NR 416 Midterm Exam (2025) Actual Exam Questions and Answers A+ Graded
1. 3 main components of EIA: 1) Description of the affected environment (existing
conditions)
2) Prediction of impacts
3) Impact management
2. 3 main components of EIA:Description of the affected environment: charac-
terized the existing or baseline conditions upon which the proposed project will be
imposed
3. 3 main components of EIA: Prediction of impacts: determination of how the
existing conditions of each environmental resource will be changed or impacted by
the implementation of the proposed project
4. 3 main components of EIA: Impact mitigation: measures designed to mitigate
the impacts of the proposed project through avoidance, minimization, reduction, or
elimination (over time), rectification, and/or compensation
5. What is "the environment"?: 3 components: Natural, built, and human health
6. The natural environment: - water: hydrology, water quality, supply
- air supply
- biological: wildlife, plants, habitats
- geology, soils, geologic hazards
- minerals
- visual, scenic, aesthetic resources
7. The built environment: - traffic/transportation
- noise
- historical/cultural resources
- agriculture
- land use conflicts
- recreation
- population/housing
- utilities/public services
8. Human health environment: - damage from natural disasters
- risk of exposure to hazardous materials, wastes, and/or activities
- risk of contracting diseases
,NR 416 Midterm Exam (2025) Actual Exam Questions and Answers A+ Graded
9. Land use permitting process: Property rights: What does it take to develop a
project on a piece of land that I own?
*Physical nature of property*:
- soil, water, air, minerals, trees, etc.
*Use development*
, *Social relationships*:
- right to sell
- right to access/enter
- right to give it away
10. Land use permitting process: Private applicant: 1) Applicant and applicant
team
a. project proponent
b. environment consultant
c. architect
d. engineer
2) Lead agency
3) Responsible agencies
4) Trustee agencies
5) The public
6) State clearinghouse
7) Lead agency decisionmakers
8) The courts
9) Resource agencies (federal/state/regional)
11. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): - signed into law January 1, 1970
- stands in stark contrast to other 70s/80s environmental legislation
Purposes: (short, simple, and comprehensive)
1. To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable
harmony between man and his environment
2. To promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and
biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man
3. To enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources
important to the nation
4. To establish the Council on Environmental Quality
*Require environmental impact analysis*
1. 3 main components of EIA: 1) Description of the affected environment (existing
conditions)
2) Prediction of impacts
3) Impact management
2. 3 main components of EIA:Description of the affected environment: charac-
terized the existing or baseline conditions upon which the proposed project will be
imposed
3. 3 main components of EIA: Prediction of impacts: determination of how the
existing conditions of each environmental resource will be changed or impacted by
the implementation of the proposed project
4. 3 main components of EIA: Impact mitigation: measures designed to mitigate
the impacts of the proposed project through avoidance, minimization, reduction, or
elimination (over time), rectification, and/or compensation
5. What is "the environment"?: 3 components: Natural, built, and human health
6. The natural environment: - water: hydrology, water quality, supply
- air supply
- biological: wildlife, plants, habitats
- geology, soils, geologic hazards
- minerals
- visual, scenic, aesthetic resources
7. The built environment: - traffic/transportation
- noise
- historical/cultural resources
- agriculture
- land use conflicts
- recreation
- population/housing
- utilities/public services
8. Human health environment: - damage from natural disasters
- risk of exposure to hazardous materials, wastes, and/or activities
- risk of contracting diseases
,NR 416 Midterm Exam (2025) Actual Exam Questions and Answers A+ Graded
9. Land use permitting process: Property rights: What does it take to develop a
project on a piece of land that I own?
*Physical nature of property*:
- soil, water, air, minerals, trees, etc.
*Use development*
, *Social relationships*:
- right to sell
- right to access/enter
- right to give it away
10. Land use permitting process: Private applicant: 1) Applicant and applicant
team
a. project proponent
b. environment consultant
c. architect
d. engineer
2) Lead agency
3) Responsible agencies
4) Trustee agencies
5) The public
6) State clearinghouse
7) Lead agency decisionmakers
8) The courts
9) Resource agencies (federal/state/regional)
11. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): - signed into law January 1, 1970
- stands in stark contrast to other 70s/80s environmental legislation
Purposes: (short, simple, and comprehensive)
1. To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable
harmony between man and his environment
2. To promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and
biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man
3. To enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources
important to the nation
4. To establish the Council on Environmental Quality
*Require environmental impact analysis*
