1. How many years ago did the agricultural revolution start?

1.  1000 2.  10000 3.  100 4.  10 5.  1

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2. When did the online revolution start?

1.  1945 2.  1970 3.  1994 4.  2005 5.  2000

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3. About how many years has the term "civil engineer" been in use?

1.  100 2.  5 3.  1000 4.  25 5.  250

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4. When did the Atomic Age start?

1.  1945 2.  1970 3.  1994 4.  2005 5.  1776

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5. Civil engineers differ from architects in their ability to:

1.  think 2.  write 3.  calculate 4.  design 5.  talk

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6. What caused the ozone hole to develop in the late 1900's?

1.  presence of CFC's 2.  excessive UV radiation 3.  too much acid rain 4.  global warming 5.  reduced photosynthesis

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7. When was the flush toilet introduced to the common public?

1.  1950 2.  2005 3.  1870 4.  1492 5.  1945

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8. What is the "Tragedy of the Commons"?

1.  A play in Broadway 2.  A terrorist plot 3.  A social and environmental concept 4.  The title of a novel 5.  None of the above

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9. The amount of nitrogen in the atmosphere is:

1.  0.5% 2.  15% 3.  50% 4.  78% 5.  none of the above

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10. The hydrologic cycle is:

1.  continuous 2.  ephemeral 3.  random 4.  interrupted during earthquakes 5.  related to tsunamis

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11. What is the average global terrestrial precipitation, in mm?

1.  375 2.  150 3.  1200 4.  550 5.  800

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12. What percentage of California's water use is derived from groundwater?

1.  20 2.  10 3.  90 4.  50 5.  5

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13. In Nature, the animal and plant kingdoms:

1.  compete with each other 2.  complement each other 3.  developed at the same time 4.  do not like each other 5.  none of the above

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14. Arrhenius attributed global warming to:

1.  vibration of the nondiatomic constituents of the atmosphere 2.  the breakup of ozone 3.  latitudinal effects 4.  longitudinal effects 5.  inherent climatic variability

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15. Sustainable development is

1.  development that can be paid for 2.  development that does not affect poor people 3.  development that uses fossil fuels 4.  development that can be sustained over time 5.  development that does not affect senior citizens

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16. Conservation of natural ecosystems should be pursued because:

1.  It is the ethical thing to do 2.  It is the practical thing to do 3.  It is the law of the land everywhere 4.  It is cheap to implement 5.  It is easy to do

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17. ASCE adopted the concept of sustainable development in the year:

1.  2010 2.  2000 3.  1996 4.  1852 5.  1987

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18. The Salton Sea is

1.  a natural depression 2.  a repository for agricultural drainage 3.  filling up with salt ions every year 4.  located in Imperial and Riverside Counties 5.  All of the above

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19. Tulare Lake Basin suffers from problems of

1.  crime 2.  salinity 3.  too much traffic 4.  poverty 5.  none of the above

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20. Construction of the San Luis Drain was stopped in 1978 because:

1.  complaints from the people in the Bay Area 2.  lack of resources to finish the project 3.  technical difficulties beyond control 4.  local bird mortality 5.  all of the above

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