View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eco-Effectiveness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Automobiles are built individually by hand.
(b) Early industrialists do not consider the effects on human health.
(c) The effects of mass production on the environment are not considered.
(d) Factories consume an enormous amount of our natural resources.

2. Which words best describe how people view nature during the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Predictable and harmless.
(b) Dangerous and brutish.
(c) Delicate and vulnerable.
(d) Serene and simple.

3. When can PVC, a commonly used plastic in children's playground equipment, be toxic?
(a) When frequently touched or rubbed on the skin.
(b) When exposed to carbon dioxide.
(c) When consumed.
(d) When heated to high temperatures.

4. Which word describes how industry views efficiency?
(a) Cumbersome.
(b) Equity.
(c) Profits.
(d) Losses.

5. What is the goal of Bill and Michael's new company?
(a) Give ideas to manufacturing companies on "less bad" design.
(b) Use models from nature to create healthy, happy design.
(c) Make a new industry on exploiting the natural environment.
(d) Create chemicals for the recycling industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the following are examples of crude products as defined by the author, except...

2. What does Michael chose for a professional career?

3. What is problematic about the attitude of design and production during the Industrial Revolution?

4. Which of the following is an example of people trying to live with nature as it is today?

5. What is the general definition of "sick building syndrome"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 353 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample