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(Q022: What is the correct order of the options available
when cheosing the “Metrics” in an Environmental
lAssessment, in order cf increasing accuracy?

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O Checkmarks, measurements, comments, scores © Scores, comments, messurements, checkmarks

O Measurements, comments, checkmarks, scores © Comments, checkmarks, scores, measurements

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Question 2 of 30
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[Q025- Vihich ef the following might be à good reasen to
use a Product Scorecard?

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© To help engineers measure products for external reporting and eco-labeling O To provide in-depth analysis on à small xu;molpvodum

O Nonectthese O To guide early designers engaging in concept development on à wide variety of


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(Q018: In which domain should we group environmental
impacts such as photochemical oxidation (smog) and
ozone layer depletion?

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© Natural resource depletion O Climate effects

© & aquatic impacts


Terrestrial O Airimpacts

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(Q030: What might the instructions be for assigning
lMetrics” for an assessment performed using à Product
[Scorecard?

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O Place descriptive comments about each impact in the text box O Plesseindicate "+~ or "." relative to the baseline companson next to each impact

© Calculate the carbon footprint in kg CO2-equiv using scientific formulae CO Checkthe criteria for each category that the product meets

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[Q056 To whom should you use techniques of "Green
marketing® (marketing copy that makes use of
environmental claims) and eco-labels to communicate
|your product sustainabilty story?

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© Suppliers, customers, and the general public O Jacques Cousteau

© Regulatory bodies O Managers and Engineers

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Question 6 of 30
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[Q001: What is the most common definition of sustainable
development, articulated by the Brundtland Commission?

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© Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without | Q Sustainable development is about improving economic conditions
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

O Sustainable development is the use of environmental claims in marketing. © Sustainability requires closed material loops and energy independence.

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Question 7 of 30
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[QO0S: What is the sustainable design technique that can be
used to reduce the toxicity and pollution of raw materials
2t their source?

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© Green chemistry © Design for Environment (DfE)

O Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) © Cradleto Cradie

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Q04 You have found a greener design alternative using 2
lifecycle-based design assessment such as SolidWorks
Sustainability, How can you VERIFY these environmental
esutts with enough certainty for marketing purposes?

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© You should verify the results with a fuil LCA to supplement your screening-level LCA O Neneof these

© You should look for a 42% decrease © You should get approval from Al Gore

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Question 9 of 30
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(Q020: What do the following describe about à product?

Raw material extraction


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O Gate-to-gate LCA © Warm and fuzzy LCA

© Cradle-to-grave LCA O Cradie-to-gate LCA

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Question 10 of 30
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Q025: What does weighting, which can be used to
combine multiple environmental impact factors together,
rely an?

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O Tested scientific theories about the relative importance of impacts © Societal or cultural values about the relative importance of impacts to individual users

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[Q038: In which step of a full LCA would you perform
Classification (grouping each material and energy flow into
n impact category) and Characterization (converting
these categories into comparable environmental impacts)?

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O Inventory © Noneofthese

© Impact Assessment © & Scope


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[Q005: What is the name of the sustainable design
technique that helps you to make a product more
recyclable?

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© Design for Environment (DfE) O Noneof these

© Design for Disassembly (DfD) © Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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Question 13 of 30
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Q035: What are the three main steps for performing a Life
Cycle Assessment, IN ORDER?

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CO Goal & Scope, Impact Assessment, Inventory © Noneof these

O !mpact Assessment, Inventory, Goal & Scope © Goal


& Scope, Inventory, Impact Assessment

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Question 14 of 30
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1Q037: In which step of à full LCA would you determine the
functional unit, the system boundary and the
environmental impacts to be studied?

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O Impact Assessment O Noneof these

O Inventory O Goal
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Question 15 of 30
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Q048: Which stage of a product life cycle is not affected by
a changein material?

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© RawMaterial stage O UseEnergy stage

© Manufacturing stage © Transportation stage

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Question 16 of 30
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(Q055: Environmental Product Declarations, or EPD5, are an
increasingly used method for communicating
sustainability results with:

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© Engineers © Suppliers and Customers

© Children O Managers

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Question 17 of 30
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[QO15: LCA stands for:

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O Life Cycle Assessment, because LCA is an approximate and pragmatic method, like Q Left Cymbal Assassination, because LCA practitioners rove the world destroying half
medicine of all percussion equipment

O Noneofthese O Life Cycle Analysis, because LCA is an exact science, similar to Finite Elernent Analysis
(FEA)

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Question 18 of 30
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Q043: You have created a new design alternative that
represents a 55% reduction in the key environmental
indicator, compared to your original design. How
confident are you that you have found a "greener”
jalternative?

