1.1 billion people have no access to an adequate water supply.
a. True
b. False

2.4 billion people have no access to adequate sanitation.
a. True
b. False

85% of the world’s population lives in developing countries, where the GDP is only 6% of that in the developed world.
a. True
b. False

Around 1.7 billion people worldwide—more than a quarter of humanity—have entered the "consumer class," adopting the diets, transportation systems, and lifestyles (televisions, telephones, computers, etc.), almost half of which now live in developing countries.
a. True
b. False

Developed nations are 20% of the world's population yet use two-thirds of all resources and generate 75% of the world's pollution and waste.
a. True
b. False

Transportation accounts for nearly 30% of world energy use and 95% of global oil consumption.
a. True
b. False

5% of the world population consumes 63% of all transportation energy, and 81% consumes 20% of the transportation energy.
a. True
b. False

About 80% of the growth of global photovoltaic and wind power capacity in the past decade has largely taken place in six countries—Denmark, Germany, India, Japan, Spain and the United States.
a. True
b. False

94% of natural resources extracted are used just once and then enter the waste stream.
a. True
b. False

Modern industrial workers now produce in a week what took four years by their 18th century counterparts.
a. True
b. False

What is a key engineering challenge for sustainable development?
a. Resource productivity
b. Climate protection
c. Emissions reduction
d. Ecological stewardship
e. Employee and community well-being
f. Regional development
g. All of the above

Today the combined mass of all machines exceeds the combined mass of human beings, and the total amount of carbon (in fuels, etc.) required to power and construct machines and electric utilities exceeds the global consumption of carbon (in food production, etc.) by human beings.
a. True
b. False

As pressures mount on available resources and the environment, fuel cell technology is expected to play a major role in the future of stationary and mobile power generation.
a. True
b. False

What benchmarking initiative was launched in 1999 in response to the need for financial quantification of sustainability strategies and management of sustainable opportunities, risks, and costs?
a. Brundtland Value Indexes
b. Corporate DFE Protocol
c. Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes
d. Sustainability Scorecard Initiative

How much of Germany’s total electricity requirements are projected to be filled by renewable energies by the year 2050?
a. Some (10%)
b. Above average (20%)
c. Half (50%)
d. A strong majority (75%)
e. Nearly all

What statement about renewable-energy solutions is key to their future development?
a. Renewable energies are local energies.
b. Economic activity generates work and prosperity locally and nationally.
c. Gender equity requires access to modern energy.
d. Renewable energies protect local water resources and prevent illness.
e. Deployment of renewable energies limits the damage of climate change.
f. All of the above

What is the now-evolving international standards series on environmental management?
a. ISO 9000
b. ISO 6385
c. ISO 14000
d. ISO 22000
e. ASME B00120

What is the name of the U.S. student design competition for sustainability launched in 2004, and what does its name represent?
a. P3: people, prosperity and the planet
b. PPP: people, process, and product
c. EEE+1: economy, environment, energy, and equity
d. 4Rs: Reduce, Re-use, recycle, and re-manufacture

ASME will participate in which of these sustainability activities?
a. Youth Council on Sustainability, based in Washington, D.C.
b. EPA session at the National Manufacturing Week Technical Conference in March 2005
c. Revision of ASME’s 1994 policy statement
d. New US student design contest on sustainable solutions to environmental issues
e. All of the above