Instructions and hints for quiz #2

The secl dquiz will be available ONLY from Wed March, 7 at 12:01 AM to Thur, March 8 at 11:59 PM. It will only take 30 minutes or less to take but you will be cut off after an hour. Save your work as you go!

This course has three quizzes. These differ from the on-line assessments in three notable ways:

1. The quizzes are designed to test your working knowledge of the subject.
2. They will be taken on-line during a specified period and will allow less time. The time to take the test will be enforced.
3. There will be only three 5-point questions that will be graded more stringently than the assessments.
4. You are expected to submit only work that represents what you personally know. There is no option to work in groups.

The material for the quiz will be from the learning objectives for lectures 5 through 8 inclusive. There will be some similarities to the on-line assessments. A good way to study for this quiz is to review the learning objectives and the on-line and in-class assessments.

Hint: the "themes" from the lectures highlight what I think are the most important ideas.

The questions will be multi-part. You will need to answer each component and then make a synthesis of those facts or concepts to complete the question.

Example questions with a guide to expected answers:

The two content areas we discussed were water and land as resouces. The four viewers we used were Systems, Risk & Uncertainty, Accounting, and Values & Worldviews. You should expect some mix of these content and viewers. Such as:

1. Provide a salient feature of each of the worldviews in the IHE spectrum. How would each of these put values on and solve problems about water scarcity? Give an example of how the best soultion chosen by one worldview might turn out to have bad outcomes in other circumstances.

2. We don't make anymore land, but we do degrade and enhance the land that we do have. Using a systems approach, describe how we can follow the amount of land that is degraded, being degraded, being restored and is restored. Provide an example for agricultural land. Give a very practical way how to decide what land should be restored.

3. Use an accounting framework to discuss how you might decide to use "green revolution" approaches for rural agriculture in your district. What would be some important facts that you would like to know? What decision (be very specific) could you make with that information?