Online Test

This type of multiple choice test will be used in the exam! However, the 'Online Test' does not cover all possible questions! 65% correct answers are needed to pass the test!

Question 1

For what purpose can the ‘DPSIR/DAPSI(W)RM Framework’ be applied within coastal and marine management?

To guide stakeholder discussion systematically
As a basis for generating conceptual models to analyse a problem in more detail
To calculate cumulative impacts of coastal and marine activities
To review coastal and marine management plans
To generate a common understanding of an issue/problem, its causes and consequences
To assess progress towards sustainability

Question 2

Which of the following steps does not belong to the development and implementation of ‘Maritime Spatial Planning’ (MSP) according to Ehler & Douvere

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the environmental consequences
Defining and analysing existing conditions and future conditions
Monitoring and evaluating performance
Identifying needs and establishing authority
Adapting the maritime spatial management process
A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the spatial management plan

Question 3

Which of the following statements about the ‘EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)’ is wrong?

The CFP aims to ensure that fishing and aquaculture are environmentally, economically and socially sustainable and that they provide a source of healthy food
CFP goal is to foster a dynamic fishing industry and ensure a fair standard of living for fishing communities
Being a minor fishing power, and a relatively small single market for fisheries products in the world, the EU is mainly observer in a number of international organisations
In the EU, aquaculture accounts for about 20% of fish production and directly employs about 85,000 people
The CFP points out the importance of fisheries conservation measures for the protection of the marine environment
Only 2% of EU vessels´ catches are taken outside of EU waters

Question 4

Which of the following facts with respect to ‘Definitions’ is true?

The Coastline is the line that forms the boundary between the coast and the shore
Territorial waters extend at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state
The Littoral zone extends seawards from the foreshore to some distance beyond the breaker zone
Transitional waters are surface waters in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline, but influenced by freshwater flows
In the United States of America, the coastal zone is defined seawards up to the continental shelf edge
Coastal seas in Europe are the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true? ‘CATWOE analysis’ can be used…

To explore functional relationships between stakeholders that are affected by a particular problem
For business problems
To brainstorm and broaden ones thinking and perspective about a particular problem
To gain a broader understanding of a problem
To describe the cause-and-effect chain of a problem
To map stakeholders that might be affected by an issue

Question 6

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
A maritime spatial plan should take into account coherence with integrated coastal management
A maritime spatial plan should take into account land-sea interactions
Benefits of MSP are to reduce conflicts between sectors and create synergies between different activities
A maritime spatial plan should take into account the ecosystem-based approach
Maritime spatial planning and marine spatial planning is largely the same