Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Over the past decade, interest in
cybersecurity has increased as the number of cyberattacks on government
administrations’ networks, water regulation systems and power plants targeting
system applications rises.
Binty has been asked to address an
audience on the topic of cybersecurity. She has read different articles and
reports and arrived at the following conclusions:
If kept up-to-date, older professional
software is less vulnerable than the latest software.
Unstable Internet connections make it
more difficult to quickly detect cyberattacks.
Internet-accessible system applications
are difficult to hack if the right protocols are followed.
People often do not follow the
protocols. However, most violations of the protocols are unintentional.
People violate the protocols more often
at work than at home.
Mobile applications that enable access
to system applications are difficult to hack.
Organizations that have received
mandatory cybersecurity training are 15 times less vulnerable to hackers than
organizations that have not received such training.
Which one of the following
recommendations has the biggest positive impact on cybersecurity?
Provide mandatory training and
_________.
Select one:
discourage
people from working from home using an internet connection
heavily
sanction people who intentionally violate protocols
invest
in a stable Internet connection
provide
employees with mobile devices …
Read each passage and answer the
question that follows.
A polling station in voting district Z
of the province of Merveria has made an allegation that a police unit
intimidated voters on election day. There are three voting districts (X, Y and
Z) and five police units based in the province, identified as units A, B, C, D
and E.
Marcin is trying to determine which
police unit was in district Z on election day and has the following information
on police activities on that day:
There was only one police unit in
district X.
Three police units were in district Y.
Unit D was the only police unit in
district X.
Units D and E were not in the same
district.
Units B and C were in a different
district from unit A.
Which three items of
information does Marcin need to confirm which police unit was in district Z?
Select one:
Items
1, 4 and 5
Items
1, 2 and 5
Items 2, 3 and 4
Items
2, 3 and 5
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
Research into post-conflict nations in
1980 concluded that nations were less likely to lapse back into states of
conflict if steady development aid were provided directly to Governments, as
opposed to direct intervention which aims to impose solutions on local
populations. As a result of this research, most donor nations shifted their
funding models from direct intervention to national-level financial aid. In
2010, however, researchers found that post-conflict nations, on average, were
worse off than they had been before 1980 despite there having been no increase
in overall levels of reported government corruption.
Which of the following, if true, best resolves the contradiction in
the research finding in the above passage?
Select one:
On
average, donor nations tended to provide variable or sporadic development aid.
Government
corruption meant that only a portion of aid was ever used as intended.
There
were more post-conflict countries in 2010 than there were in 1980.
The
post-conflict development agenda had changed significantly by 2010.
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
Ceren is working for a peacekeeping
mission that has experienced conflicts between different rebel groups. The
mission aims to serve as an impartial mediator of the conflict through
meetings. Today, Ceren has been informed that a group of five people, Tumoka,
Umar, Vassar, Jacob and Asoku, who are the key members of the two rebel groups,
the KiKi and the Mimi, will visit her to discuss their concerns. Ceren needs to
know which rebel group each visitor belongs to before the meeting; however, she
has only the following information:
Umar and Asoku belong to different rebel
groups.
Tumoka and Jacob belong to the same
rebel group.
Vassar and Umar don't belong to the
Kiki.
Accordingly, which of the following
would definitely be an incorrect assumption that Ceren should
avoid?
________ is a member of the
__________.
Select one:
Umar;
Mimi
Jacob;
Mimi
Asoku;
KiKi
Vassar;
Mimi
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
Toni is preparing a presentation that he is going to give to colleagues
entitled, The Future of Addressing Refugee Crises. At the end of his
presentation, Toni will make recommendations. Read what Toni is going to
say about the Roles of the State and of Private Enterprise and decide which
recommendation would be most consistent with what he says earlier.
Historically, the three main durable
solutions to a refugee crisis — resettlement, repatriation, and local
integration — have all been about reintegrating refugees into a state.
Increasingly, however, the private sector is playing a role. Recently,
the IKEA Foundation, for example, gave the largest private sector grant in the
history of the United Nations to UNHCR, donating €110 million. Other
multinational corporations are also increasingly engaging with the work of
UNHCR. Private enterprise can mobilize resources almost instantly compared with
most state entities. However, it would only take one case of serious
exploitation to discredit the potential role of business and undermine its
potential contribution to refugee protection.
On the basis of what he plans to say during his presentation, which recommendation should
Toni make at the end of it?
