Adamson University

College of Engineering
Chemical Engineering Department
Final Exam
ChE Laws and Ethics

1. Which of the following is not an issue relating to waste

management?
a. Waste Maximization
b. Generation of Waste

2. The commission on solid waste management is composed of

how many members in total?
c. 30

d. 31

3. Which among the choices is considered a relatively inexpensive

method of disposal?
a. Incineration

b. Landfill

c. Recycling

d. Composting

4. Landfills are established in?

a. Remote areas

b. Islands

c. Abandoned quarries

d. US Based

5. How many members composed the commission under the

Republic Act 9003?
a. 5

b. 21

b. National Solid Waste Management Commission

c. National Toxic Waste Management Commission
d. National Hazardous Waste Management Commission
13. It is a disposal method in which solid organic wastes are
combusted to convert into residue and gaseous products.
a. Incineration

b. Recycling

c. Dumping

c. Waste-to-Energy

a. Yes

d. Oil Spill

b. 7

a. National Waste Management Commission

14. Is littering considered an offense in the Republic Act 9003?

c. Water Pollution

a. 17

12. What do you call the Commission created under the Ecological
Solid Waste Management Act?

c. 23

d.14

6. Which of the following is not a known environmental impact of

creating landfills?
a. Potholes

b. Vermin or pests

c. Road blocking

d. Sink holes

7. It is an act providing for an ecological solid waste management

program, creating the necessary institutional mechanisms and
incentives, declaring certain acts prohibited and providing
penalties, appropriating funds thereof and for other purposes.
a. Republic Act No. 3009

b. Republic Act No. 3093

c. Republic Act No. 9300

d. Republic Act No. 9003

b. No

c. Maybe

d. IDK

15. This type of solid waste includes healthcare, household

hazardous wastes and sewage sludge.
a. Municipal

b. Agricultural

c. Ordinary

d. Special

16. How much of the original volume is reduced when incineration

is used?
a. 1-10%

b. 10-20% c. 21%-25%

d. 26-30%

17. Republic Act No. of 9003 refers to?

a. Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 1995
b. Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2001
c. Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
d. Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2005
18. It is a resource recovery practice that refers to the collection and
reuse of waste materials.
a. Recycling

b. Segregating

c. Managing

d. Maximizing

19. This type of solid waste includes residential, institutional, and

commercial.
a. Municipal

b. Agricultural

c. Urban d. Rural
20. Is composting part of the Solid Waste Management Act?
a. Maybe b. No

c. Yes

d. Sometimes

21. Philippine Clean Air Act is also known as Republic Act No.?

8. What do you call the liquid produced in landfills?

a. 8497

a. Liquid Waste

b. Dump

22. On what year does the Philippine Clean Air Act was formed?

c. Leachate

d. soot

a. 2000

9. Which of the following is NOT a member of the Commission on

Solid Waste?
a. None of these

b. DOE

c. DENR d. DOST

10. Recognized as a practical method of disposing of certain

hazardous waste materials but remains a controversial method of
waste disposal due to issues such as gas emission.

b.8749

c. 9784

b. 2001

b. Certificate of Conformity

c. Pyrolysis

d. Incineration

c. Certificate of Recognition

b. Solid Waste Management

c. Hazardous Waste Management
d. Chemical Waste Management

d. 1999

a. Certificate of Appreciation

b. Recycling

a. Waste Management

c. 1998

23. A certificate issued by the Department of Environment and

Natural Resources to a vehicle manufacturer/assembler or
importer certifying that a particular new vehicle or vehicle type
meets the requirements provided under this Act and its rules and
regulations.

a. Landfill

11. Defined as the generation, prevention, characterization,

monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and residual disposition of
solid wastes.

d. 4798

d. Certificate of Completion
24. The geographic-based instrument for planners and decisionmakers which present an evaluation of the environmental quality
and carrying capacity of an area.
a. Eco-profile
b. Ambient air quality
c. Ambient air quality guideline values

d. Emission

25. Substances which present either: (1) short-term acute hazards

such as acute toxicity by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption,
corrosivity or other skin or eye contact hazard or the risk of fire
explosion
a. Medical Waste

