Kenya Forest Service officer recruitment Forest Administration, Protection Enforcement & Office Practice: practice questions

1 · Organisation of forest departments and forest service cadres · medium

Why do many reform programmes separate the management of state forests from the regulation of all forests?

1. To double the number of forest officers employed
2. To avoid one office policing its own timber sales
3. Because regulators cannot legally own land in any country
4. To end all commercial harvesting in state forests

2 · Forest accounts, budgeting and financial rules · medium

A timber sale removes 1,200 m³ at a stumpage of 25 currency units per m³. The stumpage revenue is:

1. 48 currency units
2. 3,000 currency units
3. 30,000 currency units
4. 1,225 currency units

3 · Forest offences: detection, seizure, compounding and prosecution · medium

Which detection method uses satellite data to direct patrols to recent clearing?

1. Monthly cash-book reconciliation
2. Annual staff performance appraisal
3. Near-real-time deforestation alerts
4. Measurement books for nursery works

4 · Forest settlement and land records · medium

Which international instrument provides guidance on recognising legitimate tenure rights, including customary rights, in forests?

1. The Montreal Protocol on ozone (1987)
2. The Kyoto Protocol (1997)
3. FAO tenure guidelines (VGGT, 2012)
4. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (1971)

5 · Diversion of forest land and compensatory afforestation · medium

A diversion of 120 ha requires a payment of 9,000 currency units per ha for lost forest value. The total payment is:

1. 108,000 currency units
2. 10,800,000 currency units
3. 129,000 currency units
4. 1,080,000 currency units

6 · Diversion of forest land and compensatory afforestation · medium

In offset policy, 'additionality' means that the conservation gain:

1. Is added to the developer's profits
2. Occurs on exactly the same site as the impact
3. It would not happen without the offset
4. Is measured only in timber volume

7 · Public relations, media and grievance redress · easy

When speaking to the media about a forest fire, an officer should:

1. Clear facts, without speculation
2. Guess the cause to satisfy reporters
3. Refuse every question without explanation
4. Criticise other agencies publicly

8 · Public relations, media and grievance redress · hard

During a crisis caused by a fatal wildlife attack near a village, the communication approach most likely to maintain public trust is:

1. Silence until the full investigation is complete and published
2. Statements blaming the victim's behaviour
3. Early, regular, empathetic and coordinated updates
4. Different messages from each office

9 · Use of information technology in forest administration · medium

Technology projects in forest departments most often fail because:

1. Field staff, training and maintenance are neglected
2. Computers cannot process forest data
3. Satellites do not pass over forests
4. Software is always free

10 · Use of information technology in forest administration · hard

Location tracking of patrol staff should be framed and used primarily to:

1. Monitor staff only for disciplinary purposes
2. Support staff safety and coordinate response
3. Publish staff locations online
4. Replace supervision by inspection entirely