water mining refers to taking water out of an aquifer equal to its recharge rate.
Question 7 options:
A) True
B) False
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Question 8 (2 points)
Riparian and prior appropriation waters law will often be inefficient, from an economic standpoint, in how they
allocate water.
Question 8 options:
A) True
B) False
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Multiple Choice
Question 9 (2 points)
Dr Steingraber's conclusion about the regulatory system that is supposed to protect our environment is that:
Question 9 options:
A) cu
ent laws and regulations are adequate.
B)
air pollution regulations are adequate, but water pollutions
egulations are not.

C)
the entire regulatory system is deaf to what science is saying
about how polluted the environment is.

D)
there is not enough scientific information for regulators to make
informed decisions.

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Question 10 (2 points)
The expected punishment cost is equal to
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Question 11 (2 points)
The Millinium Ecosystem Assessment was
Question 11 options:
A)
a report by the EPA about the potential impacts from 1,000 year
weather events.

B)
a survey by the United Nations about the impact of economic
development on global ecosystems over the past millinium.

C)
a report by the EU about the global decline in all major
ecosystems on the planet.

D)
a report by the United Nations about the global decline in all
major ecosystems on the planet.
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Question 12 (2 points)
With regards to ecosystem services, the key unsolved problem is
Question 12 options:
A)
understanding how to value how species relate to each other
within an ecosystem.
B)
understanding how to value how species relate to the global
ecosystem from within their local ecosystem.

A) punishment cost / punishment probability
B) punishment probability / punishment cost
C) punishment probability x punishment cost
D) punishment cost + punishment probability
C)
how to place monetary value on the renewable resources within
an ecosystem.

D)
how to include the value of ecosystem services in a monetary
economy.

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Question 13 (2 points)
Question 13 options:
Tar sands oil, mountain top removal for coal, deep sea oil drilling and fracking, according to Dr Steingraber,
are all examples of
fossil

fuel

extraction

.
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Question 14 (3 points)
Question 14 options:
The three basic types of standards that can be used in command-and-control regulations are
Environmental Standard

,
Target Standard

and
Performance Standard
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