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Climate Data Governance MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Consider the following statements: 1. CRAVIS draws on authoritative sources including IMD, the Central Electricity Authority, Forest Survey of India, IIT Delhi and IITM Pune. 2. CRAVIS allows analysis at district, grid and state levels. 3. CRAVIS draws only from CEEW's internal datasets and excludes government or scientific institutions. 4. CRAVIS allows state-level analysis but not grid-level analysis. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The CEEW source names several official or scientific institutions as data sources and says CRAVIS supports district, grid and state levels. Statement 3 is false because outside authoritative sources are listed. Statement 4 is false because grid-level analysis is included.
Q2Consider the following statements: 1. ISRO describes NICES as an effort for national-level climate database generation for climate studies and impact assessment. 2. NICES is a multi-institutional effort involving ISRO/DOS centres, other ministries or departments and other research institutions. 3. ISRO says NICES geophysical products pertain only to the atmosphere and not to land, ocean or cryosphere. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct because ISRO describes NICES as a national climate database effort and a multi-institutional effort. Statement 3 is incorrect because ISRO lists land, ocean, atmosphere and cryosphere as the product domains.
Q3Consider the following statements: 1. WMO climate data stewardship aims at quality, completeness and usability of climate datasets, including their metadata. 2. WMO links observation and exchange of climate data with WIGOS, WIS and partly WIPPS. 3. WMO's Global Data Management Framework for Climate is described only for immediate warning dissemination, not delayed-mode quality control or homogenization. 4. WMO climate data stewardship is restricted to global datasets and excludes national or regional datasets. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. WMO explicitly includes metadata and links observation and exchange to WIGOS, WIS and partly WIPPS. Statement 3 is false because WMO describes delayed-mode quality control, homogenization and dataset generation/management under the global framework. Statement 4 is false because national, regional and global datasets are all within the stewardship description.
Q4Consider the following statements: 1. WMO's unified data policy covers weather, climate, hydrology, ocean, atmospheric composition, cryosphere and space-weather data. 2. The policy treats free and unrestricted data exchange as a core principle. 3. Under the policy, Core data are standard practice and shall be exchanged, while Recommended data are best practice and should be exchanged. 4. WMO's list of Core and Recommended data is fixed permanently and is not meant to be updated through technical regulations. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct. WMO describes an integrated Earth-system scope, free and unrestricted exchange, and the Core/Recommended shall/should distinction. Statement 4 is false because WMO says specific details will be included and regularly updated in technical regulations.
Q5Consider the following statements about Climate Data Management Systems: 1. CDMSs are meant only for short-term weather forecasts, not long-term climate time series. 2. WMO says CDMSs reduce data access and security for users. 3. In quality control, WMO says detected errors must be retained unchanged and should not be corrected. Which of the statements given above are correct?
All three statements are incorrect. WMO emphasizes long-term climate instrumental time series, says CDMSs improve data access and security, and says errors must be detected and eliminated, with correct values replacing them where possible while retaining originals.
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6Consider the following statements: 1. WCDMP is a sub-program of the World Climate Programme and coordinates WMO climate-system monitoring internationally. 2. WCDMP priorities include guidance to WMO Members on climate data, climate assessment and monitoring. 3. WCDMP gives particular emphasis to data rescue, climate data management systems and approved methods for analysing climate trends and extremes. 4. WCDMP is confined to publishing annual reports and does not support capacity building or training. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Consider the following statements about climate data quality control in CDMSs: 1. Quality-control processes should ensure that data is checked and, as far as possible, error-free. 2. Errors from station site, instruments, transmission or data entry stages must be detected and eliminated. 3. WMO says original values should always be deleted once corrected values are inserted. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Consider the following statements: 1. The WMO Unified Data Policy guides international exchange of weather, climate and related Earth-system data. 2. The WMO Unified Data Policy is described as an agreement among WMO's 193 Member States and Territories. 3. The WMO Unified Data Policy applies only to space-weather data and excludes climate data. 4. The WMO Unified Data Policy is an arrangement of 93 members, not 193 members. Which of the statements given above are correct?
9Consider the following statements: 1. Knowledge of station history increases confidence that remaining variations in a climate time series reflect actual climate variability and change. 2. Metadata can record units, special codes, corrections, quality-control procedures and homogenization adjustments. 3. Complete station metadata are derived only from the observed data themselves, not from station documentation. 4. Maintaining comprehensive and updated station documentation is important for high-quality climate datasets. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements about WMO climate data stewardship: 1. Data rescue involves accessing, organizing and preserving recorded observations and environmental data at risk of being lost. 2. WMO climate data stewardship aims at quality, completeness and usability of climate datasets. 3. WMO climate data stewardship excludes metadata from its scope. Which of the statements given above are correct?
11Consider the following statements: 1. WMO describes long-term, high-quality and reliable climate instrumental time series as key for robust assessments of climate variability and change. 2. WMO says Climate Data Management Systems improve data access and security and provide greater utility for users. 3. In WMO's quality-control approach, errors detected in climate data must be retained unchanged and should not be replaced even where correct values are available. 4. WMO links national-level climate data management with the WMO Information System architecture for discovery, access and retrieval of historical climate data. Which of the statements given above are correct?
12Consider the following statements about transparency under the UNFCCC: 1. Climate transparency refers only to collecting climate information, not reporting or review. 2. UNFCCC transparency arrangements make regular data available on GHG emissions, policies, targets, impacts, adaptation and support. 3. Transparency is unrelated to the Paris Agreement. Which of the statements given above are correct?
13Consider the following statements about climate transparency under the UNFCCC: 1. Climate transparency includes both reporting and review of relevant climate information and data. 2. UNFCCC transparency arrangements make regular data available on GHG emissions, policies, targets, impacts, adaptation and support needs. 3. Climate transparency is limited to emission data and excludes adaptation information. Which of the statements given above are correct?
14Consider the following statements: 1. BTRs under the Enhanced Transparency Framework include information on national inventory reports, progress towards NDCs, policies and measures, impacts, adaptation and support. 2. BTR submissions consist of a textual report along with tabular formats such as CRTs and CTFs. 3. A national inventory report may be submitted as a stand-alone report and is composed of a national inventory document and CRTs. 4. The BTR process requires only narrative reports and does not use tabular reporting formats. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15Which platform did Piyush Goyal launch on 29 April 2026 for district-level climate analysis?