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

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

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
A maritime spatial plan should take into account coherence with integrated coastal management
Benefit of MSP is the provision of a joint guideline that has to be implemented in each EU member state until 2023
The EU MSP Platform is the international agency for implementing EU Maritime Spatial Planning
A maritime spatial plan should take into account land-sea interactions

Question 2

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

Transitional waters are surface waters in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline, but influenced by freshwater flows
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
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
The Coastline is the line that forms the boundary between the coast and the shore

Question 3

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

Sea surface temperature is projected to increase faster than atmospheric temperature
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
A first ‘EU strategy on adaptation to climate change’ was adopted already in 1990 and aimed at promoting research on climate change
Ocean surface pH is projected to decrease to values between 4.05 and 3.75 by the end of 21st century, depending on future CO2 emissions levels
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

Question 4

Which of the following statements related to ‘The Baltic Sea Region (BSR)’ is wrong?

The Baltic Sea was formed after the Weichselian Glaciation (about 12,000 years ago)
The Neva is the river with be largest catchment area and highest water discharge in the BSR
Population in the BSR catchment is about 85 Million people in 14 countries
The Baltic Sea maximum depth is 1459 m
Water residence time in the Baltic Sea is about 30 years
The Baltic Sea average depth is 55 m

Question 5

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

MSP integrates major ideas of Integrated Coastal Zone Management
MSP provides an integrated framework for management that provides a guide for, but does not replace, single-sector planning
MSP usually has a local (community) to regional (district, federal state) spatial scale
MSP requires obligatory reporting to the EU MSP Platform
MSP includes permissions to carry out activities in and uses of the sea
MSP is a continuing, iterative process that learns and adapts over time

Question 6

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

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) – is the agency responsible for implementing the EU maritime policy
The Maritime Forum aims to improve communication amongst EU maritime policy stakeholders
European Union has taken action for oceans and adopted the EU Integrated Maritime Policy
EU Integrated Maritime Policy cross-cutting policies are e.g. blue growth, maritime spatial planning and marine data & knowledge
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) organises the way humans use the oceans
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