chapter5
What is the most critical phase in product life cycle assessment? A) product design B) purchasing C) production D) shipping E) disposal
A
What percentage of the manufacturing process from Subaru's Lafayette, Indiana, plant goes to the landfill? A) 0% B) 2% C) 5% D) 12.5% E) 15%
A
A firm is considering five different product designs. Data concerning the design for disassembly for each of the designs are provided in the table below. Which design appears to be the best environmental design based on revenue retrieval opportunity? Product Design Resale Revenue per Unit Recycling Revenue per Unit Processing Cost per Unit Disposal Cost per Unit 1 $30.00 $12.00 $15.00 $40.00 2 $10.00 $10.00 $3.00 $1.00 3 $5.00 $55.00 $48.00 $10.00 4 $4.00 $2.00 $1.00 $0.50 5 $42.00 $3.00 $8.00 $32.00 A) Design 1 B) Design 2 C) Design 3 D) Design 4 E) Design 5
B
Which of the following is NOT true regarding corporate social responsibility? A. Companies that practice corporate social responsibility introduce policies that consider environmental, societal, and financial impacts in their decision making. B. Corporate social responsibility only requires firms to focus on environmentally friendly product disposal. C. The operations function plays a profound role in meeting corporate social responsibility. D. Corporate social responsibility means "doing what's right" and doing it properly, which can be beneficial to all stakeholders.
B. Corporate social responsibility only requires firms to focus on environmentally friendly product disposal.
What is the key tool for reducing industrial greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union? A. UNFCCC B. EUETS C. ISO D. GHG
B. EUETS
What is an analysis of environmental impacts of products from the design stage through end-of-life? A. value analysis B. life cycle assessment C. process-chain-network analysis D. product-by-value analysis
B. life cycle assessment
Within environmental regulation, the "cap-and-trade" principle produces a market that allows companies to purchase and sell what? A) hats that promote environmental awareness B) shares of stock in renewable energy sources C) emission allowances D) space in landfills E) carbon reduction sweepers
C
Which of the following is NOT a regulatory agency that provides guidance and standards of operations for manufacturing and assembly activities? A. state and local agencies that regulate workers rights and employment standards B. OSHA C. EUETS D. EPA
C. EUETS
Resources that are held by the public are said to be resources in the A. joint. B. sharing. C. common. D. domain.
C. common.
What percentage of the 2012 Mercedes S-class is recyclable? A) 25% B) 50% C) 75% D) 95% E) 100%
D
What refers to meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs? A) corporate social responsibility B) economic sustainability C) carbon footprint D) sustainability E) closed-loop supply chains
D
What are the three Ps in the triple bottom line of the three Ps? A. people, product, and profit B. people, planet, and product C. product, planet, and profit D. people, planet, and profit
D. people, planet, and profit
A measure of the total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly or indirectly by an organization, a product, an event, or a person is the nitrogen footprint.
F
ISO 9000 is a series of environmental management standards that contain five core elements.
F
Life cycle assessment determines which stage of the product life cycle that the product currently is in.
F
Managerial decision making that considers environmental, societal, and financial impacts is known as sustainability.
F
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs is known as corporate social responsibility
F
The UNFCCC works on the "cap-and-trade" principle.
F
UPS plans its truck routes with the fewest possible right turns.
F
A design for disassembly cost-benefit analysis compares the amount of revenue that might be reclaimed against the cost of disposing of the product at its end-of-life.
T
Economic sustainability means appropriately allocating scarce resources to make a profit.
T
Firms that do not consider the impact of their decisions on all of their stakeholders see reduced sales and profits
T
Social and environmental sustainability do not exist without economic sustainability.
T
Some governments are implementing laws that mandate the outright reduction of GHG emissions by forcing companies to pay taxes based on the amount of GHG emissions that are emitted.
T
Sustainability is often associated with corporate social responsibility.
T
The operations manager's greatest opportunity to make substantial contributions to the company's environmental objectives occurs during product life cycle assessment
T
Those resources held in the common are often misallocated.
T
Within environmental regulation, the "cap-and-trade" principle essentially allows companies to buy and sell the right to pollute.
T
Companies can improve the triple bottom line with sustainability by minimizing what four things? A) raw material, energy, water, and waste B) raw material, transport, manufacture, and disposal C) people, planet, profit, and pollution D) pollution, carbon footprint, profit, and people E) lawsuits, advertisements, coupons, and layoffs
A
How companies remain in business is referred to as A. economic sustainability. B. carbon footprint. C. corporate social responsibility. D. social accounting.
A. economic sustainability.
The 3Rs for sustainability are A. reduce, reuse, and recycle. B. reduce, reputation, and recycle. C. reputation, reuse, and recycle. D. reduce, reuse, and reputation.
A. reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Products are more "environmentally friendly" when they are made: A) using cheaper materials. B) using less energy. C) according to OSHA standards. D) where environmental regulations are lax. E) more difficult to disassemble.
B
The carbon footprint is defined as a measure of total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly or indirectly by what four things? A) a factory, an office building, a warehouse, or a truck B) an organization, a product, an event, or a person C) an organization, a product, an animal, or a person D) an organization, a government, a product, or a person E) a product, an event, a person, or an animal
B
What refers to analysis of environmental impacts of products from the design stage through end-of-life? A) ISO 14000 B) life cycle assessment C) carbon footprint D) economic sustainability E) closed-loop supply chain analysis
B
What refers to how companies remain in business? A) corporate social responsibility B) economic sustainability C) carbon footprint D) sustainability E) closed-loop supply chains
B
What refers to looking at a product's life from design to disposal, including all the resources required? A) the commons B) a systems view C) the triple bottom line D) DD analysis E) carbon footprint
B
Which of the following statements is NOT true about sustainability? A. Sustainability is often associated with corporate social responsibility. B. Sustainability focuses only on environmental resources. C. Green manufacturing is part of sustainability. D. Sustainability refers to meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
B. Sustainability focuses only on environmental resources.
The five core elements of ISO 14000 are A. environmental management, planning, performance evaluation, labeling, and value analysis. B. environmental management, auditing, performance evaluation, labeling, and life cycle assessment. C. environmental management, planning, performance evaluation, labeling, and life cycle assessment. D. environmental management, auditing, performance evaluation, labeling, and value analysis.
B. environmental management, auditing, performance evaluation, labeling, and life cycle assessment.
Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of ISO 14000? A. good systematic approach to pollution prevention through minimization of ecological impact of products and activities B. positive public image and increased exposure to liability C. compliance with regulatory requirements and opportunities for competitive advantage D. reduction in the need for multiple audits
B. positive public image and increased exposure to liability
3) What does CSR stand for? A) consumer sustainability requirements B) critical sustainability ratio C) corporate social responsibility D) corporate sustainability record E) corporate society ratio
C
Suppose that a firm has made the following computations for its design for disassembly: processing cost per unit = $12.00, disposal cost per unit = $6.00, resale revenue per unit = $20.00, and recycling revenue per unit = $7.00. What is the revenue retrieval for this product? A) $27.00 B) $8.00 C) $9.00 D) $1.00 E) $20.00
C
What allows companies in Europe to buy and sell allowances for the right to pollute? A) UNFCCC B) ISO 9000 C) EUETS D) ISO 14000 E) EPA
C
What type of supply chains consider forward and reverse product flows over the entire life cycle? A) two-pronged B) life cycle C) closed-loop D) socially responsible E) end-to-end
C
The European Union Emissions Trading System works on what principle? A) Thatcher's Theory of the Commons B) pollute-and-pay C) socialism D) cap-and-trade E) tax the richer companies more to pay for pollution control
D
What are the 3 Rs for sustainability? A) reduce, reuse, and reclaim B) reduce, reproduce, and recycle C) reproduce, reuse, and recycle D) reduce, reuse, and recycle E) reduce, reclaim, and recycle
D
What does UNFCCC stand for? A) United National Federation Council on Climate Change B) UN Federation for Climate Change Cooperation C) Uniform National Framework Climate Change Code D) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change E) UN Foundation for the Consequences of Climate Change
D
What is sometimes referred to as the fourth "R" of sustainability? A) reclaim B) recover C) renew D) improved reputation E) reproduce
D
Corporate social responsibility involves managerial decision making that considers what three impacts? A) environmental, legal, and financial B) environmental, legal, and societal C) educational, environmental, and societal D) societal, legal, and financial E) environmental, societal, and financial
E
Resources held by the public are also said to be held in what? A) escrow B) the system C) contempt D) perpetuity E) the common
E
What does ISO stand for? A) Industry Standards Organization B) International Safety Organization C) Industrial Safety Organization D) International Standards for Oxygen E) International Organization for Standardization
E
What is a measure of total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly or indirectly by an organization, a product, an event, or a person? A) radioactive decay B) nitrogen footprint C) ozone factor D) pollution index E) carbon footprint
E
Which of the following is true about ISO 14000 certification? A) It can reduce exposure to liability. B) It deals with environmental management. C) It offers a good systematic approach to pollution prevention. D) One of its core elements is life cycle assessment. E) All of the above are true.
E
Internet-based technologies today allow consumers, communities, public interest groups, and regulators to be well informed about an organization's performance.
T
One environmentally friendly approach to product design is to use lighter components.
T
Reuse is one of the 3 Rs for sustainability.
T