b. Infectious Waste

c. Hazardous substances

d. Municipal Waste

26. Portion of medical waste that could transmit an infectious

disease
a. Medical Waste

b. Hazardous substances

c. Municipal Waste

d. Infectious Waste

27. Materials generated as a result of patient diagnosis, treatment,

or immunization of human beings or animals
a. Medical Waste

b. Hazardous substances

c. Infectious Waste

d. Municipal Waste

28. A vehicle constructed entirely from new parts that has never
been sold or registered with the DOTC or with the appropriate
agency or authority, and operated on the highways of the
Philippines, any foreign state or country
a. Motor vehicle

b. Mobile Source

c. Stationary Source

d. New vehicle

29. Any building or immobile structure, facility or installation

which emits or may emit any air pollutant.
a. Stationary Source

b. Mobile Source

c. Motor vehicle

d. New vehicle

38. Discharge from known sources which is passed into a body of

water or land.
a. Influent
b. Effluent
c. Sludge
d. Dirt
39. Water containing less than 500 ppm dissolved common salt,
sodium chloride.
a. Freshwater
b. Groundwater
c. Surface water

d. Marine water

40. A subsurface water that occurs beneath a water table in soils

and rocks, or in geological formation.
a. Freshwater
b. Groundwater
c. Surface water

d. Marine water

41. Water-borne human or animal wastes, excluding oil or oil

wastes, removed from residences, building, and institutions,
industrial and commercial establishments.
a. Septage
b. Sewage
c. Manure
d. None of these
42. An area covering the same physiographic unit which affects the
physico-chemical and biological reactions and diffusion of
pollutants in the bodies of water draining the said area.
a. Rural area
b. Urban area
c. Water quality management area

d. None

43. Departments of government responsible for the water

management of non-attainment areas.
a. Department of Health
b. Department of Agriculture
c. Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
d. All of these

30. Substances that significantly deplete or otherwise modify the

ozone layer in a manner that is likely to result in adverse effects on
human health and the environment such as, but not limited to,
chlorofluorocarbons, halons, and the like

44. Purposes of National Water Quality Management Fund.

a. To finance containment, clean-up operations, restoration &
rehabilitation of affected areas.

a. Hazardous Substances

c. Provide technical assistance, info, rewards & incentives.

c. Persistent Organic Pollutants

b. Ozone Depleting Substance

d. Octane Rating

31. According to Section 6, The Department, in cooperation with

the National Statistical Coordination Board, shall design and
develop an information network of what purposes?
a. Data Storage

b. Transfer

c. Exchange

d. Retrieval

32. Serve as the central depository of all data and information

related to air quality.

b. Support research, enforcement, and monitoring

d. All of these
45. Purposes of Area Water Quality Management Fund.
a. To maintain water bodies
b. To finance wastewater facilities
c. Provide technical assistance, info, rewards & incentives

a. Stationary Area

b. Non-attainment Area

d. All of these
46. Water classification of fresh surface waters which is intended
primarily for waters having watersheds, which are uninhabited
and otherwise protected, and which require only approved
disinfection.
a. Class A
b. Class C
c. Class AA

c. Attainment Area

d. All of the above

d. Class D

a. DTI

b. DOST

c. DOE

d. DENR

33. The Department shall designate areas where specific pollutants

have already exceeded ambient standards as what areas?

e. Class B

34. According to Section 13, which of the following is not

encouraged by the Emission Charge System to the industries and
motor vehicles regarding pollution.

47. Water classification of fresh surface waters for sources of water

supply that will require complete treatment.
a. Class A
b. Class AA
c. Class C

a. to abate pollution

b. to reduce pollution

d. Class D

c. to prevent pollution

d. to control pollution

48. Water classification of fresh surface waters for primary contact

recreation such as bathing, swimming, diving, etc.
a. Class A
b. Class AA
c. Class C

35. The Chapter 6 of the Philippine Clean Air Act talks about?
a. Fines and Penalties
b. Institutional Mechanism
c. Actions
Substances and Pollutants

d. Fuels, Additives,

36. All organisms living in freshwater, brackish and marine

environment.
a. Aquifer b. Aquatic life
c. Ecosystem d. Ecology
37. Application of an integrated, preventive environmental
strategy to process, products, services to increase efficiency and
reduce risk to humans and the environment.
a. Safety
b. Process Intensification
c. Cleaner-Production

d. Operation

d. Class D

e. Class B

e. Class B

49. Water classification of fresh surface waters for fishery.

a. Class A
b. Class AA
c. Class C
d. Class D

e. Class B

50. Water classification of fresh surface waters agriculture.

a. Class AA
b. Class C
c. Class D
d. Class A

e. Class B