ep@w logobookmark page title back to programme inactive Sponsor this page
Introductory offer

AIMS
This quick test aims to check your underpinning knowledge of Unit 3 "Putting environmental principles into practice"

TASK
Select one of the four possible answers for each question from those available (to deselect a choice click the tick next to it).

Click 'answers and score' at the bottom of the page to see how you have done.

1. Which is the best way to get rid of waste?

Recycle
 Re-use
 Reduce
 Recover
2. What best supports biodiversity?
Resource use
 Environmental Management
 Cleaner Production
 Environmental Conservation
3. What is the Precautionary Principle?
Making the polluter pay
 Being safe than sorry
 Enforcing the duty of care
 Pulling out in time
4. What does Cleaner Production do away with?
End of pipe technologies
 Housekeeping
 Dirt
 Profits
5. How much is spent annually by on Environmental Protection by UK business?
£4 billion
 £3 billion
 £2 billion
 £1 billion
6. What is first in the process hierarchy to control environmental impacts?
Design
 Specifications
 Process change
 Housekeeping
7. What proportion of UK materials used as input end up as 'goods'?
10%
 5%
 1% - 2%
 <1%
8. Which of these practices follows the precautionary principle?
Switching off the lights
 Banning toxic substances
 recycling paper
 Working from home
9. How much is spent on Environmental Protection in the UK per employee?
£100.000
 £10,000
 £1,000
 £100
10. Which of these is an environmental conservation practice?
Concreting waste ground
 Tree planting
 Killing foxes
 Buying organic
11. What proportion of UK energy use is wasted?

50%
 30%
 20%
10%

12. What is waste household water called?
Waste Water
 Black Water
 Grey Water
 House Water

You have scored out of a possible 12

Test your knowledge and try out these other quizes.


© ep@w Publishing Company Ltd. 2000
2002 Edition