ENR 3200 Midterm 2 Questions and Answers | Exam Review &
Practice Test
Primary enforcement authority for NEPA resides with which of the following offices/agencies? -
correct answer ✔✔Council on Environmental Quality
NEPA provisions apply to - correct answer ✔✔All federal agencies
Let's suppose that the Fish and Wildlife Service decides to build an aviary to support their
endangered species recovery programs. Since the aviary will be located on a wildlife refuge, it
was determined that the construction will have significant environmental impacts and therefore
will require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). What type EIS will this
be? - correct answer ✔✔Site specific
Which of the following is NOT a goal of NEPA? - correct answer ✔✔Monitor daily activities of
every American and examine the environmental impacts of their actions.
If a project receives a categorical exclusion, it means - correct answer ✔✔The project can
continue without any other requirement
The term FONSI stands for - correct answer ✔✔Finding of no significant impacts
NEPA requires that Environmental Impact Statements must discuss - correct answer ✔✔The
direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of the proposed action and all alternatives
NEPA's provisions require federal agencies to involve the public - correct answer ✔✔When a
draft of the Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared
, Which of the following is NOT an often-cited criticism of NEPA? - correct answer ✔✔NEPA has
contributed to species extinction
Which of the following legislation tried to "streamline" NEPA requirements? - correct answer
✔✔Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003
The Endangered Species Act is primarily administered by - correct answer ✔✔The Fish and
Wildlife Service
The ultimate decision to list or delist an endangered species is made by - correct answer
✔✔The Secretary of Interior
In the species listing process, economic cost of managing the recovery of an endangered species
must be considered - correct answer ✔✔False
In a Safe Harbor agreement, the baseline population is - correct answer ✔✔The average
population of threatened and endangered species in the county
Once a petition for listing a threatened or endangered species is received, the agency does an
internal review, and if the petition has merit then the species is listed after 90 days. - correct
answer ✔✔False
Which of the following best describes the difference between "authority" and "authorization"
as it relates to legislation? - correct answer ✔✔Authority provides the statutory or legal basis to
take certain actions, authorization provides the basis for appropriating funds
Regarding the final rules that made changes to the ESA in 2019, which of the following was
true? - correct answer ✔✔Removed "without reference to possible economic or other impacts"
from the regulation on listing determination
Practice Test
Primary enforcement authority for NEPA resides with which of the following offices/agencies? -
correct answer ✔✔Council on Environmental Quality
NEPA provisions apply to - correct answer ✔✔All federal agencies
Let's suppose that the Fish and Wildlife Service decides to build an aviary to support their
endangered species recovery programs. Since the aviary will be located on a wildlife refuge, it
was determined that the construction will have significant environmental impacts and therefore
will require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). What type EIS will this
be? - correct answer ✔✔Site specific
Which of the following is NOT a goal of NEPA? - correct answer ✔✔Monitor daily activities of
every American and examine the environmental impacts of their actions.
If a project receives a categorical exclusion, it means - correct answer ✔✔The project can
continue without any other requirement
The term FONSI stands for - correct answer ✔✔Finding of no significant impacts
NEPA requires that Environmental Impact Statements must discuss - correct answer ✔✔The
direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of the proposed action and all alternatives
NEPA's provisions require federal agencies to involve the public - correct answer ✔✔When a
draft of the Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared
, Which of the following is NOT an often-cited criticism of NEPA? - correct answer ✔✔NEPA has
contributed to species extinction
Which of the following legislation tried to "streamline" NEPA requirements? - correct answer
✔✔Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003
The Endangered Species Act is primarily administered by - correct answer ✔✔The Fish and
Wildlife Service
The ultimate decision to list or delist an endangered species is made by - correct answer
✔✔The Secretary of Interior
In the species listing process, economic cost of managing the recovery of an endangered species
must be considered - correct answer ✔✔False
In a Safe Harbor agreement, the baseline population is - correct answer ✔✔The average
population of threatened and endangered species in the county
Once a petition for listing a threatened or endangered species is received, the agency does an
internal review, and if the petition has merit then the species is listed after 90 days. - correct
answer ✔✔False
Which of the following best describes the difference between "authority" and "authorization"
as it relates to legislation? - correct answer ✔✔Authority provides the statutory or legal basis to
take certain actions, authorization provides the basis for appropriating funds
Regarding the final rules that made changes to the ESA in 2019, which of the following was
true? - correct answer ✔✔Removed "without reference to possible economic or other impacts"
from the regulation on listing determination
