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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to agriculture in the Americas?
(a) It becomes a system modeled after early nomads.
(b) It creates new ways to nurture crops.
(c) It becomes an unsustainable design.
(d) It creates a system to replenish the soil.

2. How are most manufacturing processes different than the way ants live in the environment?
(a) Most manufacturing produces biodegradable chemicals.
(b) Most manufacturing replaces the resources it depletes.
(c) Most manufacturing creates waste that is not useful in the environment.
(d) Most manufacturing is concerned with productivity.

3. All of the following are things a well-designed roof should provide, except:
(a) Shelter for the house.
(b) Energy.
(c) A waste bin for toxic chemicals.
(d) Conservation of water.

4. Which statement below would be a good title for this section of the book?
(a) How to make successful designs for the Earth and its people.
(b) How to use the environment for the benefit of business.
(c) How to make more efficient energy.
(d) How to employ happy workers.

5. What do the authors mean by a throwaway society?
(a) Industry designs products to be recycled.
(b) Government sponsors companies that reduce waste production.
(c) Consumers are accustomed to throwing out the old and buying new.
(d) Volunteers that pick up waste along the highways.

6. What do most homes use for as a source of power?
(a) Fossil fuels.
(b) Wind.
(c) Biofuels.
(d) Geothermal energy.

7. By what percent has Egypt´s food crops decreased?
(a) 50%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 5%.

8. How has leather been tanned in the last forty years?
(a) With salt tanners.
(b) With chromium tanners.
(c) With plastic resins.
(d) With vegetable tanners.

9. What is meant by the word "devolution"?
(a) Using the same structures and plants instead of natural diversity.
(b) Eliminating evolutionary process from humans.
(c) Creating more complex designs.
(d) Adding simplicity to design to make it less efficient.

10. In the authors' opinion, what should factories do?
(a) Help industry implement new technology.
(b) Help reduce consumption of resources no matter what the effect on profits.
(c) Help people, nourish the environment, and produce good materials.
(d) Help consumers save money and produce efficient energy.

11. Which of the following statements best describes natural systems?
(a) Natural systems always go through a series of devolutions.
(b) Natural systems waste more energy than industrial systems.
(c) Natural systems take things from the environment but always give back.
(d) Natural systems cannot recycle nutrients or materials.

12. How can industry model nature?
(a) By pushing for new designs that encourage efficiency.
(b) By creating more simplistic designs based on new technology.
(c) By working with the conditions of place and respecting diversity in materials and applications.
(d) By preserving old technologies.

13. What do the authors mean by "one size fits all"?
(a) To describe a decrease in diversity cause by modern industry.
(b) To describe the modern design for running shoes.
(c) To describe how third-world countries design houses.
(d) To describe the result of recycling materials.

14. What is true about the inks typically used for printing books?
(a) They are never truly permanent.
(b) They release toxic chemicals as they break down.
(c) They are non-toxic and washable.
(d) They can easily be made from other recycled products.

15. What material is the book itself made of?
(a) Recycled paper.
(b) An easily recyclable polymer, not paper.
(c) Rice paper.
(d) Recycled milk cartons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which product is a good example of something designed for a throwaway society?

2. Which of the following is a true statement?

3. Which word best describes the cherry tree model for industrial design?

4. Which is an example of a product that is difficult to recycle?

5. How should homes meet heating, cooling, and power needs?

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