Practice Quiz: Chapter 11

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. In the assessment process, what needs to be accomplished immediately after the initiation step?

a) Information gathering correct incorrect

b) Decision statement correct incorrect

c) Assessment construction correct incorrect

d) Indicator determination correct incorrect

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. What is a valid source of information during the information-gathering step of the assessment process?

a) Relevant legislation and codes correct incorrect

b) Potential users of the product assessed correct incorrect

c) Special interest groups correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. What is the most important type of indicator?

a) Economic indicators correct incorrect

b) Environmental indicators correct incorrect

c) Societal indicators correct incorrect

d) All three types of indicators are important correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is the best environmental indicator to use?

a) Biological oxygen demand correct incorrect

b) Lifetime carbon emission correct incorrect

c) Chloride concentration correct incorrect

d) They are all important; it is best to work with biologists and environmental scientists to determine the best indicator to use correct incorrect

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. According to Figure 11.2 on p. 211, which option should we chose under the "best-case" scenario?

a) Construction correct incorrect

b) O & P correct incorrect

c) Closure correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

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. An engineer performed an assessment to evaluate which option amongst a list of options satisfies all the constraints. What kind of assessment did the engineer perform?

a) Constraint assessment correct incorrect

b) Qualitative assessment correct incorrect

c) Quantitative assessment correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following should not impact the engineer's recommendation based on an assessment?

a) The engineer's professional responsibility correct incorrect

b) Pressure from a stakeholder with questionable ethics correct incorrect

c) Indicator levels from the assessment correct incorrect

d) Real-life stories pertinent to the assessment correct incorrect

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. Why would stakeholders not agree on the weighting of indicators?

a) Stakeholders are only interested in profitability of the project correct incorrect

b) Stakeholders are unwilling to compromise correct incorrect

c) Stakeholders may not share the same values with respect to the indicators correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not an example of a societal indicator?

a) Gain or loss in local employment correct incorrect

b) Positive or negative impact on human health correct incorrect

c) Projected donations to global charities correct incorrect

d) Projected revenue from the project correct incorrect

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. Based on Table 11.1 on p. 207, what is the project indicator used to measure the objective of maximizing the wages paid locally?

a) Average wage paid locally correct incorrect

b) Number of local people trained for the pipeline correct incorrect

c) Life-cycle assessment of impact to the land correct incorrect

d) NPV of all costs associated with the project correct incorrect

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. Including a conventional option during project assessment can make it easier to communicate new solutions to the public by comparing them to ones they are familiar with.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. In a thorough assessment, most time will be spent on the “decision making” step in the assessment process.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Every aspect of an engineering project can be quantified as indicators for the purpose of assessment.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The weighting of different indicators reflects how much we value each indicator.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Quantitative assessment is more rigorous than qualitative assessment. Therefore, if we are planning on performing a quantitative assessment, we don't have to do a qualitative assessment.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect