The Environment and Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet
-DSST Test
The
Environment and Humanity DSST Test Version 2
The DSST exams above contain 321 multiple-choice practice test questions
with study guides (detailed explanations).
The ACE (American Council on Education) recommends 3 lower level college
credits for this exam.
Studying, and passing, the practice tests below will allow you to
confidently take and pass your Environment and Humanity DSST test. The overall key concepts,
and specific individual points, that will allow you to pass your test are within
the practice questions and detailed explanations.
Course Information and Overview
This exam covers material that is typically taught in a semester
introductory-level college course. The multiple-choice DANTES/DSST exam consists
of about 100 questions and allows two hours to complete.
The Environment and Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet DANTES/DSST
exam contains questions that come from the following topics:
- Ecological Concepts (30%)
Contains biodiversity and stability; energy flow; trophic levels; food
chains, ecosystems; global ecology; atmospheric structure; roles of
organisms; and food webs; biogeochemical cycling; biomes and productivity;
population biology; evolution; succession in freshwater and terrestrial
communities
- Environmental Impacts (30%)
Contains global climate and weather; greenhouse effect; ozone layer;
pollution – environmental risk assessment; agricultural and industrial
revolutions; physical, chemical, and biological aspects; industrial
development of emerging nations; deforestation; desertification;
eutrophication and human population growth
- Environmental Management and Conservation (30%)
Contains the green revolution; agricultural practices; pesticides and pest
control; soil conservation and land use practices; air pollution control;
drinking water quality and supply; wastewater treatment; solid and hazardous
waste; renewable and nonrenewable resources; recycling and resource
recovery; industrial ecology
- Political Processes and the Future (10%)
Contains planning and decision making; environmental laws, policies, and
ethics; international policy conflicts and agreements; differing societal
and cultural values; issues of population, food supply, energy, and
pollution in the future.
Complete information and a fact sheet (PDF Format) of what is covered is
available from
Prometric.