Question 1

Tax breaks to energy producers did not

Accepted Answer

A) discourage exploration 
B) increase production 
C) increase supply 
D) lead to quotas 
A) discourage exploration 
B) increase production 
C) increase supply 
D) lead to quotas A

Question 2

Thermal pollution increases water oxygen levels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Which of the following does not create health problems?

Accepted Answer

A) Unwillingness to exercise due to air pollution 
B) Short term exposure to high levels of air pollution 
C) Long term exposure to low levels of air pollution 
D) synergistic interaction of air pollutants 
A) Unwillingness to exercise due to air pollution 
B) Short term exposure to high levels of air pollution 
C) Long term exposure to low levels of air pollution 
D) synergistic interaction of air pollutants A

Question 4

Which policy wasn't included in U.S.Energy policy after 1973?

Accepted Answer

A) Manufacturing of electric cars 
B) Trans-Alaska pipeline 
C) Creation of the ERDA agency 
D) National fifty-five miles per hour speed limit 
A) Manufacturing of electric cars 
B) Trans-Alaska pipeline 
C) Creation of the ERDA agency 
D) National fifty-five miles per hour speed limit

Question 5

Which was not a criticism of international environmental policies like the Kyoto Protocol?

Accepted Answer

A) Restricts national sovereignty 
B) Creates a detrimental economic impact 
C) Championed by China as an extension of communist principles 
D) Based on unverified scientific research 
A) Restricts national sovereignty 
B) Creates a detrimental economic impact 
C) Championed by China as an extension of communist principles 
D) Based on unverified scientific research

Question 6

The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920,required energy producers to pay royalties to states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is not an impact of continued oil dependence?

Accepted Answer

A) Supply uncertainty 
B) Demand volatility 
C) Increased military and defense spending 
D) Structural addition to trade deficit 
A) Supply uncertainty 
B) Demand volatility 
C) Increased military and defense spending 
D) Structural addition to trade deficit

Question 8

The oil depletion allowance adopted in 1926,is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) a failed national policy 
B) the protective nature of energy policy 
C) Texas' influence on public policy 
D) Effort to increase energy production 
A) a failed national policy 
B) the protective nature of energy policy 
C) Texas' influence on public policy 
D) Effort to increase energy production

Question 9

The Carter administration created the Superfund project which provided EPA with the authority and funds to:

Accepted Answer

A) Create federal policy on pollution 
B) Deal with emergencies and with abandoned toxic-waste sites 
C) Only move waste from toxic-waste site to another 
D) Ensure that EPA could not be abolished by Congress 
A) Create federal policy on pollution 
B) Deal with emergencies and with abandoned toxic-waste sites 
C) Only move waste from toxic-waste site to another 
D) Ensure that EPA could not be abolished by Congress

Question 10

Which is NOT an alternative enforcement mechanism for achieving goals and compliance with environmental regulations?

Accepted Answer

A) stiff fines and jail sentences 
B) use of injunctions to halt pollution 
C) elimination of the EPA agency 
D) tax subsidies or underwriting the cost of pollution-control equipment 
A) stiff fines and jail sentences 
B) use of injunctions to halt pollution 
C) elimination of the EPA agency 
D) tax subsidies or underwriting the cost of pollution-control equipment

Question 11

Which of the following does not contribute to water pollution?

Accepted Answer

A) Domestic and municipal wastes 
B) Agricultural wastes 
C) Cars 
D) Natural Silt and Sedimentation 
A) Domestic and municipal wastes 
B) Agricultural wastes 
C) Cars 
D) Natural Silt and Sedimentation

Question 12

What nation is not a member of OPEC?

Accepted Answer

A) United Arab Emirate 
B) Algeria 
C) Turkey 
D) Kuwait 
A) United Arab Emirate 
B) Algeria 
C) Turkey 
D) Kuwait

Question 13

Why has the Keystone XL pipeline project faced difficulties in getting approval from President Obama's administration?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why has the Keystone XL pipeline project...

Question 14

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 supports

Accepted Answer

A) Tax Credits for Hybrid Vehicles 
B) The Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHC
A)  
C) Stricter CAFÉ Standards 
D) Environmental Provisions 
A) Tax Credits for Hybrid Vehicles 
B) The Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHC
A)  
C) Stricter CAFÉ Standards 
D) Environmental Provisions

Question 15

Which is not an option for nuclear plant decommissioning?

Accepted Answer

A) Dismantlement 
B) Mothballing 
C) Entombment 
D) Replication 
A) Dismantlement 
B) Mothballing 
C) Entombment 
D) Replication

Question 16

High levels of CO2in the atmosphere have been attributed to the use of fossil fuels and rapid deforestation in Africa,South America and Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What is not a challenge to the U.S.energy system?

