3. Question 1
PIF stands for:
A. Project Identification Form
B. Project Information Form
C. Implementation Framework
D. Perfectly Incremental Fishery
E. Project Integration Facility
4. Question 2
Which of the following is NOT reported in the GEF’s annual PIR process:
A. Project Financial Status
B. Project Implementation Progress
C. Project preparation Progress
D. Lessons Learned
E. Changes in Project Objectives or Outcomes
5. Question 3
Which of the Following is NOT a GEF IW Stress reduction Indicator?
A. Hectares of Conserved/Protected Habitat
C. Municipal Wastewater Pollution Reduction
(mt N/year)
B.
/year of water saved through use
efficiency measures
D. Practicing Daily Tai Chi
E. Reducing Fishing Pressure (% Reduction in Fleet Size)
6. Question 4
A World Bank/FAO study estimated the annual global
economic loss due to overfishing as about:
A. US$ 100 million
B. US$50 billion
C. US$1 trillion
D. US$7 billion
E. US$500 billion
7. Question 5
GEF Agency Fees are Utilized for:
A. GEF Project and Portfolio Oversight
B. Project Management
C. Organizing Office Parties at TGIF’s
D. Infrastructure Development
E. Core Budget Support to Government
8. Question 6
Which of the following stakeholders would NOT
normally be part of a GEF IW project steering committee:
A. Government Representatives
B. GEF Agency Representatives
C. NGO Representatives
D. STAP Members
E. Executing Agency Representatives
9. Question 7
GEF Approval is Required for Changes to the
Project Logistical Framework When:
A. Project Outcomes and/or Objectives are Altered
B. Decreased in Size of Hypoxic Area in a
Shared LME
C. New Risks to Project Implementation are
Identified
D. Mr. Spock deems the log frame “Illogical”
E. Adaptive management Suggests Replacing some Activities
with New Ones
10. Question 8
At Which Point in Project Implementation is the
GEF IW Tracking Tool NOT Reported?
A. Mid-Point
B. First Year
C. Last Year
D. Hourly
11. Question 9
Which of the following is NOT a GEF Process Indicator?
A. Adopted Strategic Action Programme
B. Decrease in Size of Hypoxic Area in a
Shared LME
C. Multi-Country Agreement on Regional
Water Body Legal Framework
D. Completed Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis
E. Established an Operational Inter-Ministerial Committees
12. Question 10
Which of the Following is NOT Cash Co-Financing?
A. Governmental Funds for Staff to
Attend Meetings
B. Bilateral Resources for Organizing a
Workshop
C. Government Staff Time
D. EU Grant to a GEF Agency
E. Private Sector Supply and Equipment Donations
13. Question 11
Which of the Following does NOT Contribute to Project Sustainability?
A. Increased Dependence on GEF Financing
as other Sources Dwindle
B. Increased Government Financing of
Regional Water Body Institution
C. Measureable Increase in Public Awareness
D. Implementation of a Payment of
about the Project and the Issues being
Ecosystem Services Scheme
Addressed
E. Increase in Public and Private Investment Targeting Priority Transboundary Issue
14. Question 12
IW: LEARN Stands for:
A. International Workshop for Leading Edge
Approaches to Registering Nurses
B. International Waters Leaking Everywhere
and Ruining Norway
C. International Waters Learning Exchange
and Resource Network
D. International Waters Legal Exchange
and Registry Network
E. International Waters Learning Emporium and Resource Node
15. Question 13
Which GEF IW Project had the Largest Number of Governments to
Endorse a SAP?
A. Guinea Current LME
B. Carribean Sea LME
C. Danube Current LME
D. Benguela Current LME
E. Nubian LME
16. Question 14
Which of the Following is NOT a GEF IW Socioeconomic Indicator?
