1.An important determinant of economic behavior is rate of

time preference, which refers to an individual’s:

a.attempts to maximize short-term production

b.attempts to prevent topsoil erosion

c.willingness to give up current income for future income

d.both "a" and "b" e.none of the above

2.Heilbroner’s pessimistic view of the future of the environment is based primarily on:

a.the conflict between the capitalist and socialist

political ideologies

b.the superpower’s exploitation of the "third world"

countries

c.a world attempting to do too much with too little

d.the development of nuclear weapons

3 The environmental ethic, if it were to develop, would be

associated with:

a.the goal of satisfying immediate needs

b.a high rate of time preference

c.the goal of preserving the environment for

the future

d.the depletion strategy e.all of the above

4.What does EIS stand for?

a.Environmental Impact Statement

b.Environmental Interest Society

c.Environmental Investment Society

d.none of the above

5 The Environmental Quality Report includes all but which of

the following?

a.adequacy of available natural resources

b.a program for remedying deficiencies in natural

resources

c.status of major environmental quality of the nation

d.estimate of number of people imprisoned for violations of environmental legislation

e.review of governmental and non-governmental

activities on the environment and resources

6 Which of the following were the duties of the Council on

Environmental Quality?

a.They were to advise the President in the preparation

of the Environmental Quality Report

b.They were to work every other year on a report for

the President

c.They were to conduct research and investigations

related to ecological systems and environmental quality

d."a" and "c" e.all of the above

.Answers to Self Test 11

1.c

2.c

3.c

4.a

5.d

6.d