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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What structural material did McDonough suggest for the Bedouin houses?
(a) Nylon tents.
(b) Concrete structures.
(c) Wood and glass structures.
(d) Adobe structures.

2. Which of the following can pass into drinking water?
(a) Medications.
(b) Solid waste.
(c) Pieces of glass.
(d) Plastics.

3. Which statement most accurately reflects the authors' ideas?
(a) Our industry is best when we accommodate worker equity.
(b) Our industry is best when it uses more simple designs on a larger scale.
(c) Our products and processes are best when they most resemble the natural world.
(d) Our products are best when consumers can afford them.

4. What do the authors suggest as an example of a good sewage treatment plan?
(a) Storing winter sewage until it can be processed in the summer sun in a specially constructed wetland.
(b) Removing sewage from the location to an area with fewer inhabitants.
(c) Saving sewage in recyclable containers until we have the technology to process it.
(d) Adding chemicals to sewage so that it can become save drinking water.

5. What can we do with materials that cannot be safely recycled?
(a) Save them until we have the technology to recycle them safely.
(b) Break them down into small pieces and dispose of them properly.
(c) Recycle them, even though they release toxic chemicals.
(d) Use them for other products.

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

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

8. Which of the following statements best describes the authors' point of view?
(a) It is a world of abundance, not limits.
(b) It is a world of production and efficiency.
(c) The world has unlimited resources.
(d) The world is ours for the taking.

9. Which word best describes the cherry tree model for industrial design?
(a) Nurturing.
(b) Practical.
(c) Efficient.
(d) Cheap.

10. How can leather be safely tanned?
(a) With wind-dry technology.
(b) With vegetable tanners.
(c) With plastic resins.
(d) With UV light tanners.

11. What do conventional plastic shoes emit every time you walk or run?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Lead.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Water.

12. Why aren't cherry trees wasteful?
(a) All of their blossoms are decomposed when they are spent and fall to the ground.
(b) They do not require many resources to live.
(c) All of the leaves are eaten by herbivores every autumn.
(d) They create many blossoms that do not produce fruit.

13. Where is there a positive example of a sewage treatment facility?
(a) New York City.
(b) London.
(c) Rio de Janeiro.
(d) Seattle.

14. Which of the following is an example of people trying to live with nature as it is today?
(a) Consumers decrease spending on recyclable products.
(b) The Yakima Indians cooperate with the state of Washington by assuring the government that they will keep their own children safe from toxins in a dump site.
(c) Industrial factories designed with efficiency and production in mind.
(d) Shoe manufacturers import materials that contain toxic chemicals.

15. Which is a by-product of power plants that could be used in homes or businesses?
(a) Steam.
(b) Salt.
(c) Hot water.
(d) Carbon dioxide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to nutrients when agriculture becomes industrialized?

2. Which of the following statements best describes natural systems?

3. The authors suggests that manufacturers should consider:

4. Which of the following materials is NOT considered a good insulator against climate?

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

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