Green Chemistry MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. .............., or VOCs, have been replaced and were banned in some paints?

1. Versatile Organic Chemicals
2. Volatile Organic Compounds
3. Volatile Organic Components
4. Versatile Odorless Components

2. .................interfere with hormone systems in animals and humans and are abbreviated EDCs?

1. Endocrine Destructive Components
2. Energy Disrupting Chemicals
3. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
4. Enzyme Destructive Components

3. ................is fulfilling the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs?

1. Sustainability
2. Green chemistry
3. Life Cycle Assessment
4. Recycling

4. ...............and moral arguments are often used when discussing sustainability and green chemistry?

1. Environment
2. Technology
3. Politics
4. Ethics

5. ...............was instrumental in winning a 1996 legal settlement of $333 million for the California town of Hinkley due to chromium in its drinking water?

1. Leonardo diCaprio
2. George Clooney
3. Erin Brockovich
4. Angelina Jolie

6. ..............is an excellent green solvent as well as a greenhouse gas?

1. Methanol
2. CFCs
3. Carbon monoxide
4. Carbon Dioxide

7. A chemical process with an E-Factor of 1 creates LESS waste than an EFactor of 25?

1. True Statement
2. False Statement

8. A green soy adhesive was developed based on the adhesion protein secreted by mussels sticking on rocks?

1. True Statement
2. False Statement

9. An example of chemical toxics prevention is?

1. Removing water from industrial reactions
2. Eliminating the formation of chlorinated organics in paper
3. Utilizing ammonia instead of vinegar
4. Monitoring BPA (Bisphenol A) in plastic bottles

10. An example of green chemistry is?

1. Recycled carpet
2. A product made on Earth Day
3. A sublimation reaction
4. Bio-plastics

11. Benzene, a ............substance, is an important industrial solvent used in the production of pharmaceuticals, plastics, and dyes?

1. Odorless
2. Non-flammable
3. Biodegradable
4. Carcinogenic

12. Bio-catalysis has become very useful in green chemistry manufacturing?

1. True Statement
2. False Statement

13. Biodiesel is an example of which of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry?

1. Principle-1: Waste prevention
2. Principle-7: Use of renewable feedstocks
3. Principle-9: Use of catalysis
4. Principle-5: Safer solvents

14. Bio-polymers exemplify Green Chemistry Principle # 10, which is?

1. Catalysis
2. Prevent waste
3. Benign solvents & auxiliaries
4. Design for degradation

15. Business benefits of green chemistry include?

1. Reduced costs associated with waste treatment and disposal
2. Innovating greener products to entice customers
3. Greater compliance with environmental legislation
4. All of the above

16. Dr. Paul Anastas & Dr. John Warner created 10 Principles of Green Chemistry to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances?

1. True Statement
2. False Statement

17. Environmental benefits of green chemistry include?

1. Fewer raw materials and natural resources used
2. Cleaner production technologies & reduced emissions
3. Smaller quantities of hazardous waste to be treated and disposed of
4. All of the above

18. Green chemistry aims to?

1. Design chemical products and process that maximize profits
2. Design safer chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances
3. Design chemical products and processes that work most efficiently
4. Utilize non-renewable energy

19. Green chemistry can provide green technology solutions for a sustainable future?

1. True Statement
2. False Statement

20. Green chemistry can reduce all but which of the following?

1. Cost
2. Risk & Hazard
3. Awareness
4. Waste

21. Green chemistry is more expensive than traditional chemistry?

1. True Statement
2. FalseStatement

22. Green chemistry synthesis could also involve which of the following?

1. High temperature
2. Dichloromethane
3. Fossil fuels
4. Microwave

23. Green chemists reduce risk by?

1. Reducing the hazard inherent in a chemical product or process
2. Minimizing the use of all chemicals
3. Inventing technologies that will clean up toxic sites
4. Developing recycled products

24. In 1998, this state signed green chemistry legislation promising to remove politics from the evaluation of disputed chemicals?

