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Self Test A on Knowledge & Vocabulary associated with Choice #44  

Respond to each of the 10 multiple choice questions below by typing the number 1 to 5 of the answer you wish to select in the response box. When finished, click "process your responses".

1. All of the following economic mantras or orientations might be supported by someone for whom the ECONOMIC GROWTH theme is a key component of their overall worldview except which one?

1) "lets do business as usual"                    2) "trust the market's wisdom"            3) "a rising tide lifts all boats"

4) "insatiable is not sustainable"               5) "a 4% GNP annual growth economy is a healthy economy"

2.  Sustainable development means meeting present needs  ______________________.

1)  without compromising the future            2) without incurring opportunity cost                    

3) without population growth            4) without use of fossil fuels          5)  while enduring and nurturing    

3. Someone who values the ECONOMIC GROWTH theme would approach solving problems which have global resource use and environmental impact implications by doing all of the following except which?

1) using technology assessment                                   2) changing government economic policy

3) encouraging people to change their lifestyles         4) using engineering design

5) promoting free trade and international agreements  

4.  A future based on leadership by people valuing the SUSTAINABILITY  theme would involve _______________.

1) use of gross national product to gauge economic well being          2) dependence on nonrenewable energy use

3) the spread of western consumerist lifestyles    4) increasing depletion of natural resources, declining biodiversity

5) education that promotes new values and a long-term global perspective

5. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "underlying interconnected support framework."

1)   perturbation                           2) productivity                               3)    infrastructure

4)    endurance                              5) none of the above 

    

6. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "to disturb, to agitate."

1)  dynamic                                      2)  nurture                               3)   perturbation

4) productivity                                       5)  none of the above 

   

7.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "to provide sustenance, aid the development of."

1)  nurture                           2)   perturb                              3)   endure

4)  dynamic                                      5) none of the above 

   

8. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "actively changing, energetically driven."

1)  populous                                      2)   productivity                              3) perturbation   

4)   nurture                                        5) dynamic

   

9.  The word ______________ can be defined using the term "output per unit of input." 

1) productivity                                       2)  perturbation                           3)   infrastructure

4)  none of the above                             5)  all of the above 

    

10.  The word ______________ can best be associated with "to hold out or last against all disturbances."

1)    infrastructure                2)  nurture                             3)   perturbation

4)   endure                             5) dynamic

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