This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Solid Waste – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solid Waste Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What by-product from oil producing gasoline can be heated and stretched to become plastic products? A) Resin. B) Biodegrade. C) Petroleum. D) Metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resin. 2. Which legislation calls for listing hazardous waste to use in cradle-to-grave tracking? A) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. B) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. C) Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments. D) Superfund Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 3. Love Canal tragedy in New York triggered a massive environmental cleanup because it was filled with years of dumping in A) Human waste. B) Toxic chemicals. C) Dead animals. D) Agricultural runoff and waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toxic chemicals. 4. What is a cost of using incinerators? A) Produces air pollution. B) High-level radioactive waste is disposed of unsafely. C) Difficult to get it approved. D) All of these are costs of incinerators. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Produces air pollution. 5. Makes up most of the municipal solid waste A) Paper. B) Leachate. C) Plastic. D) Manufacturing waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paper. 6. Solid waste has increased through the years. What is CAUSING more solid waste? A) The human population increased through the years. B) The human population decreased through the years. C) The human population stayed the same through the years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The human population increased through the years. 7. The most common material that makes up landfill waste is A) Paper. B) Metals. C) Plastic. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paper. 8. What is precycling? A) It is making agreement for recycling product which purchasing. B) It is government process to be followed before cycling product. C) It is recycling the recycled product. D) It is thinking about the amount of waste a product makes before purchasing it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is thinking about the amount of waste a product makes before purchasing it. 9. What is one of the second priorities of Integrated Waste Management? A) Reduce packaging and materials in products. B) Reuse. C) Bury waste in landfills. D) Treat waste to reduce toxicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reuse. 10. Which of the following are problems associated with incinerators? A) Source reduction and composting. B) Takes up less space. C) Air pollution from burning. D) Is the cheapest method of disposal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air pollution from burning. 11. It is the direct use of living green plants for in situ (in place) removal, degradation, or containment of contaminants in soils, sludges, sediments, surface water and groundwater. A) Bioaccumulation. B) Biomagnification. C) Bioremediation. D) Phytoremediation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phytoremediation. 12. The average American throws away about how many pounds of trash per day? A) 1. B) 4. C) 3. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 13. Why is leachate dangerous? A) It has toxic fumes. B) It can leak into our water supply. C) It can't be processed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It can leak into our water supply. 14. How many pounds of solid waste does the average person living in the united states produce each day? A) 6.3. B) 4.4. C) 5.1. D) 5.7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4.4. 15. Leftover rock and ore from mineral extraction. A) Mining waste. B) Municipal solid waste. C) Agricultural waste. D) Hazardous waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mining waste. 16. Which type of waste is typically disposed of in a regular landfill? A) Industrial. B) Mining. C) Agricultural. D) Municipal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Municipal. 17. Which method is used most frequently in the United States today? A) Sanitary landfill. B) Incineration. C) Discharge to sewers, streams, and rivers. D) Chemical treatment. E) Biological treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanitary landfill. 18. An example of source reduction is A) Composting. B) Recycling. C) Using canvas shopping bags. D) ALL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Composting. 19. All these wastes are biodegradable. A) Manufacturing waste. B) Agriculture waste. C) Hazardous waste. D) Municipal solid waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture waste. 20. Measured by the amount of Ca2+ and Mg2+. A) Acidity. B) Turbidity. C) Salinity. D) Dissolved oxygen. E) Hardness. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hardness. 21. Which of the below is not an idea behind solid waste management? A) Control of waste generation. B) Storage and collection. C) Disposal. D) Stop waste generation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stop waste generation. 22. Which is NOT part of the cradle-to-cradle concept proposed by William McDonough? A) Minimized waste generation during manufacturing. B) Upcycling waste materials. C) Planning for disassembling materials during design. D) Increased use of composite materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upcycling waste materials. 23. Which U.S. legislation is designed to track hazardous waste from cradle to grave? A) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. B) Clean Water Act. C) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. D) National Priorities List. E) National Environmental Policies Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 24. What solid waste management refers to making a new product from a material that already served its purpose? A) Repair. B) Reduce. C) Recycle. D) Reuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recycle. 25. Electronic waste or e-waste is typically shipped to lesser developed countries to be 'recycled' because A) It's cheaper to have workers recycle electronic components there. B) Their methods of recycling e-waste would not meet health and safety regulations here. C) Both of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 26. All of the following would be classified as hazardous waste EXCEPT: A) Manure based fertilizer. B) Car batteries. C) Jet fuel. D) Dry cleaner fluid. E) Insecticides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manure based fertilizer. 27. Like all means of waste disposal, deep well injection of hazardous waste has both advantages and disadvantages. Which of the following is a disadvantage of deep-well injection? A) It is not suitable in any environment. B) Well casings can leak. C) It often causes toxic runoff. D) It often releases chlorine and hydrogen gas. E) It is very expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well casings can leak. 28. Which of the following is not a method of solid waste disposal? A) Landfill. B) Incineration. C) Dumping trash into volcanoes. D) Source reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dumping trash into volcanoes. 29. Cannot be broken down by biological processes (non biodegradable) A) Fruit. B) Paper. C) Plastic. D) Grass and leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plastic. 30. Which is least likely to be a danger associated with leachate from a sanitary landfill? A) The leachate can leak into nearby soils. B) The leachate can leak into groundwater. C) The leachate can contain toxic metal compounds. D) The leachate can raise the local temperature. E) The leachate can be classified as toxic waste and require special treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The leachate can raise the local temperature. 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