1. Oregon
2. California
3. New York
4. Florida

25. In the late 1960s, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio overloaded with chemical pollutants and ...........?

1. Killed fish
2. Polluted surrounding soil
3. Caused foaming
4. Caught fire

26. Lignin, switch grass, and cellulose are all types of ...............?

1. Enzymes
2. Catalysts
3. Bio-based feedstocks
4. Anti-cancer compounds

27. Shortly after mid-night in 1984, a reaction caused poisonous methyl isocyanate gas to leak from a factory in this city, ............ causing 3,700 deaths?

1. Bhopal
2. Hinkley
3. Calcutta
4. Siberia

28. Since 1996, Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winning technologies have helped save or eliminate at least 1.3 billion pounds of hazardous chemicals and solvents?

1. True Statement
2. False Statement

29. Soybean is used to replace traditional inks in printer cartridges, highlighting which of the Green chemistry principles?

1. Atom economy
2. Use of Renewable Feedstocks
3. Reduce derivatives
4. Prevent waste

30. The definition of green chemistry is the same as the definition of sustainability?

1. True Statement
2. False Statement

31. The first listed of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry is?

1. Prevent waste
2. Catalysis
3. Atom economy
4. Benign solvents

32. The following is often referred to as the universal solvent and is a preferred green solvent?

1. Water
2. Methanol
3. Ethyl Acetate
4. Benzene

33. The following legislation gave birth to todays green chemistry initiatives?

1. Clean Water Act of 1972
2. Montreal Protocol of 1989
3. Pollution Prevention Act of 1990
4. Superfund Act of 1980

34. The following term refers to the relative proportion of chemical components?

1. Togetherness
2. Stoichiometry
3. Metric
4. Colligative

35. The term missing in Risk = Hazard x ............. is?

1. Exposure
2. Cancer
3. Benign
4. Reactivity

36. The term used to measure a product or persons environmental impact is?

1. Handprint
2. CO2 print
3. Footprint
4. Hazardous print

37. The term which refers to the breakup within a compound due to microbial activity is?

1. Microbial degradation
2. Agro-degradation
3. Photo-degradation
4. Decomposition

38. The use of solar power is covered within Green Chemistry Principle #6, which is?

1. Atom economy
2. Design for energy efficiency
3. Design benign chemicals
4. Less hazardous synthesis

39. This green chemical is used in household cleaners to remove stains and is also a favorite dressing on salads!?

1. Vinegar (acetic acid)
2. Citric acid
3. Hydrochloric acid (HCl)
4. Water

40. This word is synonymous with green chemistry and also means harmless, or gentle and not life threatening?

1. Sustainable
2. Benign
3. User friendly
4. Greenness

41. TRI is used by the EPA to track pollution prevention. TRI stands for?

1. Total Reporting Inventory
2. Total Release Impact
3. Toxic Release Inventory
4. Toxic Release Impact

42. Used to indicate the level of contaminants present, the term PPM means?

1. Parts-per-micron
2. Parts-per-million
3. Parts-per-mass
4. Parts-per-molecule

43. What is the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award?

1. An award related to recycling
2. An award for industry only
3. The only chemistry award given by the President
4. Challenges companies to become fuel efficient

44. Which of the following are among the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry?

1. Design commercially viable products
2. Use only new solvents
3. Use catalysts, not stoichiometric reagents
4. Re-use waste

45. Which of the following is a challenge for green chemists?

1. Awareness of the benefits of green chemistry
2. Developing chemicals that are recyclable
3. Training for cleaning up chemical spills
4. Knowing when to reduce and eliminate hazardous waste

46. Which of the following is the greenest solvent?

1. Formaldehyde
2. Benzene
3. Ethanol
4. Water

47. Which one of the following three terms is used in the sustainability triangle?

1. Micro-economics
2. Planet
3. Social responsibility