Select one:
States
should not be considered solely responsible for protecting the human rights of
refugees under all circumstances.
States,
and the international community, should be the first to address refugee crises.
Private
sector corporations should be encouraged to lead efforts to address refugee
crises.
Clear
ethical rules and principles should be in place to guide private sector
engagement with refugee assistance.
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Submission by the Mayor of Castell-Foy
“It is our assertion that it is
inappropriate to have unarmed police officers serving on the streets of
Castell-Foy and is contrary to our traditional policing expectations and
practices. It also puts unarmed officers at greater risk of harm than their armed
counterparts.
A review of data on aggression towards
police officers shows that, in the post-conflict turmoil, police officers face
on average 112 potentially violent interactions every month. Typically, 38 of
those result in actual violence. They, in turn, lead to a minor injury to a
police officer in 32 per cent of cases and more significant harm in 4 per cent
of cases.
Furthermore, these data show that an
unarmed officer will receive a minor injury in 41 per cent of these cases and
significant harm in 6 per cent. We deem it unacceptable to put our unarmed
officers at this kind of risk and conclude that the increase in the chance of
harm to an unarmed police officer is intolerable.”
Which one of the following facts
would strengthen the argument described in the passage above?
Select one:
63
per cent of potentially violent interactions involving unarmed police officers
ended in actual violence.
In
Castell-Foy, unarmed police officers are given more negotiation training than
their armed colleagues.
13
per cent of the incidents of significant harm inflicted on unarmed police
officers lead to a permanent disability.
Studies
show that armed officers feel more confident about dealing with potentially
violent interactions than their unarmed counterparts.
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Over the past decade, interest in
cybersecurity has increased as the number of cyberattacks on government
administrations’ networks, water regulation systems and power plants targeting
system applications rises.
Binty has been asked to address an
audience on the topic of cybersecurity. She has read different articles and
reports and arrived at the following conclusions:
If kept up-to-date, older professional
software is less vulnerable than the latest software.
Unstable Internet connections make it
more difficult to quickly detect cyberattacks.
Internet-accessible system applications
are difficult to hack if the right protocols are followed.
People often do not follow the
protocols. However, most violations of the protocols are unintentional.
People violate the protocols more often
at work than at home.
Mobile applications that enable access
to system applications are difficult to hack.
Organizations that have received
mandatory cybersecurity training are 15 times less vulnerable to hackers than
organizations that have not received such training.
Which one of the following
recommendations has the biggest positive impact on cybersecurity?
Provide mandatory training and
_________.
Select one:
discourage
people from working from home using an internet connection
heavily
sanction people who intentionally violate protocols
invest
in a stable Internet connection
provide
employees with mobile devices
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
During a meeting, political affairs
officers discussed the situation in the region of Pulmar. In this region,
tension exists between three groups: the Tubram, the Martuk and the Pravit. One
of the officers said that the different groups accused each other of being
corrupt. These mutual accusations do not have objective grounds, since research
has shown that the prevalence of corruption in the three subgroups is
proportionally the same.
Subsequently, the officers looked at the
following graphs.
Based on these graphs, what would be
the best conclusion to draw?
Select one:
The
Martuk are overrepresented in convictions for corruption.
The
Pravit were underrepresented in convictions for corruption 50 years ago but are
currently overrepresented.
Since
the 1990s, the population subgroups have been equally represented in
convictions. This is a correct representation of the equal prevalence of
corruption.
The
Tubram were underrepresented in convictions for corruption 50 years ago but are
currently overrepresented.
Which of the following would be a
reasonable conclusion for Nese to make from the figures above?
Select one:
Annual
increases in Safety & Security funding corresponded with increases in
Protection funding in the following year.
There
was an inverse relationship between funding for Economic Recovery &
Infrastructure and funding for Safety & Security.
Annual
increases in Landmine Action funding corresponded with reduced funding for all
other sectors during the same year.
There
was an inverse relationship between funding for Economic Recovery &
Infrastructure and funding for Landmine Action.
Read each passage and answer the
question that follows.
Chief Inspector Tanaka is planning
police patrols in the region of Marisberg. Her unit has forty officers, 20 of
whom are female. To improve planning, she consults the following analysis of
data collected during previous patrols in the region.
