Business and Sustainable Development
Prof. Trupti Mishra
Assignment Week 2
Please select one of the correct options for all TEN questions below.
1. Good housekeeping, Input substitution, Better Process Control, and technology
change are examples of Cleaner Production methods. What is the alternative name
of the same?
a. Reactive strategy
b. Active strategy
c. Proactive strategy
d. Passive strategy
2. Cleaner Production is:
a. Continuous application of an integrated preventive environmental strategy
b. Strategy to generate harmful effects to the environment
c. Continued application of a passive environmental strategy
d. Removal of preventive environmental strategy
3. What are the steps for Lifecycle Assessment?
a. Impact assessment, goal definition, inventory analysis, improvement
assessment
b. Goal definition, improvement assessment, impact assessment, inventory
analysis
c. Improvement assessment, goal definition, inventory analysis, impact
assessment
d. Goal definition, inventory analysis, impact assessment, improvement
assessment
4. Which of the following is NOT a type of lifecycle assessment?
a. Cradle-to-grave
b. Gate-to-gate
c. Cradle-to-gate
d. Grave-to-grave
5. A water-powered clock (uses the energy of the water to generate its own electricity)
is an example of a design for an environmental product?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Cannot say
d. Sometimes
6. The product design with reduced material complexity, recycle information, easy
disassembly, reduced packing, weight, and size of shipping is called:
a. Lifecycle Assessment
b. Design for environment
c. Cleaner production
d. Environmental reporting
7. Which of the following is NOT one of the rules of design for the environment?
a. Industrial materials recycled to create new industrial materials
b. Natural materials returned to the earth’s cycle
c. Design products with fossil fuels
d. Design products that do not produce unnatural and toxic waste
8. Which of the following enhances business value, improves operations, strengthens
relationships, brand protection, customer loyalty, and enhances trust for the
business?
a. Sustainability report
b. Cleaner production
c. Design for environment
d. Lifecycle Assessment
9. Which is NOT a part of the sustainability reporting framework?
a. Sectoral supplements
b. Scoping
c. Assessment framework
d. Technical protocol
10. Installation of a sulfur scrubber at the end of the process is a cleaner production
intervention.
a. Yes
b. No
c. Cannot say
d. Maybe
