Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	World population growth affects nearly all environmental problems.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	World population growth contributes to which of the following problems?
		A)	famine
		B)	water and air pollution
		C)	loss habitat for other organisms
		D)	political unrest
		E)	all of the above


3	All of the following influence the size of the impact a particular country has on its own resources except
		A)	population density.
		B)	technological development.
		C)	population size.
		D)	carrying capacity.
		E)	all of the above are factors.


4	In a less-developed country you would find all of the following except
		A)	high population density.
		B)	low percentage of female literacy.
		C)	low per capita GNP.
		D)	high infant mortality.
		E)	all of the above are characteristic of less-developed countries.


5	The total fertility rate of a population is the percentage of women who are having children in a particular population at a particular time.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Historical experience shows that when the educational level of women increases, the fertility rate in the population falls.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	All of the following are reasons that women in less-developed countries desire larger families except
		A)	children often contribute to the family income.
		B)	there is no social security for old age.
		C)	sometimes women are prevented from working by law.
		D)	women get more education when they have children.
		E)	all of the above are reasons.


8	In the United States, approximately one-third of the population increase experienced each year is the result of immigration, not reproduction.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	All of the following are reasons that less-developed countries may not follow the same demographic transition that the industrialized world went through except
		A)	world population is higher now.
		B)	energy and natural resources are still abundant.
		C)	industrialization may not be able to go fast enough to keep up with population growth.
		D)	there is more land that has been exploited now.
		E)	all of the above are reasons.


10	The post war baby boom in the United States brings which current problem?
		A)	an older population requiring increased services
		B)	population increases that will not keep up with death rates
		C)	decreased immigration
		D)	decreased personal spending while the boomer generation is in middle age
		E)	all of the above


11	According to the 1990 United States census, the total fertility rate in the United States is expected to decrease slowly for the next 50 years.
		A)	True
		B)	False


12	A person eating at the carnivore trophic level has 10 times the ecological impact as does a person eating at the producer trophic level.
		A)	True
		B)	False


13	Human population pressure in poor areas like sub-Saharan Africa often result in
		A)	increased environmental degradation as marginal land is brought into production.
		B)	decreased political unrest as multinational food producers take over production facilities.
		C)	increased self-sufficiency as aid agencies respond to urgent need.
		D)	decreased internal migrations as people lose energy to travel within the country.
		E)	all of the above are typical of poor areas like sub-Saharan Africa.


14	Current trends, coupled with new information technology innovations, indicate that the difference in the standards of living between the rich and poor countries of the world will decrease over the next 25 years.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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