1. The country which is currently the largest emitter of carbon dioxide is:

(A) China (B) India

(C) Russia (D) United States

2. The person most associated with modern climate science is:

(A) Mark Jacobsen (B) Pradeep Khosla

(C) Elon Musk (D) Roger Revelle

3. The longest time series of measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) readings in the atmosphere taken at Mauna Loa, Hawaii date back to the mid-1950's. This series of measurements that were started by a researcher at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography is known as the:

(A) Brower Fixed-Point CO2 Curve (B) Keeling Curve

(C) SIO CO2 Curve Smoother (D) D.T. Curve Illuminator

4. The prominent British economist heading the United Kingdom's report on climate change was:

(A) Jim Hamilton (B) Simon Kuznets

(C) William Nordhaus (D) Nicholas Stern

5. Rooftop solar panels are more likely to be installed where consumers have:

(A) cool summer temperatures (B) low feed in tariffs

(C) strong environmental preferences (D) stiff competition from wind turbines

6. Setting a technology standard that achieves a specific level of pollution is usually less expensive for firms than:

(A) a performance standard (B) a tax on the pollutant

(C) a subsidy to reduce the pollutant (D) neither A, B, or C

7. Lead, an additive once used to boost the octane of gasoline, is now known to have increased:

(A) mpg (B) life spans (C) violent crime (D) visibility

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8. The IPCC is part of what organization?

(A) U.S. Energy Information Agency (B) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(C) International Energy Agency (D) United Nations

9. In the early 1980's the U.S. debate over climate change shifted from whether it would occur to:

(A) improving physical climate change models to be able to answer "when" questions

(B) whether to mount a massive R&D effort before requiring major reductions

(C) whether rapidly developing countries like China would join international efforts to reduce CO2

(D) all three answers above (A, B and C)

10. The best pollution control instrument for encouraging technological change that will reduce future pollution control costs is:

(A) a cap and trade program (B) a pollution tax

(C) the pollution haven (D) changing rules for intellectual property

11. The pair of countries likely to suffer the least harm from climate change are:

(A) Canada and Russia (B) China and India

(C) Japan and South Korea (D) Mexico and the United States

12. A carbon tax is:

(A) harder to implement than other taxes (B) will shift fuel use from natural gas to coal

(C) likely to induce technological change (D) likely to harm to the nuclear power sector

13. In climate change integrated assessment models the two main (economic) control variables are:

(A) how to model clouds and volcanoes

(B) damage multiplier and sensitivity to climate change parameter

(C) the discount rate and population growth rate

(D) capital stock investment and pollution control expenditures

14. The major goal of utility DSM programs is to:

(A) penalize consumers who use lots of electricity (B) increase the penetration of roof top solar

(C) encourage carbon capture and sequestration (D) smooth the daily load profile

15. Some government programs try to "nudge" consumers to making better electricity decisions by:

(A) setting default choices and making social comparisons (B) requiring heat pumps

(C) automatically turning off air conditioners on very hot days (D) mandating time of day pricing