Certified Crop Adviser with Sustainability Specialty Environmental Management Systems, Auditing & Standards: practice questions

Question 1 · medium

Which is the best example of an environmental aspect of a rice mill under abnormal operating conditions?

1. Dust and smoke from the husk-fired boiler during start-up
2. Routine electricity use for milling during normal shifts
3. A major fire in the husk store
4. The planned purchase of a new polisher next year

Question 2 · medium

Under the EU Nitrates Directive, what is limited in nitrate vulnerable zones?

1. The number of tractors per farm
2. The price of milk paid to farmers
3. The area of glasshouses per region
4. The amount of nitrogen from livestock manure applied per hectare per year

Question 3 · medium

Which chain-of-custody model separates the sustainability claim entirely from the physical product, through tradable certificates?

1. Segregated
2. Identity preserved
3. Mass balance
4. Book and claim

Question 4 · hard

A cocoa importer holds certified supply. Under the EU Deforestation Regulation, what is the role of that certification?

1. It supports, but does not replace, the operator's own due diligence on deforestation and legality
2. It fully replaces due diligence, so the importer has no further obligations
3. It is irrelevant, because the regulation forbids operators from using any certification information
4. It exempts the importer from the regulation entirely for all commodities

Question 5 · medium

Under the long-standing GLOBALG.A.P. rule, a farm must comply with all major musts and at least 95 % of applicable minor musts. With 120 applicable minor musts, what is the minimum number complied with?

1. 120
2. 114
3. 95
4. 6

Question 6 · medium

In GLOBALG.A.P., what is Option 2 certification?

1. Certification of a single farm owner who manages one or more production sites as an individual
2. Certification of a retailer's shops for the sale of fresh produce
3. Certification of a pesticide manufacturer's factory and products
4. Certification of a producer group with a quality management system and internal inspections

Question 7 · medium

During a GAP audit of a vegetable farm close to harvest, what does checking the last spray date against the harvest date verify?

1. The farm's profit margin on the vegetable crop for the current season
2. The calibration accuracy of the farm's weighbridge used for sales
3. Compliance with the pre-harvest interval for the plant protection product used
4. The number of workers employed during the previous harvest season

Question 8 · medium

Which feature should an auditor expect in a compliant farm chemical store?

1. Open to all workers and children, with products decanted into old food and drink containers for convenience
2. Located beside the well head so that water for mixing is close at hand
3. Shared with fertiliser bags, seed and harvested produce to save space
4. Locked, ventilated, bunded to contain spills, with products in original labelled containers

Question 9 · hard

In smallholder group certification, which finding most undermines the credibility of the whole group?

1. One member's spray record missing the wind speed on a single day
2. Internal inspections recorded as complete for farms the inspector never visited
3. A member's farm map drawn by hand rather than with GPS
4. A member growing a second crop not covered by the certificate

Question 10 · hard

Why are national GAP schemes such as ASEAN GAP or IndG.A.P. often benchmarked to GLOBALG.A.P.?

1. Benchmarking makes national schemes legally binding in all importing countries and markets
2. Benchmarking lets local schemes act as a stepping stone to export markets at lower cost
3. Benchmarking is required by the World Trade Organization for every food export
4. Benchmarking removes the need for any audit of farms in the national scheme