Kafuiaheto/RPMUnit1

Please feel free to leave a message in my [mailto:kafuiaheto@yahoo.com inbox] in case you have any information for me. RESOURCE PERCEPTION AND MANAGEMENT - Unit 1 '''Answer All questions by clicking on the appropriate option or filling in the space where necessary. Finally, click on submit to view your scores.''' {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
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{Resources are defined by nature, not human ability and need. True/ False - True + False
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{Human civilizations determine the utilization of natural resource. True/ False + True - False
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{Those parts of the environment which people find useful are called "neutral stuff". True/ False - True + False
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{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)
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{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
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{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)
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{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
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{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
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{How many schools of thought do we have under the new resource consciousness - 1 + 2 - 3 - 4
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{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
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{The state of the environment at a particular time depends on the exploitation and usage of resources. True/ False + True - False
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{One of the following is a "Prophet of Doom" of Resource use - Julian L. Simon - Stephen Moore + Charles Westoff - Micahael Sanera
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{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
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{"Man" exited like any other creature but "MAN" existed at the social or cultural level. True/ False + True - False
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{"Man" at the animal level had only natural wants and natural capacities. True/ False + True - False
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{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
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{All materials or properties of the environment that hinder man in the acquisition of resources are called... - technology - neutral stuff - expertise + resistances
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{Limitations of "passive" adaptation and natural selection" still hold all creatures and "Man in bondage". True/False. - True + False
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{The existent of mans want satisfaction is a function of resources and resistance and not of resource alone. True/False. + True - False
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{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
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{Sub-economic resources are part of reserves. True/False. - True + False
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{Sub-economic resources are only kept for a "rainy day". True/False. - True + False
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{ The proportion of a resource, especially minerals, which can be exploited under certain existing conditions and with available technology. { reserve }
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{ A { resource base } is the sum total of all components of the environment that would become resources if they could be extracted from the environment.
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{ The resource { process } involves the appraisal, exploitation, production process and period of human use to the disposal of natural resources.
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{ { Reserves } are resources intentionally kept but { sub-economic } resources are not kept intentionally.
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{ The maximum number of users that can be sustained by a given set of land resources can be termed as a { carrying capacity }.
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{ Reserves-Production Ratio (R/P Ratio) is the { ratio } between { annual } production rate of a mineral and a proven or measured reserves remaining in the ground.
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{ A reserve may be categorised into either { recoverable| speculative } or { speculative |recoverable } reserves.
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