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O Noneofthese O You are headed in the right direction, but don't yet have a clearly “greener” alternative

O You are fairty confident that this design is a greener alterative © You are assured that this is the best possible design

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Question 19 of 30
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(Q034: What is an example of s tocl that performs a
(Lifecycle-Based Design Assessment that is not specific to
jany one industry?

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O The Comparative Packaging Assessment (COMPASS) | O Melifecycle Design Strategies (LIDS) whee!

© SolidWorks Sustainability O Noneofthese

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Question 20 of 30
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(Q05%. What is the better choice: using sustainably-grown
bamboo from far away, or using sustainably-harvested old
growth oak hardwood from local forests?

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© Favor material over transportation, and choose the bamboo (O Make the best decision possible with the tools at hand and be transparent about your
assumptions and methodology

O Flipacoin © Favor transportation over material, and choose osk

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Question 21 of 30
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Q003: Which ONE of these geals 15 à reactive
lenvironmental action, rather than part of a company's
long-term sustainability vision?

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O Sourcing recycled waste material and minimal virgin resources © Using minimal energy from renewable sources

O Generating wastes that can be used as inputs to industry


or nature © Following current environmental regulations

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Question 22 of 30
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Q060: What is the ultimate goal of Environmental


[Assessment and Sustainable Design?

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© Understanding and managing trade-offs O None of these

© Judging your engineers’ designs as good or bad (O Calling your company and products “green*

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Question 23 of 30
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(Q041: The results from a product Environmental
Assessment can be compared to:

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© Allof these can be used as comparisons (O Competitive benchmarks

O Standards © Previous or altemative designs

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Question 24 of 30
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[Q050. Which of the following design changes 15 à “Level 1
(parametnic optimization)” redesign?

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O Replacing coal-burning power plants with distributed renewable wind energy © Creating a thinner-walled plastic bottle that serves the same intended purpose

© Using a car-sharing program (e.g. Zipcar) instead of buying a car O Noneof these

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Question 25 of 30
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(QO10: Which of these answers is an example of green
marketing?

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(O A plastic bottie filled with purified municipal water, with a label promoting low © A product label that indicates the carbon footprint reduction of this product.
environmental impacts and healthy properties

© An ad descnbing the cost savings you can get from driving an eco-efficient vehicle. © Abrochure of à product with green colors, printed on 100% post-consumes recycled
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Question 26 of 30
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(Q006: What is the name of the sustainable design
technique that uses natural inspiration and technologies
found in nature?

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© Environmental Management System (EMS) © !ntelligent Design

O Cradieto Cradie © Biomimiery

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Question 27 of 30
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QO45: You decide to manufacture a product locally rather
than manufacturing it i stant region and shipping it
here, but you find that this change actualty makes the
impacts go up. What is one possible reason for this
increase?

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O A mistake in your assessment - you should expect manufacturing locally to always be O Theelectric grid mix and transportation fuel in the local region is dirtier than in the
more sustainable than shipping from far away. distant region.

O Noneofthese © Harmful social practices, such as sweatshop labor, that are more commonly used
locally than in the distant region.

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Question 28 of 30
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[Q017: In which domain should we group environmental
impacts such as water eutrophication and terrestrial
lecotoxicity?

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O Climate effects CO Natural resource depletion

O Terrestrial & aquatic impacts O Humanheahh

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Question 29 of 30
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(Q027: Using intuition for environmental impact assessment
has many drawbacks, but which of the following is one
possible benefit?

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© Indentifying simple, common solutions, such as making a product lighteror more © Determining materials to replace, based on negative public opinion
enesgy-efficient

O \dentifying à “natural” solution to à problem, which is almost abways more sustainable © Focusing on “visible* impacts, such as transportation and packaging

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Question 30 of 30
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1Q016: What are the three things you need to consider to
|perform an Environmental Assessment?

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© Environment, social equity, economics | © Matenal, energy, waste

© use, toxicity
Carbon footprint, water O to be used
Environmental impacts, scope of the assessment, metrics

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