Question 1

To achieve and maintain its credibility, a mission must:

A. Have a clear and deliverable mandate, with resources and capabilities to match

B. Adhere to the doctrine, ROEs, and DUFs as promulgated by Troop-Contributing

Countries

C. Use the media as a tool to persuade the local population of the mission's credibility

D. Be authorized to remain in place for as many years as it will take to achieve the
mandate

Question 2
When deployed, UN peacekeeping operations are highly visible and generate high
expectations both within the local population and the international community. Therefore, it is
important that peacekeeping operations:

A. Try to control and manage local infrastructure

B. Proactively manage their impact in the host country and community

C. Endeavour to implement their mandate as quickly as possible

D. Create a dependence of the local population on the UN mission

Question 3
What are the three basic principles that have traditionally served and continue to set United
Nations peacekeeping operations apart as a tool for maintaining international peace and
security?

A. Consent of the parties, impartiality, and collective security

B. Consent of the parties, impartiality, and the non-use of force except in self-defence or
defence of the mandate

C. The common benefit of mankind, impartiality, and the non-use of force except in self-
defence or defence of the mandate
 D. Consent of the parties, regional stability, and the exclusive non-use of force

Question 4
Which of the following documents set the standards of international humanitarian law?

A. The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977

B. The Charter of the United Nations

C. The Charter of the International Criminal Court

D. The Hague Convention

Question 5
The senior United Nations representative in the country who is responsible for ensuring that all
the United Nations components in the country pursue a coordinated and coherent approach is
the:

A. Secretary-General

B. Resident Coordinator

C. Special Representative of the Secretary-General

D. Under-Secretary-General

Question 6
What is the end goal of multidimensional United Nations peacekeeping operations?

A. Complete and sustained demobilization of the countries in question

B. Long-term sustainable recovery and development

C. Democratic governance

D. Reconciliation between the warring parties

Question 7
Peace-making:

A. Generally attempts to address ongoing conflicts by using diplomatic means to bring

hostile parties to a negotiated agreement

B. Requires the consent of the parties in a conflict in order to conduct a peace

enforcement operation

C. Is defined in detail in Chapter VI of the UN Charter

D. Involves the application of structural or diplomatic measures to keep intrastate or

interstate tensions and disputes from escalating into violent conflict

Question 8
Peacekeeping is:

A. Established to address the root causes of a conflict

B. The only intervention taken by the United Nations and other international actors to
maintain international peace and security throughout the world.

C. A technique designed to preserve the peace where fighting has been halted, and to
assist in implementing agreements achieved by the peacemakers

D. Applied regardless of the consent of the parties to the conflict

Question 9
A traditional United Nations peacekeeping operation can be said to have successfully
completed its mandate once the states concerned have:

A. Ceased hostilities

B. Signed a cease-fire agreement

C. Agreed to negotiate an end to their conflict

D. Arrived at a mutually agreed-upon settlement to their conflict

Question 10
What is the main emphasis of international humanitarian law?

A. The assurance that human rights are fundamentally universal and guaranteed to
everyone

B. The guaranteed protection of human rights only to military personnel who partake in
peacekeeping operations

C. The assurance that the rights of children in developing countries match those of
children in developed countries

D. The protection of human rights of civilians affected by war and violence