PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE – SOCIAL
SCIENCE SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
1. What sort of environmental justice is referred to in this figure above?
a. distributive justice
b. procedural justice
c. recognition justice
d. rights of nature
Answer: A (because it is about distribution of impact across different categories) Check out chapter 1
under social justice {power and authority}
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, 2. Over the last 150 years, the attention for environmental issues has developed in
waves. Which publication was key for the wave from the mid-1980s to early 1990s?
a. The Limits to Growth
b. Brundtland Report
c. Silent Spring
d. The Battle of Seattle
Answer: B (this is the 3rd wave of environmental concern where Brundtland report and Earth summit of Rio
are peculiar) Check out chapter 2
3. Before approving of an environmental permit for a company, the municipality
publishes the draft permit, and invites citizens who object to submit their arguments. The
municipal authority then takes notice of these arguments and decides on the permit.
Where on the participation ladder is this procedure?
a. functional participation
b. placation
c. consultation
d. informing
Answer: C (views are required from citizens but the municipality is not compelled to follow it. They only
demand views and opinions but the citizens cannot take the decision) Check out chapter 3
4. Which of the following statements gives the best description of "new forms of ecological
rationality" that according to Ecological Modernization Theory emerge in society?
a. growing numbers of people appreciate nature
b. environmental problems have got a much more global character
c. environment and development have become integrated in the concept of
sustainable development
d. new tools are developed, such as ecological footprints, to calculate the
environmental impacts of products and processes.
Answer: D (Check out chapter 7)
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SCIENCE SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
1. What sort of environmental justice is referred to in this figure above?
a. distributive justice
b. procedural justice
c. recognition justice
d. rights of nature
Answer: A (because it is about distribution of impact across different categories) Check out chapter 1
under social justice {power and authority}
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, 2. Over the last 150 years, the attention for environmental issues has developed in
waves. Which publication was key for the wave from the mid-1980s to early 1990s?
a. The Limits to Growth
b. Brundtland Report
c. Silent Spring
d. The Battle of Seattle
Answer: B (this is the 3rd wave of environmental concern where Brundtland report and Earth summit of Rio
are peculiar) Check out chapter 2
3. Before approving of an environmental permit for a company, the municipality
publishes the draft permit, and invites citizens who object to submit their arguments. The
municipal authority then takes notice of these arguments and decides on the permit.
Where on the participation ladder is this procedure?
a. functional participation
b. placation
c. consultation
d. informing
Answer: C (views are required from citizens but the municipality is not compelled to follow it. They only
demand views and opinions but the citizens cannot take the decision) Check out chapter 3
4. Which of the following statements gives the best description of "new forms of ecological
rationality" that according to Ecological Modernization Theory emerge in society?
a. growing numbers of people appreciate nature
b. environmental problems have got a much more global character
c. environment and development have become integrated in the concept of
sustainable development
d. new tools are developed, such as ecological footprints, to calculate the
environmental impacts of products and processes.
Answer: D (Check out chapter 7)
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