CHAPTER COMPREHENSIVE TEST
1. Pollution can result when which of the
following types of agents is/are introduced
into the air, water, or soil?
1. Biological
2. Chemical
3. Physical
4. All of the above
2. Which of the following operations causes the
most pollution?
1. Industrial
2. Municipal
3. Transportation
4. All of the above
3. Which of the following materials is the
primary municipal pollutant?
1. Raw or inadequately treated sewage
2. Radioactive waste
3. Petroleum products
4. Acids
4. Which of the following modes of
transportation creates most air pollutants?
1. Trains
2. Waterborne vessels
3. Motor vehicles
4. Aircraft
5. Which, if any, of the following effects of
pollution is the most serious?
1. Psychological
2. Biological
3. Physical
4. None of the above
6. Steel erodes faster than normal when exposed
to which of the following air pollutants?
1. Pesticides
2. Herbicides
3. Zinc oxides
4. Sulfur oxides
7. Most pesticides fall into which of the
following categories?
1. Selective
2. Nonselective
3. Preselective
4. Control selective
8. What is the primary pollution concern of Navy
personnel?
1. Noise pollution
2. Shore command wastes
3. Shipboard wastes
9. Which of the following terms identifies
abatement?
1. Maintaining
2. Raising
3. Lowering
4. Containing
10. Under the Clean Air Act, what government
body has the primary responsibility for
assuring air quality?
1. Federal government
2. Each state
3. Local municipalities
4. Department of Transportation
11. Virtually all Navy ships have some type of
sanitation device installed. Which of the
following types of systems retains sewage on
board for discharge ashore or in waters where
discharging is allowed?
1. Direct discharge
2. Positive flow
3. Marine sanitation
4. Collection, holding, and transfer
12. When operating sanitation devices in foreign
waters, Navy ships comply with which of the
following requirements?
1. Status of Forces Agreement
2. Coast Guard instructions
3. NAVFAC guidelines
4. All of the above
13. Vessels may not discharge unpulped trash
within what minimum distance from the U.S.
coastline?
1. 20 nm
2. 25 nm
3. 30 nm
4. 35 nm
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