LJU4801 Exam 1 Questions with Correct
Answers
Courts look to previous court decisions as binding
if the facts are similar - Answer-Stare decisis
Determines who can bring a lawsuit; requirement
that the plaintiff has suffered an actual, legal harm - Answer-Standing
the proper or most convenient location for the trial
of the case - Answer-Venue
The official power of a court to render a decision - Answer-Jurisdiction
Type of personal injury lawsuit where the plaintiff claims that exposure to a
chemical/substance caused plaintiff's injury/disease - Answer-Toxic Tort
Person or entity filing suit; person who suffered the
harm - Answer-Plaintiff
Person or entity being sued - Answer-Defendant
A condition that must be established to win a
lawsuit or prove someone guilty of breaking a law - Answer-Element of Proof
A civil wrong - Answer-Tort
A court order to do or stop doing something - Answer-Injunction
Translates broad goals of the Clean Water Act into
waterbody-specific objectives - Answer-Water Quality Standard
Descriptions of the conditions in a waterbody necessary to support the DUs. - Answer-
Water Quality Criteria
process of quantifying existing pollutant loads and calculating the load reductions
needed to meet WQS; pollution budgets - Answer-Total Maximum Daily Load
use specified in water quality standards for each
waterbody, whether or not they are being attained - Answer-Designated Use
refers not only to those uses the waterbody is capable of supporting at present, but also
any use which the waterbody has actually attained since November 28, 1975. - Answer-
Existing Use
, The process of changing a use designation - Answer-Reclassification
Removing a designated use and replacing it with a
"lower" use - Answer-Downgrading
Removing a designated use and replacing with a "higher" use - Answer-Upgrading
A stream or portion of a stream that flows briefly in direct response to precipitation in the
immediate vicinity, and whose channel is at all times above the groundwater reservoir. -
Answer-Ephemeral
The EPA regulates diesel fuel by:
(a) mandating all onroad vehicles must use Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD)
(b) mandating most nonroad, locomotive, and marine engines use Ultra Low Sulfur
Diesel (ULSD)
(c) requiring all highway diesel fuel supplied in the US be Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel
(ULSD)
(d) All of the above. - Answer-(d) All of the above.
The Clean Air Act regulates emissions from which of the following types of sources?
(a) natural
(b) mobile
(c) area
(d) All of the above - Answer-(b) mobile
The purpose of the Clean Air Act is to _______________?
(a) Set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
(b) Protect the nation's air and public health.
(c) Issue §404 permits for filling wetlands with dredged material.
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct. - Answer-(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct.
Which of the following is/are criteria pollutants?
(a) Ground Level Ozone (O3)
(b) Sulfuric Acid
(c) Carbon Dioxide
(d) All of the above - Answer-(a) Ground Level Ozone (O3)
Once a Criteria Pollutant has been identified under the CAA, the EPA must:
(a) Establish a National Ambient Air Quality Standard for the Pollutant
(b) Turn the matter over to the states
(c) Make paper air planes because they don't emit any greenhouse gases
Answers
Courts look to previous court decisions as binding
if the facts are similar - Answer-Stare decisis
Determines who can bring a lawsuit; requirement
that the plaintiff has suffered an actual, legal harm - Answer-Standing
the proper or most convenient location for the trial
of the case - Answer-Venue
The official power of a court to render a decision - Answer-Jurisdiction
Type of personal injury lawsuit where the plaintiff claims that exposure to a
chemical/substance caused plaintiff's injury/disease - Answer-Toxic Tort
Person or entity filing suit; person who suffered the
harm - Answer-Plaintiff
Person or entity being sued - Answer-Defendant
A condition that must be established to win a
lawsuit or prove someone guilty of breaking a law - Answer-Element of Proof
A civil wrong - Answer-Tort
A court order to do or stop doing something - Answer-Injunction
Translates broad goals of the Clean Water Act into
waterbody-specific objectives - Answer-Water Quality Standard
Descriptions of the conditions in a waterbody necessary to support the DUs. - Answer-
Water Quality Criteria
process of quantifying existing pollutant loads and calculating the load reductions
needed to meet WQS; pollution budgets - Answer-Total Maximum Daily Load
use specified in water quality standards for each
waterbody, whether or not they are being attained - Answer-Designated Use
refers not only to those uses the waterbody is capable of supporting at present, but also
any use which the waterbody has actually attained since November 28, 1975. - Answer-
Existing Use
, The process of changing a use designation - Answer-Reclassification
Removing a designated use and replacing it with a
"lower" use - Answer-Downgrading
Removing a designated use and replacing with a "higher" use - Answer-Upgrading
A stream or portion of a stream that flows briefly in direct response to precipitation in the
immediate vicinity, and whose channel is at all times above the groundwater reservoir. -
Answer-Ephemeral
The EPA regulates diesel fuel by:
(a) mandating all onroad vehicles must use Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD)
(b) mandating most nonroad, locomotive, and marine engines use Ultra Low Sulfur
Diesel (ULSD)
(c) requiring all highway diesel fuel supplied in the US be Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel
(ULSD)
(d) All of the above. - Answer-(d) All of the above.
The Clean Air Act regulates emissions from which of the following types of sources?
(a) natural
(b) mobile
(c) area
(d) All of the above - Answer-(b) mobile
The purpose of the Clean Air Act is to _______________?
(a) Set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
(b) Protect the nation's air and public health.
(c) Issue §404 permits for filling wetlands with dredged material.
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct. - Answer-(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct.
Which of the following is/are criteria pollutants?
(a) Ground Level Ozone (O3)
(b) Sulfuric Acid
(c) Carbon Dioxide
(d) All of the above - Answer-(a) Ground Level Ozone (O3)
Once a Criteria Pollutant has been identified under the CAA, the EPA must:
(a) Establish a National Ambient Air Quality Standard for the Pollutant
(b) Turn the matter over to the states
(c) Make paper air planes because they don't emit any greenhouse gases
