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 related to the ‘EU Floods Directive’ is correct?

The Directive asks for a comprehensive economic assessment of costs and benefits of flood protection
The Directive requires to assess if water courses and coastlines are at risk from flooding
The Directive requires to map the flood extent, assets and humans at risk in these areas
Between 1998-2009 Europe suffered 2130 major damaging floods
The Directive requires to take adequate and coordinated measures to reduce this flood risk
The implementation of flood protection measures has to be accompanied by an ecosystem service assessment

Question 2

Which of the following facts about ‘State of Europe’s Seas’ is true?

Over 180 species of marine birds are found throughout Europe's seas
Over 650 marine fish species are thought to inhabit European seas
Almost 70% of the world's known marine mammal species can be found in Europe's regional seas
Only 7 % of marine species are in an unfavourable conservation status
An increasing sea level (1.7 mm/year) changes the shape of coastlines, contributes to coastal erosion and leads to flooding and more underground salt-water intrusion
Dramatic changes in an ecosystem are called 'ecological regime shifts'

Question 3

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
The Littoral zone extends seawards from the foreshore to some distance beyond the breaker zone
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
In the European Union, the offshore boundary of coastal waters is one nautical mile of the baseline
In the European Union, the coastal zone is defined as the zone between shoreline and 3 km inland from the coast
In the United States of America, the coastal zone is defined seawards up to the continental shelf edge

Question 4

Which of the following statements about ‘ICZM History in Europe’ is true?

The EU Directive on establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning was adopted in 2014
In Europe, ICZM is still high on the political agenda and has kept a strong environmental focus
In 2000, the European Parliament adopted the legally binding directive ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management: A Strategy for Europe’
The Demonstration Programme pointed out that ‘there has been inadequate involvement of the stakeholders in formulating and implementing solutions to coastal problems’
The United Nations Earth Summit of Rio de Janeiro in 1992 initiated the development of focussed European Union policy on ICZM
From 1993 to 1995, the European Commission operated a Demonstration Programme on Integrated Coastal Zone Management to take stock of the existing situation in Europe

Question 5

Which of the following ‘actions and tools’ does not belong to SAF-step ‘System Assessment’?

Conduct stakeholder meetings
Assess the institutional system arrangements
Apply the Stakeholder Preference and Planning Tool
Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool
Carry out a systematic policy assessment
Prepare the model output and results for stakeholders

Question 6

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

Minimize human-induced eutrophication
Help stop the loss of global biodiversity
Maintain and restore ecosystems
Reduce contaminants in fish and other seafood
Combat invasive alien species
Ensure sea-floor integrity