A. Improvements in Incomes of Fishermen in a
Sustainably Managed Fishery
B. Reduction in Water-Related Diseases due to
Improved Wastewater Treatment
C. Increases in Fishery Export Earnings
D. Income Streams to Local Community
from a Blue Carbon Project
E. Increase in Sturgeon Caviar Exports by Organized Crime
17. Question 15
The Volume of Renewable Water Resources in the
Nubian Sandstone Aquifer is:
A. 8,000
B. 500
C. 110,000
D. 0
E. 31,000
18. Question 16
Ocean Acidification is Caused by:
A. Increased Oil Spills, such as in the
Gulf of Mexico
B. Whale Excreta
C. Dissolution of Anthropologic CO2 Emissions
into the Ocean forming Carbonic Acid
D. Spillage of Acidic
Softdrinks into the Oceans
E. Climate Change
19. Question 17
Which of the Following Water Bodies would NOT be
Eligible for a GEF IW Interventions?
B. Lake Baikal
A. Lake Chad
C. Lake Tanganyika
D. Lake Michigan
E. Lake Titicaca
20. Question 18
How Many Countries have 95% of their Territory
Within Transbounary Basin?
A. 33
B. 7
C. 65
D. 153
E. 0
21. Question 19
Which of the Following is NOT a GEF-5 Strategic Objective
B. Catalyze Multi-State Cooperation to
A. Catalyze Multi-State Cooperation to Balance
Integrate Management of Land, Water,
Conflicting Water Uses in Transboundary Surface Biodiversity, Coastal and Marine Resources
and Groundwater Basins while Considering
while building Climate Resilience
Climatic Variability and Change
C. Catalyze Multi-State Cooperation to
Rebuild Marine Fisheries and Reduce
Pollution of Coasts and Large Marine
Ecosystems while Considering Climatic
Variability and Change
D. Support Foundational Capacity Building,
Portfolio Learning, and Targeted Research Needs
for Ecosystem-based, Joint Management of
Transboundary Water Systems
E. Promote Effective Management of Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
22. Question 20
The principal basis of incrementality in the GEF International Waters focal area is:
A. Globally significant biodiversity
C. Addressing transboundary waters
issues
B. Marginal cost of water
D. Projects proceeding step by step
E. Ensuring delivery of national benefits
23. Question 21
International Waters historically represents about what percentage of GEF
financial allocations across all the focal areas:
A. 12%
B. 30%
C. 5%
D. 53%
E. o.07
24. Question 22
Which of the following is NOT a preferred competency of a
GEF IW project manager:
A. Diplomatic skills
B. Impatience and intolerance
C. Personnel management skills D. Strong technical background
E. Team-building skills
25. Question 23
Which of these is NOT a key stage in the overall cycle of
GEF support to improving management of a shared waterbody:
A. Implementation of agreed regional and
national governance reforms
B. Negotiation of agreed action programme of
legal, policy and institutional reforms
C. Agreement on transboundary priorities
based on sound science and economics
D. Creating and/or strengthening of
regional waterbody institution
E. Selling off equipment at project closure
26. Question 24
With catalytic support from PEMSEA over nearly twenty years,
what percentage of the East Asian Seas coastline is now under some form
of Integrated Coastal Management
A. 98%
C. 12%
E. 0.6%
B. 34%
D. 3%
27. Question 25
Which of the Following Scenarios do GEF IW Project Managers
NOT need to be prepared for?
A. Project Extensions
C. Staff Conflict Resolution
B. Budget Shortfalls
D. Large Annual Bonuses
E. Negative Publicity about the Project in the Media
28. Question 26
Which of the Following is NOT a GEF Agency?
A. UNDP
C. IFAD
B. FAO
D. UNICEF
E. WWF
29. Question 27
Which of the Following is NOT One of the Five LME Modules?
A. Pollution and Ecosystem Health
C. Shipping
B. Fish and Fisheries
D. Governance
E. Socioeconomics
30. Question 28
The GEF is Supporting Inegretaed Water Resources Management
in What Portion of the World’s Small Island Developing States?