Recent data gathered on the policing
operations in post-conflict operations in Marisberg suggest that gender has an
effect on responses from the local population. The presence of female police
officers generally reduces hostility towards police patrols. The higher the
proportion of females in the patrol, the more marked the effect. In rural
areas, older local males are less likely to co-operate with directions given
directly by a female or young male police officer than those given by an older
male colleague. This effect appears to be more extreme at night. Female
officers have been found to be far more effective when gathering evidence from
female witnesses.
Assuming that the results of the
analysis have been thoroughly replicated and are in fact true, which of the
following would be the most reasonable way for Chief Inspector Tanaka
to plan the police patrols?
Select one:
Ensure
that all patrols have a mix of male and female police officers.
Ensure
that all patrols have more male than female police officers.
Have
all male patrols in rural areas and at night but otherwise have mixed patrols.
Have
some patrols that are mixed gender and some that are entirely female.
Which of the following would be a valid
conclusion that Yang can draw?
Online voting is more likely to be used
by____________________________________.
Select one:
more
educated voters in country B, but not in country A
wealthier
voters in country A, but not in country B
wealthier
voters in country B, but not in country A
more
educated voters in country A, but not in country B
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Submission by the Mayor of Castell-Foy
“It is our assertion that it is
inappropriate to have unarmed police officers serving on the streets of
Castell-Foy and is contrary to our traditional policing expectations and
practices. It also puts unarmed officers at greater risk of harm than their armed
counterparts.
A review of data on aggression towards
police officers shows that, in the post-conflict turmoil, police officers face
on average 112 potentially violent interactions every month. Typically, 38 of
those result in actual violence. They, in turn, lead to a minor injury to a
police officer in 32 per cent of cases and more significant harm in 4 per cent
of cases.
Furthermore, these data show that an
unarmed officer will receive a minor injury in 41 per cent of these cases and
significant harm in 6 per cent. We deem it unacceptable to put our unarmed
officers at this kind of risk and conclude that the increase in the chance of
harm to an unarmed police officer is intolerable.”
Which one of the following facts
would strengthen the argument described in the passage above?
Select one:
63
per cent of potentially violent interactions involving unarmed police officers
ended in actual violence.
In
Castell-Foy, unarmed police officers are given more negotiation training than
their armed colleagues.
13
per cent of the incidents of significant harm inflicted on unarmed police
officers lead to a permanent disability.
Studies
show that armed officers feel more confident about dealing with potentially
violent interactions than their unarmed counterparts.
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Su works as a corrections officer in
Parawe, a post-conflict country that is experiencing violence among three major
ethnic groups: Arnstown, Buletti and Cedars. At present, the level of violence
inflicted by prison officers against prisoners is a cause for concern. There
are four established prisons in Parawe. In prisons one, two and three, it is
reported that about 20 per cent of a random representative sample of prisoners
experience abuse. This figure is much higher in prison four, reaching levels as
high as 55 per cent. While the first three prisons have prisoners and prison
officers from the same ethnic group, prison four is a mixed ethnic prison with
at least 70 per cent of prisoners originating from the Cedars region. Su
concludes that the violence against prisoners by prison officers in prison four
had an ethnic basis, specifically targeting those from the Cedars region.
Which of the following would best support Su’s conclusion?
Prison officers for prison four were
drawn ________________.
Select one:
from
Buletti and Cedars
from
Arnstown and Buletti
in
equal parts from all three regions
from
Arnstown and Cedars
Which one of Kim’s conclusion is
correct given the data presented in the above table?
Select one:
The
number of onsets of violent events rose over the period considered.
From
the 1960s onwards, there was a steady increase in the number of onsets of
violence in countries with a previous conflict.
The
proportion of countries with “a previous conflict” rose over the period
considered.
There
were 33 instances of onsets of violence in countries with no previous conflict
during the 1990s.
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
Toni is preparing a presentation that he is going to give to colleagues
entitled, The Future of Addressing Refugee Crises. At the end of his
presentation, Toni will make recommendations. Read what Toni is going to
say about the Roles of the State and of Private Enterprise and decide which
recommendation would be most consistent with what he says earlier.
Historically, the three main durable
solutions to a refugee crisis — resettlement, repatriation, and local
integration — have all been about reintegrating refugees into a state.
