Sustainable Development and Environmental Stewardship
Concordia University
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. What are the three key questions to define the goal of an LCA?
a) Why, When, Where
b) Why, For whom, For what purpose
c) Who, What, How
d) Why, What, Who
2. Which of the following is NOT typically a reason to conduct an
LCA?
a) Improve product design
b) Compare technologies
c) Reduce company profits
d) Prove material superiority
3. A "functional unit" in LCA is defined as:
a) A cost per unit of production
b) A quantified performance of a system for use as a reference
c) A unit of energy used
d) An environmental regulation
4. Which of these would be an appropriate functional unit for
comparing transportation modes?
a) A car
b) A train ticket
c) 5 km of travel per person
d) The weight of the vehicle
, 5. What is a reference flow in LCA?
a) Total emissions from a process
b) All waste outputs
c) Product flows needed to deliver the functional unit
d) The system boundary
6. Which of the following is an intermediate flow?
a) Natural gas extracted
b) CO₂ emissions
c) Heat from combustion
d) Copper leakage
7. What does "scope" in LCA define?
a) Why we conduct the study
b) For whom the results are prepared