Environmental Policy Act(Town Planning ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. When the National Environmental Policy Act was signed into law?
  1.    January 1, 1970
  2.    January 2, 1970
  3.    January 1, 1971
  4.    January 1, 1972
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> January 1, 1970



Question 2. By NEPA process, federal agencies assess social and ______ effects of proposed actions.
  1.    Industrial
  2.    Health
  3.    Economic
  4.    Chronic
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Economic



Question 3. Which act is responsible to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in harmony?
  1.    EIA
  2.    RCRS
  3.    CERCLA
  4.    NEPA
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> NEPA



Question 4. What do Section 102 in Title I of the NEPA Act requires?
  1.    Risk assessment
  2.    Incorporate environmental considerations in their planning
  3.    Risk analysis
  4.    Site clean-up
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Incorporate environmental considerations in their planning



Question 5. Who signed NEPA into law on January 1, 1970?
  1.    William
  2.    Benjamin
  3.    Nixon
  4.    Luther
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Nixon



Question 6. Which law was the first major environmental law in the United States and is often called the “Magna Carta” of Federal environmental laws?
  1.    RCRA
  2.    NEPA
  3.    OSHA
  4.    FIFRA
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> NEPA



Question 7. ______ established the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
  1.    NPL
  2.    HRS
  3.    RCRA
  4.    NEPA
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> NEPA



Question 8. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is _________ environmental law.
  1.    United States
  2.    United Kingdom
  3.    Indian
  4.    Australian
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> United States



Question 9. NEPA’s most significant outcome was that all executive federal agencies prepare _________
  1.    Draft report
  2.    Federal report
  3.    EA and EIS
  4.    EEEs
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> EA and EIS



Question 10. What are three levels of analysis that a federal agency must undertake to comply with the law NEPA?
  1.    CatEx, EA and FONSI
  2.    Fex, IA and SOF
  3.    CatEx and EIS
  4.    EIS and EIA
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> CatEx, EA and FONSI