Sustainability Advanced Quiz

 Please note, answers at the bottom of the page.

1.     What is the hierarchy for LEED ratings from lowest to highest rankings?

a.      Bronze, Silver, Gold, Titanium

b.      Certified, Silver, Gold, Platinum

c.      Existing Building, Silver, Gold, Platinum

d.      None of the above

2.     True or False: 

Plastics are compostable.

3.     Which of the following are types of alternatively fueled vehicles

a.      Gas/electric hybrids

b.      CNG vehicles

c.      Electric vehicles

d.      Vehicles using biodiesel

e.      All of the above

4.     True or False: 

There is no international standard for developing an Environmental Management System.

5.     What does VALE stand for?

a.      Voluntary Airport Low Emissions

b.      Very Allowable Lead Emissions

c.      Voluminous Airplane Load Environments

d.      Variety of Available and Low-cost Enhancements

e.      Vested Airfield Litter Eradication

6.     Does ACI have a Climate Change Policy?

a.      Yes

b.      No

7.     What does a carbon calculator calculate?

a. The amount of carbon dioxide you generate while breathing

b. The amount of carbon contained in products that you use

c. The amount of carbon dioxide you generate by your use of energy

d. The amount of carbon (both carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere

8.     True or False:

A truly sustainable organization is one that seeks to lessen the negative and positive impacts of its operations, to become a "zero impact" entity.

9.      True or False:

Greenwashing is a good thing.

10.  Which of the following is not an example of corporate social responsibility?

a.  Providing workers with safe working conditions

b.  Measuring (and trying to conserve) water use

c.  Donating funds or worker time to community projects

d.  Maximizing the amount of solid waste being sent to the landfill

1: b.  Certified, Silver, Gold, Platinum

2: False. Unless corn-starch based, plastics are not compostable.

3: e.  All of the above

4: False.  ISO 14001 is an international standard for EMSs.

5: a.  Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) is a national program to reduce airport ground emissions at commercial service airports located in designated air quality nonattainment and maintenance areas.

6: a.  The policy was adopted by the ACI World Governing Board in May 2006.

7: c.  The amount of carbon dioxide you generate by your use of energy

8: Answer: False.  A sustainable organization would evaluate and consider the financial, social, and environmental implications for everything, and not necessarily pick the “greenest.”

9: Answer: False.  Greenwashing is giving the false impression to the public that an organization is taking the necessary steps to manage its environmental impacts.

10: Answer: d.  Maximizing the amount of solid waste being sent to the landfill