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RESOURCE PERCEPTION AND MANAGEMENT - Unit 1
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1. Which one of the following explains natural resources?

Any material or property that can satisfy human want
Something material or abstract that can be used to satisfy some human want
Substances that can be transformed into artefacts
Any material or property of the environment that can satisfy human want

2. Resources are defined by nature, not human ability and need. True/ False

True
False

3. Human civilizations determine the utilization of natural resource. True/ False

True
False

4. Those parts of the environment which people find useful are called "neutral stuff". True/ False

True
False

5. Which of the following authorities defined resource as a "stock of some material of use or value to humans"?

Zimmerman(1972)
Brian Goodall(1987)
Tivy and O'Hare(1981)
Shelley and Clarke(1994)

6. Why do you think"opportunities" are considered as resources? Opportunities are...

neutral stuff
part of nature which satisfy human wants
chances
not part of nature which satisfy human wants

7. Which of the following authorities defined resource as a "means to attain given ends"?

Zimmerman(1972)
Brian Goodall(1987)
Tivy and O'Hare(1981)
Shelley and Clarke(1994)

8. Why are resources regarded as dynamic? Because, they are cultural conceptions and since culture is dynamic,

it cannot be translated into what a resource should be at any given time
resources may also be dynamic
it translates into what a resource should be at any given time
resources are intangible

9. All the answers below are reasons why people would associate resources with tangible things such as coal except that...

tangible things are obvious
tangible things are expensive
tangible things are easily recognized
tangible things are considered important

10. How many schools of thought do we have under the new resource consciousness

1
2
3
4

11. The individuals' subjective assessment or conception of substances (or opportunity) in the environment for human satisfaction is known as...

resource management
misconceptions about resources
resource perception
resource analyses

12. The state of the environment at a particular time depends on the exploitation and usage of resources. True/ False

True
False

13. One of the following is a "Prophet of Doom" of Resource use

Julian L. Simon
Stephen Moore
Charles Westoff
Micahael Sanera

14. Identify the questions on resource scarcity that continue to agitate the minds of humans.
I. Are Global Resources being depleted?
II. What agricultural policies should be perused?
III.What energies sources should be perused?
IV. How can global resources be protected?

I, II and III
I, II and IV
II, III and IV
I, II, III and IV

15. "Man" exited like any other creature but "MAN" existed at the social or cultural level. True/ False

True
False

16. "Man" at the animal level had only natural wants and natural capacities. True/ False

True
False

17. All materials or properties of the environment that have not yet been ascribed values by humans are called...

natural resources
natural stuff
resources
neutral stuff

18. All materials or properties of the environment that hinder man in the acquisition of resources are called...

technology
neutral stuff
expertise
resistances

19. Limitations of "passive" adaptation and natural selection" still hold all creatures and "Man in bondage". True/False.

True
False

20. The existent of mans want satisfaction is a function of resources and resistance and not of resource alone. True/False.

True
False

21. The three key attributes of man which helped him to elevate "man" to "MAN" are his
I. physical strength
II. vocal apparatus
III. cultural environment
IV. natural brain power

I, II, and III
I, II, and IV
I, III, and IV
II, III and IV

22. Sub-economic resources are part of reserves. True/False.

True
False

23. Sub-economic resources are only kept for a "rainy day". True/False.

True
False

24.

The proportion of a resource, especially minerals, which can be exploited under certain existing conditions and with available technology.

25.

A is the sum total of all components of the environment that would become resources if they could be extracted from the environment.

26.

The resource involves the appraisal, exploitation, production process and period of human use to the disposal of natural resources.

27.

are resources intentionally kept but resources are not kept intentionally.

28.

The maximum number of users that can be sustained by a given set of land resources can be termed as a .

29.

Reserves-Production Ratio (R/P Ratio) is the between production rate of a mineral and a proven or measured reserves remaining in the ground.

30.

A reserve may be categorised into either or reserves.

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