SP-T1 — Knowledge Check Question Bank (v1.0)

Rules: 10 questions served per attempt, drawn from this 20-question bank · single best answer · pass at 8/10 · unlimited retakes · every option has a feedback line (shown after answering) · scenario-based style, no regulatory trivia.

Serving logic: draw balanced across objective tags so every attempt covers all six learning objectives (LO1–LO6). Correct answers marked ✔. Randomize option order at serve time.

Tag map: LO1 = ESG concepts (4 Q) · LO2 = regulatory cascade (4 Q) · LO3 = commercial benefits (3 Q) · LO4 = score & visibility (4 Q) · LO5 = free-tier tasks & quick-starts (2 Q) · LO6 = tier journey (3 Q)

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LO1 — ESG concepts

Q1. A client asks for your company's energy consumption data. Which part of ESG does this belong to?

• A. Environmental ✔ — Correct. Energy use is a core environmental (E) data point — and it usually starts with your existing energy bills.
• B. Social — Not this one. Social (S) covers people: employees, safety, fair treatment.
• C. Governance — Not this one. Governance (G) covers decisions, policies, and accountability.
• D. None — energy is a finance topic — Energy costs are financial too, but consumption data is a classic environmental (E) data point.

Q2. Your company tracks workplace accidents and makes sure wages are paid correctly and on time. Which letter does this work belong to?

• A. E — Not this one. E covers energy, waste, water, and emissions.
• B. S ✔ — Correct. How your people are treated — safety, pay, fairness — is the heart of Social.
• C. G — Close but no. G is about who decides and who checks — S is about the people themselves.
• D. This isn't part of ESG — It is — Social (S) covers exactly this.

Q3. A small company where "the owner decides everything" but nothing is written down most likely has a gap in:

• A. Environmental data — Possibly, but the scenario describes decision-making, which is Governance.
• B. Social data — The scenario isn't about employee treatment — it's about undocumented decision-making.
• C. Governance documentation ✔ — Correct. The decisions may be fine — what's missing is written policies and clear accountability on paper.
• D. Nothing — small companies don't need this — Small companies often govern well informally; ESG asks them to document it.

Q4. Which statement best captures what ESG is, as presented in this course?

• A. A marketing exercise for brand image — No — treating it as marketing is exactly the trap the course warns against.
• B. A structured way of describing how your business already runs ✔ — Correct. Most of the work exists already; ESG asks you to measure and document it.
• C. A certification you buy once — No. ESG is ongoing description and data, not a one-time stamp.
• D. A tax reporting requirement — No. It's sustainability reporting and documentation, separate from tax.

LO2 — Why clients ask (the regulatory cascade)

Q5. Why do large companies need ESG data from their suppliers?

• A. To find reasons to reduce prices — The course makes no claims about any client's negotiation strategy. The structural reason is legal reporting.
• B. Because most of their reported footprint sits in their supply chain ✔ — Correct. They cannot complete their own legally required reports without supplier data.
• C. Because EU law requires small suppliers to report directly — No — the law lands on large companies; requirements reach you through them.
• D. It's voluntary curiosity — No. For large companies this is formal, audited, legally required reporting.

Q6. The course describes the situation as "the law flows downhill." What does that mean?

• A. Regulations get weaker as they move down the supply chain — No — the requirements stay real; the phrase describes direction, not strength.
• B. Requirements land on large companies, who must pass questions on to suppliers ✔ — Correct. Your client's questions are how legal requirements travel down the chain.
• C. Only companies in low-lying countries are affected — No — the metaphor describes the supply chain, not geography.
• D. Suppliers can ignore requests because the law doesn't name them — Risky conclusion. The law may not name you, but your customers' purchasing decisions will.

Q7. Under newer EU rules, large companies must also:

• A. Pay for their suppliers' reporting software — No such obligation was described.
• B. Check and take responsibility for standards in their supply chain ✔ — Correct. Due-diligence rules make them responsible for knowing their chain — which is why assessments arrive.
• C. Publish their suppliers' financial accounts — No — the duty concerns environmental and human standards, not supplier financials.
• D. Only buy from EU suppliers — No — no such rule was described.

Q8. From a large customer's perspective, a supplier who can deliver clean ESG data is:

• A. Easier to buy from ✔ — Correct. Less chasing, less risk, less work on the client's side — that's your practical advantage.
• B. More expensive to work with — The course described the opposite: missing data creates cost and friction.
• C. Legally exempt from questionnaires — No — data makes answering easy; it doesn't remove the questions.
• D. Automatically the cheapest bidder — Price is separate — data affects ease and risk, not your pricing.

LO3 — What's in it for you

Q9. "Answer once, share everywhere" means:

• A. One employee answers for the whole company — No — it's about reusing data across clients, not about who types it.
• B. Your ESG profile, built once, can answer every client's request ✔ — Correct. The work you do for one client's request becomes the answer to every similar request.
• C. Your answers are posted publicly on the internet — No — sharing is with clients through the platform, not public posting.
• D. You only ever fill in one questionnaire in your life — Close, but data needs updating over time — what disappears is the copy-paste rebuilding per client.