Increasingly, however, the private sector is playing a role. Recently,
the IKEA Foundation, for example, gave the largest private sector grant in the
history of the United Nations to UNHCR, donating €110 million. Other
multinational corporations are also increasingly engaging with the work of
UNHCR. Private enterprise can mobilize resources almost instantly compared with
most state entities. However, it would only take one case of serious
exploitation to discredit the potential role of business and undermine its
potential contribution to refugee protection.
On the basis of what he plans to say during his presentation, which recommendation should
Toni make at the end of it?
Select one:
States
should not be considered solely responsible for protecting the human rights of
refugees under all circumstances.
States,
and the international community, should be the first to address refugee crises.
Private
sector corporations should be encouraged to lead efforts to address refugee
crises.
Clear
ethical rules and principles should be in place to guide private sector
engagement with refugee assistance.
Ceren is working for a peacekeeping
mission that has experienced conflicts between different rebel groups. The
mission aims to serve as an impartial mediator of the conflict through
meetings. Today, Ceren has been informed that a group of five people, Tumoka,
Umar, Vassar, Jacob and Asoku, who are the key members of the two rebel groups,
the KiKi and the Mimi, will visit her to discuss their concerns. Ceren needs to
know which rebel group each visitor belongs to before the meeting; however, she
has only the following information:
Umar and Asoku belong to different rebel
groups.
Tumoka and Jacob belong to the same
rebel group.
Vassar and Umar don't belong to the
Kiki.
Accordingly, which of the following
would definitely be an incorrect assumption that Ceren should
avoid?
________ is a member of the
__________.
Select one:
Umar;
Mimi
Jacob;
Mimi
Asoku;
KiKi
Vassar;
Mimi
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
Konika’s manager has asked him to assess
whether there will be sufficient parliamentary support for a proposed
legislation for judicial reform. Konika knows that the four political parties,
the Blues, the Greens, the Reds and the Yellows, are waiting for the results of
a recent public opinion poll on the judiciary before deciding how to vote.
Konika has been asked to determine how many parties will vote for the
legislation if the poll results are negative. He knows the
following information:
The Yellows will vote against the
legislation if the poll results are negative. If the results are neutral or
positive, they will vote for it.
If the poll results are positive, the
Blues will abstain. Otherwise, they will vote against the legislation.
The Reds will abstain if the poll
results are negative. Otherwise, they will vote for it.
The Greens will vote against the
legislation if the Yellows vote for it. Otherwise, they will vote the same way
as the Blues.
From the information that Konika has,
how many parties will vote for the legislation if the poll results are negative?
Select one:
One
None
Two
Three
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
An impeccable logic makes arms embargoes
a potentially powerful instrument in the array of United Nations peace- and
security-building mechanisms. By denying aggressors and human rights abusers
the implements of war and repression, arms embargoes contribute directly to
preventing and reducing the level of armed conflict. There could hardly be a
more appropriate tool for international peacemaking. Moreover, in constricting
the supply of only specific weapons and military-related goods and services,
and in denying them to ruling elites, their armies and other violent
combatants, arms embargoes constitute the best example of a smart sanction. Not
only do arms embargoes avoid doing harm to vulnerable and innocent civilian
populations, but the better the embargoes’ enforcement, the more innocent lives
are likely to be saved.
Which of the following is an underlying
assumption of the main argument?
Arms embargoes_________________.
Select one:
can
target rebel movements fighting against a legitimate government.
require
the successful accumulation of appropriate information.
are
the most beneficial form of sanction if imposed properly.
are
best applied against governments posing a threat to civilian populations.
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
Research into post-conflict nations in
1980 concluded that nations were less likely to lapse back into states of
conflict if steady development aid were provided directly to Governments, as
opposed to direct intervention which aims to impose solutions on local
populations. As a result of this research, most donor nations shifted their
funding models from direct intervention to national-level financial aid. In
2010, however, researchers found that post-conflict nations, on average, were
worse off than they had been before 1980 despite there having been no increase
in overall levels of reported government corruption.
Which of the following, if true, best resolves the contradiction in
the research finding in the above passage?
Select one:
On
average, donor nations tended to provide variable or sporadic development aid.
Government
corruption meant that only a portion of aid was ever used as intended.
There
were more post-conflict countries in 2010 than there were in 1980.
The
post-conflict development agenda had changed significantly by 2010.
