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1) A job is not considered Green if?
  • The job conserves energy by using recycled materials
  • The job uses wood from a sustainable harvested forest
  • The job leads to the creation of renewable energy
  • None of the Above
2. Which of the following items is a goal of the green economy?
  • Improve public health by reducing environmental pollution
  • Increase the ability to reuse & recycle the material created in current waste streams
  • Strengthen the production & distribution capacity of local businesses
  • All of the Above
3. Which of the following items is not a renewable source of energy?
  • Geothermal Power
  • Hydropower
  • Nuclear Power
  • Solar Power
4. Which of the following items would enable a government to become a
    “Green Economy Enabler”?
  • A goal of a 20% reduction in building carbon emissions by the year 2020
  • 3% low interest loans for home weatherization with free energy audits to homeowners
  • Providing incentives that can help city residents turn city owned empty lots, roof tops, and vacant building into thriving new green businesses
  • All of the Above
5. What is a Green Business?
  • A business is green when it uses clean renewable energy as its main source of power for extraction, manufacturing, distribution and/or disposal of its products.
  • A business is green when it reuses or recycles products that are created via previous waste streams, thus reducing landfills and pollution caused by incineration.
  • A business is green when it does not use toxic metals and petrochemicals in its products such as cleaning products, dyes, paints, adhesives, fertilizers, etc.
  • All of the Above
6. What is the important ecological by product of sustainable energy?
  • It will reduce US dependence on foreign oil
  • It will reduce the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere
  • It will reduce the US trade deficit
  • None of the Above
7. Which of the following practices will be bolstered by the Green Economy?
  • Fair Trade
  • Extended Producer Responsibility
  • All large scale construction developments will have to be sustainable
  • All of the Above
8. Why does the Green Job Movement offer so much promise to Americans?
  • Green-collar jobs tend to be local
  • All that is required for an entry level position is a high school diploma
  • Some green collar jobs are a bridge to high-skilled professional jobs or entrepreneurial opportunities
  • All of the Above
9. A 2005 survey by the National Association of Manufacturers revealed that?
  • There is a moderate to severe shortage of qualified, skilled production employees like machinists and technicians.
  • This labor shortage is only likely to get more severe as baby-boomers skilled in current energy technologies retire; in the power sector, for example, nearly one-quarter of the current workforce will be eligible for retirement in the next five years.
  • Shortages of untrained green collar job workers are a leading barrier to renewable energy and energy efficiency growth.
  • All of the Above
10. Which of the following jobs could not be a Green job?
  • Water and energy retrofits of city buildings
  • Urban organic farming
  • Working on an offshore oil rig
  • All of the above

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