Q10. How can documented ESG data lead to "cheaper money"?

• A. Banks give automatic discounts for green logos — No — logos don't price risk; documentation does.
• B. Documented companies are easier to assess, which can mean better financing and insurance terms ✔ — Correct. Easier to assess means lower perceived risk — and risk is what banks and insurers price.
• C. ESG data replaces the need for financial accounts — No — it complements financial reporting, never replaces it.
• D. The EU pays subsidies for completing questionnaires — No such mechanism was described.

Q11. Which of these was the course's honest caveat about ESG work?

• A. It's effortless once you start — No — the course said the opposite.
• B. It takes real effort; the programme's job is to make that effort pay more than once ✔ — Correct. No pretending the work is free — the design goal is reuse and payback.
• C. Only companies with a sustainability manager can do it — No — the programme is built for companies without one.
• D. It only pays off after five years — No timeline like that was claimed.

LO4 — Your score and what your client sees

Q12. At the free tier, your ESG score is formed from:

• A. Your website and news coverage — No — nothing is scraped or judged from outside. Only what you provide is scored.
• B. Client assessment answers and basic reporting data ✔ — Correct. Two inputs, no hidden ingredients.
• C. Your revenue and company size — No — the score reflects ESG data, not commercial size.
• D. A manual review by your client — No — the score forms from your data on the platform, not client opinion.

Q13. Your numbers are unimpressive but real. According to the course, reporting them honestly will:

• A. Lower your score compared to reporting nothing — The opposite: reported data beats missing data.
• B. Score better than leaving fields empty ✔ — Correct. The score rewards completeness and honesty before perfection — present beats missing.
• C. Trigger a penalty — No penalties for honest, unimpressive numbers were described.
• D. Be ignored until verified by an auditor — Basic reporting counts at free tier without audit.

Q14. What can your client see on their dashboard about you?

• A. Nothing until you email them a report — No — visibility is the point: progress shows without emails.
• B. Your score and current tier badge ✔ — Correct. Score plus tier badge — improvements become visible without you sending anything.
• C. Your full internal accounting — No — clients see ESG score and tier, not your books.
• D. Only your company name — They see more: your score and tier signal your maturity.

Q15. What is the ESG Data Snapshot?

• A. A photo upload of your facilities — No — no photos involved.
• B. A five-minute have/don't-have/don't-know inventory of your data sources ✔ — Correct. No numbers, no uploads — an honest map of where you stand.
• C. A paid audit of your data — No — it's free, self-completed, and takes minutes.
• D. The final exam of Tier 3 — No — it lives in this course, module five.

LO5 — Free-tier tasks and quick-starts

Q16. Which free-tier task has someone waiting on the other end and should be completed first?

• A. The client assessment ✔ — Correct. It's connected to your invitation, and its completion status is visible. The ten-minute quick-start walks you through it.
• B. Designing a sustainability logo — Not a platform task — and not what anyone is waiting for.
• C. The Tier 3 target worksheet — That comes much later in the journey.
• D. Writing a sustainability report from scratch — Not required — basic reporting is structured fields, not a written report.

Q17. Where do you learn exactly how to fill in the assessment and basic reporting, field by field?

• A. In the two quick-start guides ✔ — Correct. Short, task-focused walkthroughs — linked below module six and available from your invitation.
• B. Only in this course's modules — No — this course explains the why; the quick-starts own the how, field by field.
• C. By calling your client — Not needed — the guides cover it, and support exists on the platform.
• D. Nowhere; trial and error — The quick-starts exist precisely so you never have to guess.

LO6 — The tier journey

Q18. How do you complete Tier 2 — Data Gatherer?

• A. By watching all Tier 2 videos — Watching helps, but Tier 2 completes through action.
• B. By getting your first real dataset live on the platform ✔ — Correct. From Tier 2 on, tiers are completed by doing — real progress, visible to clients.
• C. By paying a subscription — No — tiers unlock through progress, not payment.
• D. By passing a 50-question exam — No — Tier 1 is the only tier gated by a knowledge check.

Q19. What happens the moment you pass this course's knowledge check?

• A. A certificate is mailed to you in paper — Nothing needs mailing — everything happens on the platform.
• B. Tier 2 unlocks and your progress becomes visible on the platform ✔ — Correct. Instant unlock, visible progress — no waiting, no approval step.
• C. Your client is asked to approve your promotion — No approval step exists — completion is automatic.
• D. You must wait 30 days for the next tier — No waiting period — Tier 2 opens immediately.

Q20. What defines Tier 5 — Ecosystem Leader?

• A. Having the lowest prices in your industry — Price isn't a tier criterion.
• B. Leading your own supplier chain — asking your suppliers what clients asked you ✔ — Correct. The law flows downhill — and at Tier 5, you're the one leading a chain.
• C. Completing the most questionnaires — Volume isn't the point — leading your own chain is.
• D. Becoming a certified auditor — No — Tier 5 is about your supply chain leadership, not an auditing role.