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 ‘actions and tools’ does not belong to SAF-step ‘System Design’?

Define administrative and virtual system boundaries
Ensure the involvement of all relevant institutions and stakeholders
Installation of the administrative structure to ensures horizontal and vertical integration of management
Develop a conceptual model and identify Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) linkages
Discuss potential management scenarios with stakeholders and define success criteria and indicators
Assess the system state and identify external hazards

Question 2

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

Territorial waters extend at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state
In the European Union, the coastal zone is defined as the zone between shoreline and 3 km inland from the coast
The Coastline is the line that forms the boundary between the coast and the shore
The Littoral zone extends seawards from the foreshore to some distance beyond the breaker zone
In the European Union, the offshore boundary of coastal waters is one nautical mile of the baseline
Transitional waters are surface waters in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline, but influenced by freshwater flows

Question 3

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

The Directive regulates the relationship between nature protection and flood protection (e.g. sand nourishments)
The implementation of flood protection measures has to be accompanied by an ecosystem service assessment
Flood risk management plans and Water Framework Directive river basin management plans shall be coordinated
Between 1998-2009 Europe suffered 2130 major damaging floods
The Directive requires to map the flood extent, assets and humans at risk in these areas
The Directive requires to take adequate and coordinated measures to reduce this flood risk

Question 4

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

MSP integrates major ideas of Integrated Coastal Zone Management
MSP includes permissions to carry out activities in and uses of the sea
MSP provides an integrated framework for management that provides a guide for, but does not replace, single-sector planning
MSP is a continuing, iterative process that learns and adapts over time
MSP usually has a local (community) to regional (district, federal state) spatial scale
MSP can provide important contextual information for marine protected area management or for fisheries management

Question 5

Which of the following ‘actions and tools’ belongs to SAF-step ‘Monitoring & Evaluation’?

Evaluate the need to re-iterate the Systems Approach Framework
Apply the Ecosystem Service Assessment Tool
Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool
Assess the limitations of the current sectoral approach
Evaluate the social organization in the coastal zone
Monitor the co-ordinating mechanism

Question 6

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

The CFP points out the importance of fisheries conservation measures for the protection of the marine environment
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
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 is criticised by environmentalists for being overcentralized and not protecting fish stocks effectively
CFP goal is to foster a dynamic fishing industry and ensure a fair standard of living for fishing communities
Only 2% of EU vessels´ catches are taken outside of EU waters