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
allows the United States of America, the Russian Federation, China, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and France to have nuclear
weapons if they commit themselves to eventually disarming. Nuclear
countries have, however, recently embarked on highly ambitious and costly
programmes, largely unexamined outside national security circles, to renew the
strategic and tactical weapons in their arsenals. The race for ever-more
nuclear weapons has become, instead, a race for ever-better, ever-sleeker and
ever-stealthier weapons. These transformations and upgrades, designed to
make weapons harder to shoot down and more precise and reliable, using smaller
yields that would create less collateral damage and less radioactive fallout,
will render them even more perilous than ever.
Which of the following, if true, would strengthen the assertion that
nuclear weapons will become more perilous than ever?
Select one:
The
world’s non-nuclear countries will now have reason to pursue their own nuclear
weapon programmes.
The
spread of nuclear weapons, if not stopped, will lead to political turmoil.
The
use of nuclear bombs will be seen as more reasonable in a limited or tactical
conflict.
Tomorrow’s
nuclear arsenals will be managed in more unpredictable ways by unstable
Governments.
Read each passage and answer the
question that follows.
Six candidates were invited to an exam,
followed by a group exercise and then a final interview. Each candidate is
represented by the following letters: A, B, C, D, E, and F. Only one candidate
will be selected for the position.
Candidates C and D were eliminated at
the conclusion of the exam, whereas Candidate A remained in the competition.
Candidate E passed the group exercise
while Candidate B was eliminated.
Candidate F participated in the group
exercise.
According to the information above,
which of the following statements MUST be true?
Select one:
Two
candidates were eliminated after the group exercise.
Candidate
B was the only candidate to fail the group exercise.
Candidates
E & F were invited to the interview.
Four
candidates participated in the group exercise.
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
Cheng is monitoring Sohusira, a country
that has recently emerged from a prolonged conflict during which government
forces fought the RFF, a rebel separatist group. There has been a recent
discovery of a single 15-ton weapon cache in the northern part of Sohusira,
which is controlled by the RRF, despite a signed ceasefire agreement. The
discovery has halted negotiations. The RRF maintains that the weapons do not
belong to them and accuse the Government of having planted them in order to
derail the peace process.
Cheng’s manager asks him, based on
reported information, to identify where the weapons were made, who brought
them in and how they were purchased. The following information is available to
Cheng:
1.The weapons discovered were either
Caarmine, or Schiene copies of Caarmine weapons, and entered the country less
than a month ago.
2.If the weapons were not purchased in
uncut diamonds, they were purchased in United States dollars.
3.The weapons entered the country either
at the Zanj or the Azania border crossing in a single truckload.
4.If the weapons entered through the
Zanj border crossing, they were either purchased in United States dollars, or
were Schiene-made, or both.
5.If the arms were Caarmine-made, the
RRF is responsible for the cache. If not, the Government planted the cache.
6.INTERPOL reported that the weapons
smuggler responsible deposited $10 million in his bank account. However, the
arms were not purchased in cash.
7.The bridge at the Azania border
crossing has been under repair for three months and, while still open for
crossing, can handle only cargo loads of 12 tons or less.
The weapons were _______, _________, and
paid for in __________.
Select one:
Schiene-made;
planted by the Government; diamonds
Schiene-made;
belonged to the RRF; diamonds
Caarmine-made;
belonged to the RRF; United States dollars
Caarmine-made;
planted by the Government; United States dollars
Aruja works for a large international
organisation and is preparing a report regarding internal conflicts. She sees a
report prepared by an independent organisation which contains the data below.
She would like to include a conclusion in her report, using the data below.
Which conclusion should Aruja
include in her report?
Select one:
The
number of internal conflicts worldwide is increasing.
The
average number of deaths per internal conflict is increasing.
The
more international conflicts there are in any given year, the more deaths there
are.
There
is a correlation between the number of conflicts and number of deaths.
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
After the announcement of the Ruritania national election results, Eli’s
manager has asked him to evaluate the results and draw some conclusions
regarding the nature of the election.
Which of the following conclusions would be the most accurate given the
election data presented in the table?
Select one:
The
candidate with the majority of votes in district 1 would also most likely have
the majority of national votes.
Low
voter turnout in districts 2 and 3 had a significant impact on overall turnout.
The
results of district 1 will have the most impact on the national election
results.
Low
voter turnout in district 2 was most likely due to voter intimidation.
Read each passage and answer the
question that follows.
A polling station in voting district Z
of the province of Merveria has made an allegation that a police unit
intimidated voters on election day. There are three voting districts (X, Y and
Z) and five police units based in the province, identified as units A, B, C, D
and E.
