A.P.S.

College of Engineering, Bengaluru - 82

Department of Civil Engineering

Semester: 5 Branches: CS & ECE Sub. with code: Environmental Studies (18CIV59)
Date: 15/01/2021 Time: 9.30am to 10.30am
Max. Marks: 30 III Internal Test Duration: 60 minutes
Note: Mark the correct option. Each question carries one mark

COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO5: Provide solutions related to Civil Engineering built-environment through multidisciplinary
approach.
Revised Bloom‟s Taxonomy Levels: L1−Remembering, L2−Understanding, L3−Applying, L4−Analyzing,
L5−Evaluating, and L6−Creating.

Sl. Question Course RBT

No. Outcome Level
1. E.I.A can be expanded as
a) Environment & Industrial Act
b) Environment & Impact Activities CO5 L1, L2
c) Environmental Impact Assessment
d) Environmentally Important Activity
2. Environmental impact assessment CO5 L1, L2
a) is a study of feasibility of a project
b) is a study of bio-physical characteristics of the environment that may
result from a human action
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
3. Sustainable development means CO5 L1, L2
a) Meeting present needs without compromising on the future needs
b) Progress in human well beings.
c). Balance between human needs and the ability of Earth to provide the
resources,
d) All the above
4. The idea of sustainable development was defined for the first time by CO5 L1, L2
the world commission on economic development
a) 1985 b) 1987 c) 1989 d) 1991
5. E.I.A is related to CO5 L1, L2
a) Resource conservation b) Efficient equipment/process
c) Waste minimization d) All of the above
6. What would you do to prevent environmental damage?
a) Plant trees b) Halt deforestation
c) Control pollution d) All of the above
7. GIS stands for CO5 L1, L2
a) Geographic Information System
b) Generic Information System
c) Geological Information System
d) Geographic Information Sharing
8. What is „Metadata‟? CO5 L1, L2
a) It is data about data c) It is meteorological data
b) It is oceanic data d) It is contour data
9. The following are the examples of „geographic fields‟ CO5 L1, L2
a) Air temperature
b) Barometric pressure
c) Elevation
d) All of the above
10. TIN stands for CO5 L1, L2
a) Traffic Internet Network
b) Triangulated Irregular Network
c) Temporal Interest Network
d) Temperature Interface Node
10. ISO 14000 standards are for the ________ CO5 L1, L2
a) Quality Management System
b) Environmental Management System
c) Administration
d) Supply chain
11. Which is the first environmental management system standard? CO5 L1, L2
a) BS 7750
b) ISO 9000
c) ISO 9001
d) ISO 9004
12. In which year did the current revision of ISO 14001 get published? CO5 L1, L2
a) 2010
b) 2011
c) 2015
d) 2016
13. Remote sensing uses which of the following waves in its procedure? CO5 L1, L2
a) Electric field
b) Sonar waves
c) Gamma- rays
d) Electro-magnetic waves
14. Which of the following pair of ISO 14000 standards fall under the CO5 L1, L2
category of Environmental Management System?
a) ISO 14001 and ISO 14004
b) ISO 14010 and ISO 14001
c) ISO 14011 and ISO 14001
d) ISO 14011 and ISO 14004
15. ISO 14012 refers to qualification criteria for environmental auditors. CO5 L1, L2
a) True
b) False
16. Which of the following is not a principle of remote sensing? CO5 L1, L2
a) Interaction of energy with satellite
b) Electromagnetic energy
c) Electro-magnetic spectrum
d) Interaction of energy with atmosphere
17. Which of the following field is used by the EM waves? CO5 L1, L2
a)Solar field
b) Polarized field
 c) Electric field
d) Micro field
18. The relation between velocity, wavelength and frequency can be given CO5 L1, L2
as ------------------
a) λ = c / r
b) λ = c / f
c) λ = c / h
d) λ = h*c / f
19. Which one of the following statements is correct? CO5 L1, L2
a) During the day, earth reflects solar radiation
b) During the day, earth reflects both solar radiations the emission
from its surface
c) During the night, earth emits radiation from its surface
d) All of these
20. The altitudinal distance of a geostationary satellite from the earth is CO5 L1, L2
about:
a)26,000 km b)30,000 km c)36,000 km d)44,000 km
21. Remote sensing includes gathering of CO5 L1, L2
a) mages
b) changes
c) movements
d) sounds
22. Remote sensing can be as basic as CO5 L1, L2
a) putting cameras on camels
b) TV remotes
c) putting cameras on airplanes
d) putting sensors on satellites
23. The first satellite of NASA was CO5 L1, L2
a) Sputnik 2
b) Explorer 1
c) Sputnik 1
d) Terra 1
24. In which of the following sector NGOs are playing an important role? CO5 L1, L2
a) In governing the police force
b) In framing the policy related to laws
c) In framing the environmental policy
d) In deforestation
25. What is the full form of CYWEN? CO5 L1, L2
a) Club of Youth Working for Environment
b) Council of Youth Working for Environment
c) Club of Youth Working for Employment
d) Council of Youth Working for Employment
26. Greenpeace campaigns to stop climate change. CO5 L1, L2
a) True
b) False
27. Which is the best definition of environmental stewardship? CO5 L1, L2
a) The study of the distribution of organisms and of the interactions
between organisms and their natural environment
b) The cooperative planning and management of resources by
organizations, communities and individuals to preserve habitat and
sustainability
 c) The promotion of organic farming, farmer's markets and the utilization
of local and natural resources
d) A biological discipline that studies the adaptation of an organism's
physiology to its environmental conditions
28. What is your ecological footprint? CO5 L1, L2
a) How much land and water are needed to support your lifestyle
b) How many square feet of land your home and workplace cover
c) How much food energy is required to keep you alive
d) How much carbon dioxide your daily lifestyle adds to the atmosphere
29. Which NGO has the mission as “Conserve the lands and waters on CO5 L1, L2
which all life depends”?
a) Greenpeace
b) Shuddhi
c) World Wildlife Fund
d) The Nature Conservancy
30. When does an Environmental Policy achieve positive results? CO5 L1, L2
a) When policy addressed to urban issues
b) When policy addressed to local issues
c) When policy addressed to international issues
d) When policy addressed to national issues

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