What type of short- and long-term consequences can arise from actions causing potential harm?

• A. Immediate and deferred consequences
• B. Legal and administrative consequences
• C. Intentional and unintentional consequences
• D. Personal and national consequences

Answer: (C)

The main idea is distinguishing outcomes by whether they were intended. Short-term and long-term describe when effects happen, but the type of consequences depends on intention: intentional consequences are the outcomes you aimed for with your action, while unintentional consequences are those you didn’t plan for or don’t expect. Both kinds can occur over the near term or stretch into the long term, which is why this option is correct. The other ideas mix timing with context or scope (immediate vs deferred, legal/administrative, personal/national) and don’t capture the distinction between planned versus unforeseen results.