Marcin is trying to determine which
police unit was in district Z on election day and has the following information
on police activities on that day:
There was only one police unit in
district X.
Three police units were in district Y.
Unit D was the only police unit in
district X.
Units D and E were not in the same
district.
Units B and C were in a different
district from unit A.
Which three items of
information does Marcin need to confirm which police unit was in district Z?
Select one:
Items
1, 4 and 5
Items
1, 2 and 5
Items
2, 3 and 4
Items
2, 3 and 5
Read each passage and answer the
question that follows.
Diana is working on a report on the
United Nations response to mass atrocities. She would like to include a
recommendation based on the following extract.
Human Rights Up Front Initiative
The Secretary-General’s Human Rights Up
Front initiative speaks to the essence of the United Nations. It is a lens
through which the Organization will re-examine how it responds to threats of
serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and
thereby identify the actions needed to prevent the kinds of avoidable mass
atrocities that have occurred in the recent past. Its success depends on
leadership at every level: to show the courage to speak up for the values in
the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, to support staff demonstrating such courage, to encourage teamwork and
collaboration and to harness the diverse mandates of the United Nations system
with a view to the achievement of the United Nations system’s core purposes.
Based on this extract, which of the
following would be the most reasonable recommendation for Diana to
make in her report?
The United Nations
must_________________________.
Select one:
improve
how its staff respond to impending mass atrocities
increase
funding for humanitarian staff operating in fragile States
improve
its ability to manage the aftermath of mass atrocities
expand
its capacity to report human rights violations and atrocities
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Rossanna is working on a report on water
resources. She decides to summarize the following extract from a report that
she has read.
Water Scarcity
Politicians and the media often debate
short-term geopolitical issues that are not going to materialize, while
ignoring unfolding developments with long-term consequences. One of the
pressing issues often overlooked is water access and use. As water shortages
become more prevalent, compounded by the degradation of water quality, the
threat of conflict over fresh water increases. Local disputes about water use
can easily spill over into other dimensions. Global demand is already
outstripping water-renewable capacity, forcing communities to access previously
unexploited sources where water has slowly accumulated over thousands, maybe
even millions, of years. Of all the natural resources, water, and the scarcity
thereof, poses the biggest challenge because it is fundamental to human
survival.
Which of the following statements best
summarizes the extract above?
Select one:
Water
access and use will become drivers of violent international conflict.
Politicians
and the media tend to overemphasize immediate challenges.
The
importance of water is underappreciated as a geopolitical risk.
Politicians
and the media see water shortages as a serious global threat.
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Bani was asked by his manager to write a
recommendation based on the following extract on field missions.
Facilities & Services in Field Missions
The recent call made by the Organization
to move from positive-will to clear action on
improving gender diversity, which has received endorsement at all levels, was
made in full recognition of the importance of resolving cross-cutting issues
throughout the entire Organization. The growing global competition for talented
women has increased the pressure to align organization-wide policies, such as
greater efficiency and geographic diversity, with efforts to develop more
proactive talent retention strategies and practices. When it comes to the
start-up phase of field missions, the provision of adequate “female-friendly”
facilities and services needs to be the standard operating procedure. The
integration and engagement of the female workforce would greatly improve if
standards across missions were created, comprehensive reviews of the physical
environment conducted and clear timelines for addressing concerns established.
Based on this extract, which of the
following would be the most reasonable recommendation for Bani to
include?
Missions should _____________________.
Select one:
be
provided with clear guidelines on how to achieve gender balance
improve
amenities to better accommodate female staff
appoint
a senior advisor to monitor progress on gender issues
develop
communications strategies to retain female staff
Read each passage and answer the
question that follows.
Henrietta is looking into the impacts of
conflict on development for a policy document that she is working on. She would
like to include a summary from this passage.
Conflict and Development
People in fragile and conflict-affected
States are more than twice as likely to be undernourished as those in other
developing countries, more than three times as likely to be unable to send
their children to school, twice as likely to see their children die before age
5, and more than twice as likely to lack clean water. On average, a country
that experienced major violence over the period from 1981 to 2005 has a poverty
rate 21 percentage points higher than a country that saw no violence. A similar
picture emerges for subnational areas affected by violence in richer and more
stable countries — areas where development lags behind.
Based on this extract, which represents
the best summary for Henrietta to include in her policy document?
