Quiz 2: Clean-Up Techniques

By Donna Cadogan

​Quiz 2: Clean-Up Techniques

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a priority when dealing with a land-based oil spill?

• Burning the surrounding vegetation

• Preventing contamination of groundwater and waterways

• Using dispersants for quick breakdown

• Flooding nearby urban areas

Multiple Choice

Dispersants remove oil from the water entirely.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In urban spill responses, which method is especially important to prevent oil from entering sewage systems?

• Bioremediation

• Manual recovery

• Oil recycling

• Sorbents

Multiple Choice

Why is heavy equipment often avoided in wetlands during oil spill response?

• It is too expensive

• It doesn’t work on soft ground

• It poses too great an environmental risk

• It takes too long to deploy

Multiple Choice

Skimmers work best in rough, open-ocean conditions.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Which method speeds up the natural breakdown of oil using microorganisms and nutrients?

• Sorbents

• Bioremediation

• Skimming

• Manual Recovery

Multiple Choice

Which method is commonly used as a final “polisher” after other techniques?

• Dispersants

• In-sity burning

• Sorbents

• Booms