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BUS 309 Week 7 Quiz – Strayer Click on the Link Below to Purchase A+ Graded Course Material http://www.hwgala.com/BUS-309-Week-7-Quiz-Strayer-305.htm Chapter 7—The Environment MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is true concerning our environment today? a. the Clean Air Act of 1970 has had no beneficial effects b. animal waste from factory farms is good for the environment c. the "greenhouse effect" is basically media hype d. polluted air is a health risk 2. An ecosystem a. should never be tampered with. c. can be upset by human behavior. b. can survive any human intervention. d. is independent of all other ecosystems. 3. The "tragedy of the commons" is a. the lack of a commons—a

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BUS 309 Week 7 Quiz StrayerClick on the Link Below to Purchase A !ra"e" Course #aterialhtt$%&&www'hw(ala'co)&BUS*309*Week*7*Quiz*Strayer*30+'ht)Cha$ter 7,-he .n/iron)ent#UL-0PL. C120C.1. Which of the following is true concerning our environment today?a. the Clean Air Act of 1970 has had no beneficial effectsb. animal waste from factory farms is good for the environmentc. the "greenhouse effect" is basically media hyed. olluted air is a health ris!". An ecosystema. should never be tamered with.c. can be uset by human behavior.b. can survive any human intervention.d. is indeendent of allother ecosystems.#. $he "tragedy of the commons" isa. the lac! of a commons%a common lace where eole can come together.b. the failure to areciate what we have in common with other secies.c. that cost&benefit analysis involves value 'udgments that we do not share in common.d. that individual ursuit of self&interest can sometimes ma!e everyone worse off.(. )ome environmental regulations *li!e forbidding the burning of coal in cities+ benefit each and every one of us because the air we all breather is cleaner. ,f an individual ignores the regulation and burns coal- while others obey the regulation- then he or shea. violates our right to a livable environment.c. dislays an ignorance of ecology.b. is being a free rider. d. creates an e.ternality./. $he moral theorist William $. 0lac!stone claims that the right to a livable environmenta. would solve the roblem of how to conserve resources.b. revents the use of government regulation to control the actions of business.c. is a fundamental human right.d. imlies that non&human animals have no genuine moral rights.1. Cost&benefit analysisa. is influenced by value 'udgments.c. values costs over benefits.b. considers only short&term effects.d. is a value&free social&scientific aroach.7. Which environmental statement is true?a. $roical forests are the earth2s richest- oldest- and most comle. ecosystems.b. 0ecause of technological brea!throughs- eole living in develoed countries ut less strain on the environment than do eole in oorer countries.c. $here are only about 1000 secies of animals left in the world.d. $he 3nited )tates consumes only its roortional share of the world4s irrelaceable natural resources.5. Concerning future generations-a. all hilosohers today re'ect the idea that future eole have rightsb. utilitarianism dictates a radical reduction in oulation growthc. future eole have a right to be bornd. the social and environmental olicies we adot can affect who is born in the future9. According to the anthroocentric *or human&oriented+ ethic of 0a.ter and others-a. environmental reservation is inherently valuable.b. the 6rand Canyon is valuable only because eole care about it.c. we have a strong- almost absolute obligation to reserve secies from e.tinction.d. future eole have no interests that we need to resect now.e. nature has value in and of itself- aart from human beings.10. Which of the following is true of factory farms?a. $hey are smaller these days than they usedto be.b. $he eole who run them are brutal.c. Contrary to the critics- the animals in themrarely suffer.d. $hey ermit the mass roduction of meat at low rices.11. According to )haw and 0arry- utilitariansa. focus on human well&being and ignore animal welfare.b. oose animal e.erimentation in rincile.c. should include nonhuman animal leasures and ains in the overall utilitarian calculus.d. are li!ely to favor factory farming.1". Which of the following is true of a regulatory approach to environmental roblems?a. ,t roceeds on a case&by&case basis- dealing with each comany4s secific circumstances.b. ,t gives comanies an incentive to do more than the minimum re7uired by law.c. ,t re7uires the 89A or other body to determine the most effective- feasible ollution&control technology for each different industry.d. ,t involves the use of ricing mechanisms.1#. Animal manurea. is not available in sufficient 7uantities to relenish agricultural land.b. is a large source of ollution.c. hels counteract the "greenhouse effect".d. is otentially more dangerous than nuclearower.1(. "9ollution ermits" are an e.amle of which of the following methods of achieving our environmental goals?a. ricing mechanisms c. a laisse:&faire aroachb. government subsidiesd. regulations1/. ,n consideration for the obligation to others-a. we have no genuine moral obligations to future generations.b. future eole have a right to be born.c. the 3.). uses more than its roortional share of the world4s resources.d. environmental rotection is always a statictrade&off- with a fi.ed economic rice to be aid for the gains we want.11. ;ne truth about factory farms isa. they rarely inflict any genuine suffering on animals.b. most animals we eat are from them.c. they are necessary to feed the world.d. they are run by brutal eole.17. According to the hilosoher