ESE 200 EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED APLUS
●● Sustainable systems (check all that apply)
Select one or more:
a.Can be natural
b.Can be human
c.Allow future systems to flourish
d.Don't change over time
Answer: a, b, c
●● What is meant by "sustainable development"?
Select one:
a.Development that forces people to revert to the lesser technology of
the past and give up their desired quality of life in the present
b.Development that continues to reinvent itself
c.Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
d.Development that only uses renewable resources
Answer: c
,●● In the IPAT equation the environmental impact (I) of human activity
is modeled to increase when the following increases:
Select one:
a.Air Quality
b.Population
c.Pollution
d.Technology
e.Parameter
f.Time
g.Affluence
h.Attitude
i.Transportation
Answer: b
●● According to this lecture, when is an IPAT analysis most likely to
fail?
Select one:
a.When thinking about the future
b.When thinking about the present
c.When thinking about the past
Answer: a
●● Cells in a petri dish grow fastest when (s-shaped growth pattern):
, Select one:
a.Close to carrying capacity
b.Far from carrying capacity
c.Just above carrying capacity
Answer: b
●● According to the lecture, what happens to a system where population
exceeds the carrying capacity?
Select one:
a.The population slowly falls
b.The population slowly returns to carrying capacity
c.The population stops growing
d.The population drops below carrying capacity
Answer: d
●● Select one:
a.extinction: the population dies out
b.loss of total wealth: the population does not produce as much as
beforeloss of total wealth: the population does not produce as much as
before
c.explosion in population: growth rates become exponential
d.drop in efficiency: each individual in the population becomes less
efficient
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED APLUS
●● Sustainable systems (check all that apply)
Select one or more:
a.Can be natural
b.Can be human
c.Allow future systems to flourish
d.Don't change over time
Answer: a, b, c
●● What is meant by "sustainable development"?
Select one:
a.Development that forces people to revert to the lesser technology of
the past and give up their desired quality of life in the present
b.Development that continues to reinvent itself
c.Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
d.Development that only uses renewable resources
Answer: c
,●● In the IPAT equation the environmental impact (I) of human activity
is modeled to increase when the following increases:
Select one:
a.Air Quality
b.Population
c.Pollution
d.Technology
e.Parameter
f.Time
g.Affluence
h.Attitude
i.Transportation
Answer: b
●● According to this lecture, when is an IPAT analysis most likely to
fail?
Select one:
a.When thinking about the future
b.When thinking about the present
c.When thinking about the past
Answer: a
●● Cells in a petri dish grow fastest when (s-shaped growth pattern):
, Select one:
a.Close to carrying capacity
b.Far from carrying capacity
c.Just above carrying capacity
Answer: b
●● According to the lecture, what happens to a system where population
exceeds the carrying capacity?
Select one:
a.The population slowly falls
b.The population slowly returns to carrying capacity
c.The population stops growing
d.The population drops below carrying capacity
Answer: d
●● Select one:
a.extinction: the population dies out
b.loss of total wealth: the population does not produce as much as
beforeloss of total wealth: the population does not produce as much as
before
c.explosion in population: growth rates become exponential
d.drop in efficiency: each individual in the population becomes less
efficient
