Green Computing Quiz

Buying rechargeable batteries for your products

• Reducing
• Reusing
• Recycling

Deciding not to upgrade your phone because your current one is still working fine

• Reducing
• Reusing
• Recycling

Breaking down an old computer into its raw materials

• Reducing
• Reusing
• Recycling

The amount of C02 released into the atmosphere from the actions of an individual or business

• Carbon Footprint
• Ecological Footprint

The most common and problematic greenhouse gas is

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen
• Methane

Q1: Which is not a type of renewable energy?

• Solar Panel
• Wind Turbine
• Coal Burning
• Hydroelectric

Which of these is not a primary goal of the green IT movement?

• Reduce the IT industry's waste
• Reduce the IT industry's material consumption
• Increase the IT industry's revenue
• Increase the IT industry's carbon offset

Which of these solutions would reduce the cost of running a green business in the long term?

• Replanting a forest
• making sure all waste is recyclable
• Installing solar panels on the roofs of the company building to generate energy that they can use
• Hiring more staff to ease the workload

How could Green IT achieve its aims?

• By reducing the use of hazardous materials, maximizing energy efficiency during the product's lifetime and promoting the biodegradability of unused and outdated products.
• By getting a paint brush and painting everything green
• By using human power instead of a computer to accomplish tasks
• By closing down environmentally inefficient companies and sacking the employees.

Why is video conferencing likely to be environmentally friendly?

• It reduces the need for people to travel to meet up, reducing pollution.
• It provides better image quality than real life.
• Google donate money to good causes every time video conferencing is used.
• Video conferencing can take place at any time of the day so it saves electric lights being on during daylight.