B. 75%
A. 100%
C. 50%
D. 25%
E. 10%
31. Question 29
Which of the Following is NOT a Responsibility of an
Entity Executing a Project of Behalf of a GEF Agency?
A. Procurement
B. Personnel Contract Management
C. Arranging Travel for Meetings
D. Project Financial Management
E. Annual Project Implementation Review Reporting to GEF
32. Question 30
Which of the following is generally NOT a feature of a first year
Project Implementation Plan within a Project Inception Report:
A. Final Independent Evaluation
C. Clear Assignment of All Tasks and
Responsibilities
B. Key Activities Expected in the First Year
D. Detailed Timeline Indicating Milestone
and Deliverables
E. Expected Meetings, Reports, Etc.
33. Question 31
At Project Completion, GEF IW Project Websites Should be:
A. Deleted
C. Promoted Through
Twitter and Facebook
B. Archived Within the IW: LEARN Web Space
D. Printed out for Permanent
Storage in a File
E. …We Were Supposed to Have a Website?
34. Question 32
Which of the following is NOT a component of
effective GEF IW project Monitoring and Evaluation?
A. Project Implementation Review
C. Preparation of GEF Project
Identification Form
B. GEF IW Tracking Tool
D. Mid-Term Evaluation
E. Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
35. Question 33
The Estimated Value of the Global Ballast Water Treatment
Market Once the Convention on Ships’ Ballast Water and
Sediment Comes into Force:
A. US$100 million
B. US$35 billion
C. US$4.5 trillion
D. US$27 million
E. US$1.7 billion
36. Question 34
Which of the Following is NOT a Key Aspect of
Gender Mainstreaming in IW Projects?
A. Celebrating International Secretaries’ Day
C. Development of Gender Accountability
Mechanisms
B. Identifying Gaps in Gender Equality
D. Strong Political Commitment and Will
E. Allocation of Sufficient Resources
37. Question 35
Which of the Following is NOT a GEF IW Environmental
Status Indicator?
A. Concentration of CHL-A in the Black Sea
C. Number of Established Invasive
Species in Manila Bay
B. Cubic km of Renewable Water Resources in
the Guarani Aquifer
D. Metric Tons of Nitrogen Released Per Year
by a Wastewater Treatment Plant
E. Biomass of Tuna in the W/C Pacific Ocean
38. Question 36
Which of the Following is NOT a Rating for a
Process Indicator in the GEF IW Tracking Tool?
A. IMCs Established and Functioning, B. Number of Countries Participating
<50% Countries Participating
in the IW Project
C. SAP Developed and Adopted
by Ministries
D. RMI Established and Functioning,
>50% of Countries Contributing Dues
E. Legal Agreement Ratified and Entered Into Force
39. Question 37
The GEF IW Portfolio is Cumulatively Active in
How Many of the World’s Large Marine Ecosystems?
A. 64
B. 127
C. 6
D. 21
E. 38
40. Question 38
In a SAP, “EcoQO” means:
A. Ecosystem Quality Objective
C. Ecosystem Query Optimization
B. Ecologically Queer Origins
D. Economic Quantification Opportunity
E. Ecosystem Quantity Objective
41. Question 39
The Root Cause of Hypoxia in the NW Shelf of the Black Sea Was Primarily:
A. Discharge of Insufficiently Treated
Wastewater into the Danube
C. Too Many Fish in the Black Sea
Consuming All the Oxygen
B. Overuse of Fertilizers in the Danube
River Basin Agriculture
D. Invasion of the Comb Jellyfish
Mnemiopsis ledyi in the 1980s
E. Insufficient economic, policy and regulatory incentives
to reduce nutrient emissions from agriculture, wastewater and industry
42. Question 40
Which of the following is NOT generally part of the TDA?
A. Governance Analysis
B. Root Cause Analysis
C. Stakeholder Analysis
D. Vision Statement
E. Socioeconomic Analysis
