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Lecture Week 13 & 14 KIA2013

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As a civil engineer named David working on urban development, which strategy should he prioritize for sustainable and cost-efficient air pollution management?

a)

Remediation

b)

Prevention

c)

Abatement

d)

Monitoring

2.

As a civil engineer, Siti is tasked with improving air quality in urban areas. She is exploring strategies to reduce emissions in transport. Which example best represents a prevention strategy she could implement?

a)

Installing catalytic converters on diesel trucks

b)

Switching bus fleets to electric vehicles

c)

Monitoring roadside AQI sensors

d)

Adding filters inside buildings

3.

In Greenfield, a factory has been polluting the environment. Local authorities, Malik and Ahmad, are focusing on pollution that has been:

a)

Fully dispersed

b)

Generated but not yet released

c)

Released into the atmosphere

d)

Deposited onto soil or vegetation

4.

As a civil engineer named Grace, you need to ensure compliance with environmental regulations. Open burning regulations under Malaysia’s Environmental Quality Act (EQA) fall under which management approach?

a)

Source control

b)

Legal & policy-based prevention

c)

Remediation

d)

Monitoring

5.

A civil engineer named Ethan is tasked with implementing pollution abatement technologies in a new urban development project. These technologies are best described as systems that:

a)

Stop pollutants before formation

b)

Remove pollutants after they enter air

c)

Restore ecosystems impacted by pollutants

d)

Measure PM2.5 and AQI values

6.

Aiden, a civil engineer, is tasked with monitoring air quality control by providing:

a)

Emission reduction directly

b)

Real-time exposure information

c)

Elimination of PM sources

d)

Oxidation of VOCs

7.

Rohan, a civil engineer, is designing a new industrial facility and needs to consider how tall industrial stacks affect air quality control.

a)

Receptor control

b)

Atmospheric control

c)

Remediation

d)

Absorption control

8.

In an urban area, civil engineer Zoe is designing a tall stack for a new industrial facility. She must consider the environmental impact of tall stack dispersion. A drawback of tall stack dispersion is that it may:

a)

Increase combustion efficiency

b)

Create localized deposition

c)

Transfer pollutants across regions

d)

Eliminate particulate matter

9.

Rohan, a civil engineer, is designing an air pollution control system. He explains a process that describes the transfer of a gaseous pollutant into a liquid absorbent. What is this phenomenon?

a)

Adsorption

b)

Absorption

c)

Diffusion

d)

Electrostatic charging

10.

Ahmad is designing a system with packed beds in scrubbers. He needs to know their purpose.

a)

Reduce cyclone swirl

b)

Increase contact surface area

c)

Charge particles electrically

d)

Enhance inertia

11.

As a civil engineer, Ahmad is tasked with designing a system to manage air quality in urban areas. Adsorption is suitable for:

a)

Water-soluble gases

b)

Organic vapors and odors

c)

Coarse particulates

d)

Metal dust

12.

Ahmad, a civil engineer, is designing a water treatment system. He needs to understand the performance of activated carbon, which depends on its:

a)

Melting temperature

b)

Porosity and surface area

c)

Electrical resistance

d)

Specific gravity

13.

Elijah, a civil engineer, is designing a combustion-based control system for a construction site to manage emissions. What is the primary purpose of this system?

a)

VOC destruction

b)

PM10 removal

14.

Zoe, a civil engineer, needs to understand condensation for controlling:

a)

Ultrafine aerosols

b)

Dust from crushing operations

c)

Volatile organic vapors

d)

Refractory metals

15.

As a civil engineer, Benjamin needs to design a gravity settling chamber. He wants to find out which type of particulate matter it is best for:

a)

Fine cement kiln dust

b)

Ultrafine PM2.5

c)

Coarse quarry dust

d)

VOC emissions

16.

Malik, a civil engineer, is designing a drainage system in a flood-prone area. He needs to consider how cyclones remove particulates from the air and water. Cyclones remove particulates primarily by using:

a)

Electrostatic fields

b)

Centrifugal forces

c)

Thermal gradients

d)

Liquid chemical reactions

17.

During a construction project, civil engineers must consider impaction mechanisms when designing a foundation for a large building, especially in areas with loose soil.

a)

Particles are too large to follow streamlines

b)

Gases dissolve into liquids

c)

Ultrafine particles diffuse randomly

d)

Particles have no mass

18.

As a civil engineer, you need to know which particle size is most affected by diffusion capture. Which particle size is dominant for diffusion capture?

a)

Coarse dust

b)

PM10

c)

PM2.5

d)

Ultrafine particles (<0.1µm)

19.

As a civil engineer named Samuel, you need to choose the right emission control technology for a cement and power plant. ESPs are often selected because they:

a)

React chemically with pollutants

b)

Collect fine dust with high efficiency

c)

Capture VOC odors

d)

Absorb SO2 into liquid

20.

As a civil engineer, how do receptor control approaches aim to:

a)

Reduce pollutant emissions

b)

Reduce human exposure

c)

Modify combustion processes

d)

Enhance stack height

21.

As a civil engineer, Olivia is designing a highway and needs to consider how vegetation buffers function as:

a)

Remediation + receptor protection

b)

Prevention

c)

Source control

d)

Abatement technology

22.

As a civil engineer, Zoe is called to a site where a factory has been operating. Remediation is required when:

a)

No pollution exists

b)

Pollution has already caused damage

c)

Emissions are prevented

d)

Monitoring is complete

23.

A civil engineer named Malik's decision to switch to renewable energy for an industrial facility is an example of:

a)

Prevention

b)

Source control

24.

Real-time AQI systems help civil engineers by:

a)

Destroying PM2.5

b)

Informing public exposure decisions

c)

Capturing VOCs

d)

Increasing cyclone efficiency

25.

Case 1 — Cement Kiln Fine Dust: Ahmad, a civil engineer, needs to control emissions of fine particulate matter from a cement kiln. Which technology is best for this?

a)

Spray scrubbers

b)

Baghouse filter

c)

Gravity settling

d)

Cyclone

26.

As a civil engineer named Siti, you notice that an asphalt batching plant emits VOCs and petroleum odors during mixing. Which system would you recommend to address gaseous hydrocarbons effectively?

a)

Baghouse filter

b)

Thermal oxidizer

c)

Cyclone

d)

Dust suppression water spray

27.

Case 4 — Cement Logistics Exposure for Civil Engineers Heavy cement trucks increase PM2.5 levels along urban corridors. Which strategy best protects receptors from this pollution?

a)

Vegetation barrier + filtration

b)

Water spraying on quarries

c)

Taller industrial stacks

d)

Carbon capture on trucks

28.

The primary function of a cyclone separator in APC systems is to..

a)

Dissolve acidic gases into water

b)

Remove coarse particulates by centrifugal force

c)

Adsorb VOCs onto porous solids

d)

Oxidize organic gases into CO₂

29.

Baghouse filters remove particulates using which mechanism?

a)

Filtration through fabric media

b)

Condensation into liquid form

c)

Electrostatic charging

d)

Gas–liquid neutralization