Climate Data Governance MCQ — 71 Practice Questions with Answers

Q1. Consider 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?

Q2. Consider 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?

Q3. Consider 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?

Q4. Consider 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?

Q5. Consider 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?