CMM Online Test - IKZM Lehrbrief 2019

Question 1

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

During recent years, ICZM largely vanished from the national and European political agenda

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

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 EU Strategy on ICZM and the subsequent ICZM Recommendations caused a lot of activities all over Europe

The problems in our coastal zones are largely solved and the competition for space is successfully addressed by maritime spatial planning

Question 2

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

Assess the institutional system arrangements

Prepare the model output and results for stakeholders

Conduct stakeholder meetings

Define the system monitoring procedures to gather further information

Apply the Stakeholder Preference and Planning Tool

Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool

Question 3

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

In the European Union, the coastal zone is defined as the zone between shoreline and 3 km inland from the coast

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 United States of America, the coastal zone is defined seawards up to the continental shelf edge

In the European Union, the offshore boundary of coastal waters is one nautical mile of the baseline

The Littoral zone extends seawards from the foreshore to some distance beyond the breaker zone

Question 4

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

The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) organises the way humans use the oceans

EU Integrated Maritime Policy cross-cutting policies are e.g. blue growth, maritime spatial planning and marine data & knowledge

EU Integrated Maritime Policy largely replaced single sector-based policy

The Maritime Forum aims to improve communication amongst EU maritime policy stakeholders

Goal 14 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is ‘to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources’

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

Question 5

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

To map stakeholders that might be affected by an issue

For business problems

To model socio-ecological systems

To describe the cause-and-effect chain of a problem

To brainstorm and broaden ones thinking and perspective about a particular problem

To gain a broader understanding of a problem

Question 6

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

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

Oxygen-depleted zones in the Baltic Sea have increased more than 10-fold since 1900

Sea surface temperature is projected to increase faster than atmospheric temperature

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

Some water-borne diseases, such as vibriosis infections are likely to increase with increasing sea surface temperatures