Violence and conflict-affected
populations ______________________.
Select one:
experience
long-lasting negative impacts
pay
a heavy financial opportunity cost
tend
to be in developing countries
suffer
from a lack of available resources
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
Deployment of Standby Partners
The Secretariat is developing a set of
guidelines for standby partners supporting the United Nations in humanitarian
emergencies, and will invite NGOs, donors and government agencies to establish
strategic arrangements that would enable their capabilities as standby partners
to be quickly and effectively drawn on under-defined conditions and during
defined time periods. These standby capabilities will become part of the
Humanitarian Response Capability Readiness System and are expected to provide
additional capacity and expertise during the early phase of emergency response.
Potential arrangements for rapid and time-bound redeployment of assets and
capabilities from existing operations to meet initial needs during crises will
also be explored. While such arrangements are not a substitute for properly
resourced and structured deployments, they could provide alternative means to
respond to emergencies.
What conclusion can
be drawn from this passage? Choose the best answer below.
Standby partners ______________________.
Select one:
are
part of a strategic framework to reduce the need for regular deployments
provide
short-term surge capacity to humanitarian emergencies
are
more specialized than staff sent on regular, structured deployments
fulfil
a political imperative rather than a practical need
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Misha is looking into reports related to
transitions in peace operations. She would like to make a recommendation based
on the following extract.
Transitions of Peace Operations
Based on a report by the High-level
Independent Panel on Peace Operations
United Nations (UN) peace operations
must, from the outset, work towards grounding peace in a way that would render
their support obsolete. It would benefit the peace process if progress in
relation to the package of measures agreed upon with the host government were
regularly reviewed, and the mandate and the UN’s support to developments on the
ground were adapted over time. This could include a limited set of carefully
selected benchmarks that focus on efforts that would most successfully deepen,
broaden and sustain peace. It is essential that ongoing analysis and impact
measurement be undertaken with national and UN partners so that they may take
on and advance work initially carried out by UN peace operations.
Having read this extract, which of the
following would be the most reasonable recommendation for Misha to
make regarding transitional measures?
Select one:
Transitional
policies and processes of the UN should be driven by an external, neutral third
party.
A
continuous assessment of local circumstances should inform the UN’s mandate
during the peace process.
Mission
transition stakeholders should establish clear lines of reporting and
accountability.
National
and UN partners should direct transitional measures from the outset.
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Vaisua is working on a report on human
trafficking. He decides to summarize the following extract from a report
that he has read.
Internal Displacement
The level of internal displacement
associated with conflict and disasters is rising every year. This mainly
affects low- and lower-middle income countries, where governments struggle to
cope with, respond to and recover sustainably from the impact of internal
displacement. Currently, internally displaced persons outnumber refugees
by two to one worldwide. Yet international policy tends to focus on the needs
of refugees and migrants, not those of internally displaced persons. Some
countries lose the attention of the international community, only to re-emerge
once new waves of internal displacement threaten stability. This indicates that
the underlying causes of conflict and displacement remain unaddressed.
Consequently, displacement will continue to take a heavy toll on communities
and national economies, unless the drivers of conflict, poverty, environmental
damage and State fragility are addressed.
Which of the following best
summarizes the extract above?
Internal displacement is both _______
and ______.
Select one:
recurrent;
damaging
growing;
misinterpreted
unresolved;
contested
consistent;
unmanageable
Read each passage and answer the
question that follows.
Diana is working on a report on the
United Nations response to mass atrocities. She would like to include a
recommendation based on the following extract.
Human Rights Up Front Initiative
The Secretary-General’s Human Rights Up
Front initiative speaks to the essence of the United Nations. It is a lens
through which the Organization will re-examine how it responds to threats of
serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and
thereby identify the actions needed to prevent the kinds of avoidable mass
atrocities that have occurred in the recent past. Its success depends on
leadership at every level: to show the courage to speak up for the values in
the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, to support staff demonstrating such courage, to encourage teamwork and
collaboration and to harness the diverse mandates of the United Nations system
with a view to the achievement of the United Nations system’s core purposes.
Based on this extract, which of the
following would be the most reasonable recommendation for Diana to
make in her report?
The United Nations
must_________________________.
