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 ‘ICZM – Tools & Approaches’ is true? Decision support tools (DSTs)…

Include quantitative assessment tools with a low level of uncertainty
Include tools that are directly applied by authorities to decide on a management option
Include tools that are applied to support participation processes
Are used to support science and policy
Include a wide variety of tools ranging for instance from environmental descriptors to economic and social evaluations
Are heavily used in practice to support decision making processes

Question 2

Which of the following statements about ‘State of ICZM (in Europe)’ is true?

The Barcelona Convention with its Protocol on ICZM re-vitalized ICZM in Europe and caused the implementation of several national and regional ICZM plans
The problems in our coastal zones are largely solved and the competition for space is successfully addressed by maritime spatial planning
The EC-Directive on ‘establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning’ of 2014 includes major ICZM elements
Major ideas of ICZM are widely accepted and aspects are included in most recent strategic and policy documents and directives
ICZM still suffers from weaknesses, such as insufficient political and legal status or the lack of a consistent and applicable process for practitioners and policy makers
During recent years, ICZM largely vanished from the national and European political agenda

Question 3

Which of the following statements about ‘Participation and Stakeholder Engagement’ is false?

Different levels of participation exist, ranging from the provision of information to an active involvement
Late and unbalanced involvement of stakeholder groups have been identified as major weaknesses in stakeholder engagement within several ICZM case studies
Public participation is a fundamental principle within all EU environmental policies
An active involvement of stakeholders for all EU environmental policies is required by the Aarhus Convention
An early involvement of stakeholders in the planning process is considered to be beneficial in order to allow exchange and avoid conflicts
Public participation can be costly, time-consuming, labour-intensive and potentially create new conflicts

Question 4

Which of the following statements related to the ‘Baltic Sea – State, Trends & Challenges’ is correct?

Recently, the number of improving trends outweighs the number of deteriorating trends in the monitored hazardous substances
Three out of nine assessed commercial fish stocks are in good status with respect to both biomass and fishing mortality rates
The assessment of fish from a biodiversity perspective indicates good status in about half of the assessed coastal areas
The number of beach litter items ranges from around 50 on reference beaches to up to 300 on urban beaches, per 100 metres of beach
In 1992, HELCOM listed 162 major pollution hot spots in the Baltic Sea Region. In 2019, 19 industrial hot spots and 23 municipal or combined municipal and industrial sites still existed
In 2009, about 13 wind farms existed in the Baltic Sea. Until 2030 the number could increase to 67 offshore wind farms

Question 5

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

For solving conflicts between stakeholder groups
To map stakeholders that might be affected by an issue
To model socio-ecological systems
To explore functional relationships between stakeholders that are affected by a particular problem
To describe the cause-and-effect chain of a problem
To gain a broader understanding of a problem

Question 6

Which of the following statements about ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management cycle’ is true?

ICZM is a well-defined, stepwise, iterative and linear process
The Systems Approach Framework provides a new stepwise guide to sustainable ICZM
ICZM approaches developed during the early 2000s are well suitable for practical applications and caused many successful local case studies
Systems Approach Framework covers the steps Initiation, Planning, Implementation as well as Monitoring and Evaluation
The Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) Assessment is an alternative approach to the Systems Approach Framework
The Systems Approach Framework allows a team to develop a management strategy, based on interaction between science, policy and stakeholders