Lesson 7.1.1.6

7.1.1.6 Environmental Quiz: NCFE Business & Enterprise, Unit 7

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This free Environmental quiz has 20 multiple choice questions for the NCFE Level 1/2 Technical Award in Business and Enterprise (NCFE Business & Enterprise), Unit 7: External Environment. It covers lesson 7.1.1.6, Environmental, one of the ready-made revision sets written with Revision Ninja and organised by unit on Qwiz Rush.

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The 20 questions

  1. A clothing retailer adds climate change to its five-year plan. What is the main advantage of thinking this far ahead?

    • It locks its energy and raw material costs for five years
    • It cuts its running costs in the first year
    • It passes its climate risk on to its insurers
    • It gets ready for future shifts in demand and law

  2. A factory burns gas and oil to run its machines. What effect does this have on the environment?

    • It drains the local supply of fresh water
    • It releases greenhouse gases that trap heat
    • It thins the ozone layer, raising UV levels
    • It adds plastic waste to rivers and the sea

  3. A furniture shop lists its indirect emissions — the ones it does not produce itself. Which item belongs on that list?

    • Diesel used by its own delivery lorries
    • Fuel burnt by the supplier making its sofas
    • Gas bought from a supplier and burnt on site
    • Petrol used by cars the firm owns itself

  4. A bakery wants to cut the greenhouse gases its own operations give off. Which action would do that most directly?

    • Putting a recycling bin in each of its shops
    • Buying offsets from a tree-planting scheme
    • Replacing its diesel vans with electric ones
    • Printing its yearly report on recycled paper

  5. Which change to its packaging would do most to cut a drinks firm's harm to the environment?

    • Wrapping each bottle on its own to stop damage
    • Printing the packs with plant-based green ink
    • Adding a green leaf logo to the current packs
    • Switching to lighter, recyclable cardboard

  6. Flooding has shut a firm's only warehouse twice in two years. Which step best protects it from further disruption?

    • Fitting LED lighting and solar panels on the roof
    • Buying carbon offsets to cover its emissions
    • Storing spare stock at a second site inland
    • Publishing a yearly sustainability report

  7. Drought abroad has cut this year's cotton harvest. How is a UK clothes maker most likely to be affected?

    • Scarce cotton pushes its material costs up
    • Demand for its clothes drops straight away
    • It must pay a new carbon tax on its cotton
    • Cotton growers cut prices to keep sales up

  8. New UK rules force firms to measure and report their carbon footprint every year. What burden does this place on a small firm?

    • A higher rate of corporation tax on its profits
    • The loss of limited liability if it fails to report
    • The cost of collecting and checking the data
    • A cut in the price it can charge shoppers

  9. Surveys show shoppers now want greener goods. How could a paint maker turn this trend into a chance to grow?

    • Move its factory abroad to cut wage costs
    • Discount its solvent range to defend market share
    • Spend more on adverts for its usual range
    • Launch a plant-based range at a higher price

  10. Which activity is usually the largest source of a steel maker's greenhouse gas emissions?

    • Lighting and heating its sales and admin offices
    • Printing paper brochures for its customers
    • Burning coal and gas to heat its furnaces
    • Sending its scrap and packaging to landfill

  11. Which impact of a factory's daily operations adds most directly to global warming?

    • Building on green space that wildlife depends on
    • Releasing carbon dioxide from burning fuel
    • Discharging warm waste water that heats a local river
    • Creating noise pollution for nearby homes

  12. Why does a factory that heats its premises with natural gas add to climate change?

    • It is piped in from overseas suppliers
    • It is a limited, non-renewable resource
    • Burning it gives off carbon dioxide
    • It costs more than electricity per unit

  13. A clothing chain says its own shops are carbon neutral. What is the main reason its total footprint remains large?

    • It throws away unsold clothing at each season's end
    • Its shop bags are made of single-use plastic
    • It pays overseas garment workers very low wages
    • Making and shipping its goods still creates emissions

  14. Which change would do most to cut a parcel delivery firm's greenhouse gas emissions?

    • Recycling the cardboard boxes and plastic wrap it uses
    • Replacing its diesel vans with electric vans
    • Switching to paperless invoices for customers
    • Planting a wildflower meadow at its depot

  15. A flood closes a firm's warehouse for three weeks. Which of these is the direct cost of that disruption?

    • Lost sales and the cost of repairing damage
    • Customers demanding greener products
    • New government rules forcing it to cut its carbon emissions
    • A rise in the price of its raw materials

  16. Drought abroad cuts the cotton harvest. How is this most likely to affect a UK T-shirt maker?

    • Its raw material becomes scarcer and dearer
    • It must pay higher insurance on its buildings
    • It faces stricter rules on factory emissions
    • Its staff take more sick days in hot weather

  17. The government sets a stricter limit on factory emissions. What is the most likely effect on a firm?

    • It must spend money to meet the new standard
    • It can no longer export goods to the EU
    • It must raise the wages it pays its workers
    • It has to file its annual accounts at Companies House

  18. A firm buys all its parts from one supplier in a flood-prone area. How can it best reduce this risk?

    • Order a much larger quantity from the supplier
    • Ask the supplier to cut the price of the parts
    • Buy the same parts from suppliers in other areas
    • Sign a longer contract with the same supplier

  19. Shoppers are turning away from single-use plastic and a bottle maker's sales are falling. What should it do?

    • Spend more on advertising the current bottle
    • Cut the price of the plastic bottles to shift stock
    • Redesign the bottle so it can be refilled and reused
    • Move production of the bottles to a cheaper site

  20. A coffee chain is planning ten years ahead. Which of these is a climate-related risk it should plan for?

    • Its bean supply may become less reliable
    • Its staff may ask to work from home more often
    • Its customers may switch to paying by card
    • Its rivals may open shops on the same street