Select one:
improve
how its staff respond to impending mass atrocities
increase
funding for humanitarian staff operating in fragile States
improve
its ability to manage the aftermath of mass atrocities
expand
its capacity to report human rights violations and atrocities
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Vaisua is working on a report on human
trafficking. He decides to summarize the following extract from a report
that he has read.
Internal Displacement
The level of internal displacement
associated with conflict and disasters is rising every year. This mainly
affects low- and lower-middle income countries, where governments struggle to
cope with, respond to and recover sustainably from the impact of internal
displacement. Currently, internally displaced persons outnumber refugees
by two to one worldwide. Yet international policy tends to focus on the needs
of refugees and migrants, not those of internally displaced persons. Some
countries lose the attention of the international community, only to re-emerge
once new waves of internal displacement threaten stability. This indicates that
the underlying causes of conflict and displacement remain unaddressed.
Consequently, displacement will continue to take a heavy toll on communities
and national economies, unless the drivers of conflict, poverty, environmental
damage and State fragility are addressed.
Which of the following best
summarizes the extract above?
Internal displacement is both _______
and ______.
Select one:
recurrent;
damaging
growing;
misinterpreted
unresolved;
contested
consistent;
unmanageable
Read the passage below and select the
best answer.
Hiring of a New Liaison Officer
Bharat was not greatly welcomed when he
started his post as the new Liaison Officer. He lacked his predecessor’s charm
and easy manner and local partner organizations demonstrated some initial
hostility toward him, even going so far as to ask for his removal within a week
of his arrival on post. Many recall that his predecessor considered many of the
local partners as friends and regularly socialized with them outside of work.
Their hostility was soon overcome as it became clear that Bharat was knowledgeable
and a person of high integrity. Within weeks, partner organizations were
bringing issues to him that they had been reluctant to address with his
predecessor for fear of creating conflict.
What conclusion can be drawn from this passage? Choose the best
answer below.
Select one:
Partner
organizations should advise on hiring decisions when partnerships are at risk.
Liaison
Officers should avoid personal relationships with local partners.
Trustworthy
and credible Liaison Officers produce productive partnerships.
Being
friendly and agreeable is the most important quality for a Liaison Officer.
Read the question below and select the
best answer.
Deployment of Standby Partners
The Secretariat is developing a set of
guidelines for standby partners supporting the United Nations in humanitarian
emergencies, and will invite NGOs, donors and government agencies to establish
strategic arrangements that would enable their capabilities as standby partners
to be quickly and effectively drawn on under-defined conditions and during
defined time periods. These standby capabilities will become part of the
Humanitarian Response Capability Readiness System and are expected to provide
additional capacity and expertise during the early phase of emergency response.
Potential arrangements for rapid and time-bound redeployment of assets and
capabilities from existing operations to meet initial needs during crises will
also be explored. While such arrangements are not a substitute for properly
resourced and structured deployments, they could provide alternative means to
respond to emergencies.
What conclusion can
be drawn from this passage? Choose the best answer below.
Standby partners ______________________.
Select one:
are
part of a strategic framework to reduce the need for regular deployments
provide
short-term surge capacity to humanitarian emergencies
are
more specialized than staff sent on regular, structured deployments
fulfil
a political imperative rather than a practical need
Read the following paragraph and answer
the question.
Patrick is seeking to summarize notes
from interviews conducted with a number of experienced field officers. He has
been given the following passage.
Adjusting to Work in the Field
The experience of many officers working
in the field for the first time is the frustration of the different pace at
which things move compared to head offices, and the different approaches
necessary to achieve results. Without an understanding of the expectations and
values of local workers, organizations, and particularly governmental
organizations, delays can appear to be deliberate or even malicious. The high
motivation of the new officer and the urgency of the task are thrown into stark
contrast with the linear nature of many processes – this cannot be done until
that is complete, and that cannot be completed until the other has been
approved. Even the acquisition of the basic materials required to get things
done can provoke delays. Knowing the right people and getting the right advice
can speed things up by a small amount, but are of greater value for the
insights they provide about a particular community or culture. Yet these
insights can also provide a fresh source of frustration.
Which option represents the best
summary of this passage for Patrick to use?
Select one:
Unfamiliar
and bureaucratic processes can be challenging for new field officers.
Work
in the field is often deliberately obstructed by local partners, regardless of
the importance of a goal.
The
best way to achieve goals in the field is to get to know others who are
familiar with the issues and enlist their support.
Facilities
are more basic in the field than in head offices which can lead to delays.