ENGR 350 Summer 2025 Quiz 1 Questions And
Correct Answers
Which of the following is the best definition of weak sustainability?
eneration - CORRECT - ANSWERS Future generations should be provided with assets
(environmental and man-made) no less than the current generation
True or False: unlike previous reports, the Brundtland Report was the first to offer a
pessimistic outlook on the fate of the human civilization. - CORRECT - ANSWERS False
What are the three pillars of sustainability? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Environmental
preservation, social equity and economic viability
What organization convened the Bruntland commission? - CORRECT - ANSWERS The
United Nations
Christian Weisser states the basic definition of sustainability is: - CORRECT - ANSWERS
The capacity to endure or continue
True or False: according to Christian Weisser, sustainability should mandate change rather
than provide incentives for change - CORRECT - ANSWERS False
The Christian Weisser video states that today, more than ______ cans are recycled each minute
in the United States. - CORRECT - ANSWERS 100,000
In the context of the Christian Weisser video, what does he mean when he states that the
aluminum soda can process has become "cyclical rather than linear"? - CORRECT - ANSWERS
The aluminum is made into cans, the cans are used, then the aluminum is reused
, In the IPAT framework, what does the A represent? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Affluence
In the IPAT framework, what does the T represent? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Technology
True or False: the reason the world's population will reach a maximum and not continue to
increase is predicted to be mass starvation. - CORRECT - ANSWERS False
In the IPAT framework, what does the P represent? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Population
True or False: In the IPAT framework, the variables are expressed in the equation I=PAT
because the I will increase two-fold if P increases twofold - they are linearly related. -
CORRECT - ANSWERS False
The reason the world's population is predicted to peak and then decline is because ... -
CORRECT - ANSWERS As societies become more developed, the fertility rate declines
dramatically
Why does Ray Anderson say that someday people like him will go to jail? - CORRECT -
ANSWERS Theft of his children's future
How did Paul and Anne Erhlich write the Environmental Impact Equation? - CORRECT -
ANSWERS Environmental Impact (I) = Population (P) * Affluence (A) * Technology (T)
According to Ray Anderson, what is the revised Environmental Impact Equation? - CORRECT -
ANSWERS Environmental Impact (I) = Population (P) * Affluence (A) / Technology (T)
According to Ray Anderson, what was the effect of Technology on the Environmental Impact
in the 1st Industrial Revolution? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Technology increased the
Environmental Impact
Correct Answers
Which of the following is the best definition of weak sustainability?
eneration - CORRECT - ANSWERS Future generations should be provided with assets
(environmental and man-made) no less than the current generation
True or False: unlike previous reports, the Brundtland Report was the first to offer a
pessimistic outlook on the fate of the human civilization. - CORRECT - ANSWERS False
What are the three pillars of sustainability? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Environmental
preservation, social equity and economic viability
What organization convened the Bruntland commission? - CORRECT - ANSWERS The
United Nations
Christian Weisser states the basic definition of sustainability is: - CORRECT - ANSWERS
The capacity to endure or continue
True or False: according to Christian Weisser, sustainability should mandate change rather
than provide incentives for change - CORRECT - ANSWERS False
The Christian Weisser video states that today, more than ______ cans are recycled each minute
in the United States. - CORRECT - ANSWERS 100,000
In the context of the Christian Weisser video, what does he mean when he states that the
aluminum soda can process has become "cyclical rather than linear"? - CORRECT - ANSWERS
The aluminum is made into cans, the cans are used, then the aluminum is reused
, In the IPAT framework, what does the A represent? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Affluence
In the IPAT framework, what does the T represent? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Technology
True or False: the reason the world's population will reach a maximum and not continue to
increase is predicted to be mass starvation. - CORRECT - ANSWERS False
In the IPAT framework, what does the P represent? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Population
True or False: In the IPAT framework, the variables are expressed in the equation I=PAT
because the I will increase two-fold if P increases twofold - they are linearly related. -
CORRECT - ANSWERS False
The reason the world's population is predicted to peak and then decline is because ... -
CORRECT - ANSWERS As societies become more developed, the fertility rate declines
dramatically
Why does Ray Anderson say that someday people like him will go to jail? - CORRECT -
ANSWERS Theft of his children's future
How did Paul and Anne Erhlich write the Environmental Impact Equation? - CORRECT -
ANSWERS Environmental Impact (I) = Population (P) * Affluence (A) * Technology (T)
According to Ray Anderson, what is the revised Environmental Impact Equation? - CORRECT -
ANSWERS Environmental Impact (I) = Population (P) * Affluence (A) / Technology (T)
According to Ray Anderson, what was the effect of Technology on the Environmental Impact
in the 1st Industrial Revolution? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Technology increased the
Environmental Impact
