GARP Sustainability and Climate Risk Certificate Sustainable Agri-food Supply Chains & Deforestation-free Sourcing: practice questions

1 · Traceability systems and geolocation of plots · medium

Under the EUDR, when must geolocation be provided as a polygon rather than a point?

1. For every plot of any size, including home gardens smaller than one hectare
2. For plots of more than four hectares used for commodities other than cattle
3. Only for plots in countries classified as low risk by the Commission
4. Never, because the regulation accepts only the country of production

2 · Traceability systems and geolocation of plots · hard

Which data-quality check would most likely reveal a problem in smallholder plot polygons?

1. Polygons drawn using a mobile phone app rather than paper maps
2. Polygons collected during the dry season rather than during the rainy season of the same year
3. Overlaps with other plots or protected areas, or sizes implausible for stated output
4. Polygons stored in a database with the farmer's name attached

3 · Due-diligence regulation, including the EU Deforestation Regulation · medium

Why is a mass balance chain of custody not sufficient under the EUDR?

1. Mass balance is too expensive for any company to operate
2. Mass balance applies only to minerals, never to agricultural commodities
3. The EUDR requires all products to be identity preserved from a single farm
4. Mixing compliant products with those of unknown origin is not allowed

4 · Due-diligence regulation, including the EU Deforestation Regulation · hard

How does the EUDR differ fundamentally from the EU Timber Regulation it replaces?

1. It adds a deforestation-free requirement to legality and covers more commodities
2. It requires only legality and applies to timber alone, exactly like its predecessor
3. It removes the due diligence obligation and relies on voluntary labels
4. It applies only to products exported from the EU, not imported ones

5 · Jurisdictional and landscape approaches · medium

Which of Sayer and colleagues' (2013) landscape principles stresses learning and adjustment over time?

1. Single-stakeholder control
2. Fixed one-time planning
3. Ignoring rights and responsibilities
4. Continual learning and adaptive management

6 · Supplier engagement and Scope 3 reduction programmes · medium

Which farm practice primarily reduces nitrous oxide emissions?

1. Feed additives that suppress rumen methanogenesis
2. Better nitrogen management
3. Alternate wetting and drying of rice paddies
4. Covering and flaring biogas from manure lagoons

7 · Supplier engagement and Scope 3 reduction programmes · hard

Under good practice for land-sector accounting, how should removals from soil carbon programmes be reported?

1. Separately from emission reductions, with traceability and permanence safeguards
2. Netted silently against emissions without any separate disclosure
3. Not at all, because soil carbon cannot change in agricultural land
4. As Scope 2 removals in the company's electricity inventory

8 · Human rights and labour in agricultural supply chains · hard

Which FAO instrument guides responsible governance of land, fisheries and forest tenure?

1. The Codex Alimentarius general standard for food additives
2. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
3. The Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure
4. The Global Forest Resources Assessment methodology

9 · Monitoring with satellite data · easy

What is the spatial resolution of the multispectral imagery from Landsat 8 and 9 commonly used for forest loss mapping?

1. 1 km
2. 30 m
3. 250 m
4. 1 cm

10 · Monitoring with satellite data · medium

How many 30 m Landsat pixels and 10 m Sentinel-2 pixels fit in a 4 ha plot?

1. About 44 and 400
2. About 133 and 400
3. About 4 and 40
4. About 444 and 4000