Environmental Economics:
An Introduction
(2024 Release) 99th Edition
By Barry Field, Martha Field
(Test Bank All Chapters
100% Original Verified, A+
Grade)
Answers at the end of each chapter.
Test Bank Part 1: Chapter 11-21
Test Bank Part 2: Chapter 1-10
All Chapters Arranged Reverse.
,Chapter 11
Student name:__________
1) A command and control approach to public policy uses_________ in order to bring about
socially desirable behavior.
A) incentives
B) mandates
C) moral suasion
D) education
2) The socially efficient equilibrium emission standard sets the maximum rate of emissions
equal to the________.
A) the level of abatement that equates MAC and MD
B) level of emissions that maximizes total abatement cost
C) the level of emissions that minimizes total abatement cost
D) the level of emissions that equates MAC and MD
3) Standards that take the form of never-exceed levels for specific pollutants in an ambient
environment are known as________.
A) emission standards
B) ambient standards
C) performance standards
D) technology-based standards
4) Ambient standards cannot be enforced___________.
A) consistently
B) efficiently
C) directly
D) indirectly
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,Chapter 11
5) When marginal damages for a pollutant vary by region, time of day, or season, a(n)________
will not be socially efficient but________ that set the MAC curve equal to each MD curve
are socially efficient.
A) uniform standard; individual standards
B) ambient standard; uniform standards
C) individual standard; uniform standards
D) technology-based standard; uniform standards
6) ________ set standards that are unrealistic with today's technology in the hope that they will
motivate the pollution-control industry to invent ways of meeting the standard at reasonable
cost.
A) Technology-based standards
B) Technology-forcing standards
C) Strict emission standards
D) Performance standards
7) Under________ the burden is on the________ to make the right decision about what
technology to use.
A) technology-forcing standards; pollution control industry
B) technology-based standards; polluting firms
C) technology-based standards; public regulatory authority
D) emission standards; public regulatory authority
8) Emissions standards do not yield a particular ambient quality due to the interference
of______________.
A) hydrology
B) meteorology
C) human decisions
D) All of the choices are correct.
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, Chapter 11
9) Emission standards are a type of________ because they refer to end results that are meant to
be achieved by the polluters being regulated.
A) technology standard
B) ambient quality standard
C) performance standard
D) compliance cost
10) Technology standards require the adoption of________.
A) technology
B) techniques
C) practices
D) All of the choices are correct.
11) Smoke stack scrubbers are a requirement on many coal burning, electricity-generating plants.
Smoke stack scrubbers are an example of________.
A) a technology forcing standard
B) an emissions standard
C) a technology-based standard
D) an ambient standard
12) A(n)________ sets a constraint on some performance criterion and allows the polluter to
choose how to meet that criterion while a(n)________ dictates techniques to be used by the
polluter
A) emission standard; technology standard
B) technology standard; emission standard
C) public regulatory authority; emission standard
D) emission standard; public regulatory authority
13) If an emission standard is set to the right of the socially efficient point of emissions, the result
will be a socially inefficient level of pollution and_________ will be greater
than__________.
A) total damages; total abatement costs
B) total abatement costs; total damages
C) marginal damages; marginal abatement costs
D) marginal abatement costs; marginal damages
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An Introduction
(2024 Release) 99th Edition
By Barry Field, Martha Field
(Test Bank All Chapters
100% Original Verified, A+
Grade)
Answers at the end of each chapter.
Test Bank Part 1: Chapter 11-21
Test Bank Part 2: Chapter 1-10
All Chapters Arranged Reverse.
,Chapter 11
Student name:__________
1) A command and control approach to public policy uses_________ in order to bring about
socially desirable behavior.
A) incentives
B) mandates
C) moral suasion
D) education
2) The socially efficient equilibrium emission standard sets the maximum rate of emissions
equal to the________.
A) the level of abatement that equates MAC and MD
B) level of emissions that maximizes total abatement cost
C) the level of emissions that minimizes total abatement cost
D) the level of emissions that equates MAC and MD
3) Standards that take the form of never-exceed levels for specific pollutants in an ambient
environment are known as________.
A) emission standards
B) ambient standards
C) performance standards
D) technology-based standards
4) Ambient standards cannot be enforced___________.
A) consistently
B) efficiently
C) directly
D) indirectly
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,Chapter 11
5) When marginal damages for a pollutant vary by region, time of day, or season, a(n)________
will not be socially efficient but________ that set the MAC curve equal to each MD curve
are socially efficient.
A) uniform standard; individual standards
B) ambient standard; uniform standards
C) individual standard; uniform standards
D) technology-based standard; uniform standards
6) ________ set standards that are unrealistic with today's technology in the hope that they will
motivate the pollution-control industry to invent ways of meeting the standard at reasonable
cost.
A) Technology-based standards
B) Technology-forcing standards
C) Strict emission standards
D) Performance standards
7) Under________ the burden is on the________ to make the right decision about what
technology to use.
A) technology-forcing standards; pollution control industry
B) technology-based standards; polluting firms
C) technology-based standards; public regulatory authority
D) emission standards; public regulatory authority
8) Emissions standards do not yield a particular ambient quality due to the interference
of______________.
A) hydrology
B) meteorology
C) human decisions
D) All of the choices are correct.
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, Chapter 11
9) Emission standards are a type of________ because they refer to end results that are meant to
be achieved by the polluters being regulated.
A) technology standard
B) ambient quality standard
C) performance standard
D) compliance cost
10) Technology standards require the adoption of________.
A) technology
B) techniques
C) practices
D) All of the choices are correct.
11) Smoke stack scrubbers are a requirement on many coal burning, electricity-generating plants.
Smoke stack scrubbers are an example of________.
A) a technology forcing standard
B) an emissions standard
C) a technology-based standard
D) an ambient standard
12) A(n)________ sets a constraint on some performance criterion and allows the polluter to
choose how to meet that criterion while a(n)________ dictates techniques to be used by the
polluter
A) emission standard; technology standard
B) technology standard; emission standard
C) public regulatory authority; emission standard
D) emission standard; public regulatory authority
13) If an emission standard is set to the right of the socially efficient point of emissions, the result
will be a socially inefficient level of pollution and_________ will be greater
than__________.
A) total damages; total abatement costs
B) total abatement costs; total damages
C) marginal damages; marginal abatement costs
D) marginal abatement costs; marginal damages
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