Registered Environmental Manager (REM) and related registrations

USA · National Registry of Environmental Professionals · professional · unverified source

12practice questions written to this syllabus
2subjects

Format

Application plus a multiple-choice examination for most registrations.

Sections

Over the years

One of several US environmental-professional registrations. Built from general knowledge.

Official source: https://www.nrep.org/

Subjects this exam draws on

Soil Contamination, Toxicology & Remediation9 questionsEnvironmental Management Systems, Auditing & Standards3 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. Why must natural background be considered when assessing metal contamination?

  1. Background concentrations are identical in all soils around the world
  2. Natural soils usually never contain metals, so any detection proves pollution
  3. Some parent materials, such as serpentine, are naturally metal-rich
  4. Regulations forbid any comparison with natural concentrations in soils
Answer and working

C. Some parent materials, such as serpentine, are naturally metal-rich

Geogenic enrichment can exceed generic screening values without human input.

Soil Contamination, Toxicology & Remediation · Sources of soil contamination: industrial, agricultural, urban

2. What does the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) add to the requirements of ISO 14001?

  1. Verified legal compliance, staff involvement and a public statement
  2. Exemption from all environmental permits for registered organisations in the EU
  3. A ban on certification bodies auditing EMAS sites more than once every ten years
  4. Replacement of the plan–do–check–act cycle with a fixed list of national performance limits
Answer and working

A. Verified legal compliance, staff involvement and a public statement

EMAS incorporates ISO 14001 and adds an initial review, demonstrated legal compliance checked by a verifier, active employee involvement and a public environmental statement with core indicators. It gives no permit exemptions and keeps PDCA.

Environmental Management Systems, Auditing & Standards · The ISO 14000 family

3. Biostimulation differs from bioaugmentation in that it:

  1. Stimulates indigenous microbes with nutrients or oxygen
  2. Burns contaminated soil
  3. Adds new, laboratory-grown microbial cultures
  4. Uses plants instead of microbes
Answer and working

A. Stimulates indigenous microbes with nutrients or oxygen

Bioaugmentation adds selected organisms. Adding microbes is bioaugmentation; plants are phytoremediation.

Soil Contamination, Toxicology & Remediation · Bioremediation and phytoremediation

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