Accepted Answer

A) Middle East instability 
B) Natural disasters 
C) Extremist conservationists 
D) Energy market instability 
A) Middle East instability 
B) Natural disasters 
C) Extremist conservationists 
D) Energy market instability

Question 18

Which of these is not a fossil fuel?

Accepted Answer

A) Coal 
B) These are all fossil fuels 
C) Oil 
D) Natural Gas 
A) Coal 
B) These are all fossil fuels 
C) Oil 
D) Natural Gas

Question 19

Major obstacles to the use of wastewater technologies available to municipalities and industries to minimize the discharge of contaminants is:

Accepted Answer

A) environmental groups 
B) government regulations 
C) lack of citizen support 
D) construction and operation costs 
A) environmental groups 
B) government regulations 
C) lack of citizen support 
D) construction and operation costs

Question 20

Nuclear power plants account for ____ percent of America's energy consumption.

Accepted Answer

A) 5 
B) 25 
C) 10 
D) 30 
A) 5 
B) 25 
C) 10 
D) 30

Tax breaks to energy producers did not

Thermal pollution increases water oxygen levels.

Which of the following does not create health problems?

Which policy wasn't included in U.S.Energy policy after 1973?

Which was not a criticism of international environmental policies like the Kyoto Protocol?

The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920,required energy producers to pay royalties to states.

What is not an impact of continued oil dependence?

The oil depletion allowance adopted in 1926,is an example of

The Carter administration created the Superfund project which provided EPA with the authority and funds to:

Which is NOT an alternative enforcement mechanism for achieving goals and compliance with environmental regulations?

Which of the following does not contribute to water pollution?

What nation is not a member of OPEC?

Why has the Keystone XL pipeline project faced difficulties in getting approval from President Obama's administration?

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 supports

Which is not an option for nuclear plant decommissioning?

High levels of CO₂in the atmosphere have been attributed to the use of fossil fuels and rapid deforestation in Africa,South America and Asia.

What is not a challenge to the U.S.energy system?

Which of these is not a fossil fuel?

Major obstacles to the use of wastewater technologies available to municipalities and industries to minimize the discharge of contaminants is:

Nuclear power plants account for ____ percent of America's energy consumption.

Public Policy: An Introduction

Contexts of Public Policy

The Economy: Changing Government-Business Relationships

Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting

Crime and Criminal Justice: Dilemmas of Social Control

Poverty and Social Welfare Policy

Health Care: Transformation or Continued Crisis?

Education: Conflict in Policy Direction

Legal and Social Equality: The Struggle against Oppression and Bigotry

Immigration Policy: The Barely Open Door

Foreign and Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World

Private Morality and Public Policy: Moral Values, the Constitution, and the Open Society

Filters

Exam 5: Energy and Environmental Policies: Policy Instability

Tax breaks to energy producers did not

Thermal pollution increases water oxygen levels.

Which of the following does not create health problems?

Which policy wasn't included in U.S.Energy policy after 1973?

Which was not a criticism of international environmental policies like the Kyoto Protocol?

The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920,required energy producers to pay royalties to states.

What is not an impact of continued oil dependence?

The oil depletion allowance adopted in 1926,is an example of

The Carter administration created the Superfund project which provided EPA with the authority and funds to:

Which is NOT an alternative enforcement mechanism for achieving goals and compliance with environmental regulations?

Which of the following does not contribute to water pollution?

What nation is not a member of OPEC?

Why has the Keystone XL pipeline project faced difficulties in getting approval from President Obama's administration?

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 supports

Which is not an option for nuclear plant decommissioning?

High levels of CO2in the atmosphere have been attributed to the use of fossil fuels and rapid deforestation in Africa,South America and Asia.

What is not a challenge to the U.S.energy system?

Which of these is not a fossil fuel?

Major obstacles to the use of wastewater technologies available to municipalities and industries to minimize the discharge of contaminants is:

Nuclear power plants account for ____ percent of America's energy consumption.

Public Policy: An Introduction

Contexts of Public Policy

The Economy: Changing Government-Business Relationships

Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting

Crime and Criminal Justice: Dilemmas of Social Control

Poverty and Social Welfare Policy

Health Care: Transformation or Continued Crisis?

Education: Conflict in Policy Direction

Legal and Social Equality: The Struggle against Oppression and Bigotry

Immigration Policy: The Barely Open Door

Foreign and Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World

Private Morality and Public Policy: Moral Values, the Constitution, and the Open Society

Filters

High levels of CO₂in the atmosphere have been attributed to the use of fossil fuels and rapid deforestation in Africa,South America and Asia.