Online Test

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Question 1

Which of the following statements about ‘European Union (EU) Integrated Maritime Policy’ is true?

Goal 14 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is ‘to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources’
EU Integrated Maritime Policy largely replaced single sector-based policy
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) – is the agency responsible for implementing the EU maritime policy
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) organises the way humans use the oceans
European Union has taken action for oceans and adopted the EU Integrated Maritime Policy
Regional seas, such as Baltic Sea, Black Sea or North Sea do not belong to the EU Integrated Maritime Policy cross-cutting policies but instead, have separate sea basin strategies

Question 2

Which of the following statements related to the ‘EU Floods Directive’ is correct?

The Directive requires to take adequate and coordinated measures to reduce this flood risk
The Directive requires to map the flood extent, assets and humans at risk in these areas
The Directive asks for a comprehensive economic assessment of costs and benefits of flood protection
The implementation of flood protection measures has to be accompanied by an ecosystem service assessment
The Directive regulates the relationship between nature protection and flood protection (e.g. sand nourishments)
Flood risk management plans and Water Framework Directive river basin management plans shall be coordinated

Question 3

Which of the following statements about climate change and the ‘EU Climate Change Strategy’ is correct?

Some water-borne diseases, such as vibriosis infections are likely to increase with increasing sea surface temperatures
Sea surface temperature is projected to increase faster than atmospheric temperature
Several recent model-based studies and expert assessments have suggested an upper boundary for the global mean sea level rise in the 21st century in the range of 1.5–2.0 m
A first ‘EU strategy on adaptation to climate change’ was adopted already in 1990 and aimed at promoting research on climate change
The ‘EU strategy on adaptation to climate change’ adopted in 2013 aims to make Europe more climate-resilient and to enhance the preparedness to respond to the impacts of climate change
Oxygen-depleted zones in the Baltic Sea have increased more than 10-fold since 1900

Question 4

Which of the following statements about ‘EU Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP)’ is true?

Benefit of MSP is the provision of a joint guideline that has to be implemented in each EU member state until 2023
Maritime spatial planning and marine spatial planning is largely the same
A maritime spatial plan should take into account the ecosystem-based approach
A maritime spatial plan should take into account coherence with integrated coastal management
The EU MSP Platform is the international agency for implementing EU Maritime Spatial Planning
Benefits of MSP are to encourage investment

Question 5

Which of the following ‘actions and tools’ does not belong to SAF-step ‘System Design’?

Ensure the involvement of all relevant institutions and stakeholders
Discuss potential management scenarios with stakeholders and define success criteria and indicators
List the formal actions necessary for official adoption of the plan or measure
Define administrative and virtual system boundaries
Develop a conceptual model and identify Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) linkages
Installation of the administrative structure to ensures horizontal and vertical integration of management

Question 6

Which of the following statements about ICZM in Regional Seas is true?

In 1996 VASAB (Visions and Strategies around the Baltic Sea) already adopted ‘Common Recommendations for Spatial Planning of the Coastal Zone in the Baltic Sea Region’
In 2016, the Recommendations ‘Generating Information and Knowledge about the Coastal Zone’ were adopted for the Arctic Region
Since the EU is not a contracting party to the Bucharest Convention covering the Black Sea, a strategic action plan related to ICZM has not been adopted yet
The EU initiated a systematic description of 350 coastal management case studies from all over Europe, compiled in a joint database
In the Mediterranean, the ‘Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean’, is the first supra-national (Europe, Africa and Asia), legally-binding ICZM agreement
In the Baltic Sea Region a Recommendation on the ‘Protection of the Coastal Strip’ was adopted already in 1994