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 in Regional Seas is true?

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 2012, the North Sea Region adopted the strategy ‘Promoting ICZM Activity within the Member States’
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 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

Question 2

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

A maritime spatial plan should take into account coherence with integrated coastal management
Maritime spatial planning and marine spatial planning is largely the same
Benefits of MSP are to reduce conflicts between sectors and create synergies between different activities
A maritime spatial plan should take into account land-sea interactions
The EU MSP Platform is the international agency for implementing EU Maritime Spatial Planning
Benefit of MSP is the provision of a joint guideline that has to be implemented in each EU member state until 2023

Question 3

Which of the following is a target of the ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy’?

Protect species and habitats
Combat invasive alien species
Ensure sea-floor integrity
Minimize human-induced eutrophication
Reduce contaminants in fish and other seafood
Make fishing more sustainable and seas healthier

Question 4

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

MSP usually has a local (community) to regional (district, federal state) spatial scale
MSP integrates major ideas of Integrated Coastal Zone Management
MSP requires obligatory reporting to the EU MSP Platform
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

Question 5

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

As a basis for generating conceptual models to analyse a problem in more detail
To generate a common understanding of an issue/problem, its causes and consequences
To conduct a monetary evaluation of ecosystem services
To guide stakeholder discussion systematically
To calculate cumulative impacts of coastal and marine activities
To map stakeholders

Question 6

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

To brainstorm and broaden ones thinking and perspective about a particular problem
To describe the cause-and-effect chain of a problem
For business problems
To model socio-ecological systems
To map stakeholders that might be affected by an issue
To gain a broader understanding of a problem