Environmental Impact Assessment and Management Mid - I, September - 2014

1.Environmental parameters are:
  • Air quality
  • Nutrient status of water
  • Availability of agricultural land
  • all the above
Answer: D
2.In the formula API = 1/3 ------ API stands for
  • Ambient Air pollution index
  • Average Pollution index
  • Air pollution index
  • None
Answer: C
3.In simple interaction matrix method approximately ---- specified actions & ---- Environmental items can be examined
  • 100, 90
  • 50, 40
  • 80, 70
  • 110, 100
Answer: A
4.Adhoc method serves as a preliminary assessment which helps in identifying More important areas like
  • Wild life
  • Natural vegetation
  • Public facilities & services
  • All the above
Answer: D
5.Environmental resources or values are classified into four general categories In which one of it is
  • Natural chemical resources
  • Natural physical resources
  • Only chemical resources
  • only physical resources
Answer: B
6.Abbreviate EBM
  • Environmental Base Management
  • Evaluating Base Map
  • Environmental Base Map
  • Economic Base Management
Answer: B
7.Index Range for clean air is
  • 26-50
  • 0-25
  • 51-75
  • 76-100
Answer: D
8.Factors to be considered in making assessment Decisions
  • Magnitude
  • Prevalence
  • Duration & frequency
  • All the above
Answer: A
9.Projected parameters values are used to determine the
  • Environmental Quality score
  • Parameters impact units
  • Enviromental impact units
  • Environmental quality units
Answer: A
10.World environmental day is celebrated of
  • June 5th
  • July 5th
  • 1st Sunday of June
  • June 21st
Answer: D
11.Abbreviate LCA ___________________
Answer: Land clearing activits
12.The EIA procedure identifies the possible positive and negative impacts to the environment resulting from a proposed project. These impacts are identified over both __________ & ______________ time frame.
Answer: Short term and long term
13.Mention any two objectives of environmental impact assessment __________________
Answer: 1969
14.At the heart of GIS is a database which may contain multiple ________________ of data for the same area.
Answer: layers
15.A commonly cited generalized upper limit of permissible or tolerate soil is about _______________
Answer: 11
16.Solid lines indicate the arithmetic mean while the diameter line indicates -------- % confidence limit.
Answer: 80%
17.___________ & ______________ can be used to delineate potential impacts on the soil and geological environmental.
Answer: Impact trees & networks
18.Aquifer characterstics sometimes known as __________________
Answer: aquifer safe yield
19.GIS can be used to develop empirical relationships between resource loss & ____________________
Answer: Environmental degradation
20.The soil and geological environment are typically associated with the __________________
Answer: physical chemical environment