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 the ‘EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)’ is correct?

Coastal water define surface waters between coastline and the national sea border
Biological quality elements (fish, benthic, invertebrates, aquatic flora) are used to describe the good ecological status of water bodies
The WFD ensures a water management based on river basins
The WFD wants to expand the scope of water protection to all waters, surface waters and groundwater
Surface water bodies sub-divide transitional and coastal waters and are the smallest management unit of the WFD
Transitional waters are partly saline surface water bodies in the vicinity of river mouths

Question 2

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

All assessments, maps and plans prepared shall be made available to the public
The Directive requires to map the flood extent, assets and humans at risk in these areas
Flood risk management plans and Water Framework Directive river basin management plans shall be coordinated
The Directive requires to take adequate and coordinated measures to reduce this flood risk
Between 1998-2009 Europe suffered 2130 major damaging floods
The Directive regulates the relationship between nature protection and flood protection (e.g. sand nourishments)

Question 3

Which of the following statements about ICZM in Regional Seas is true?

The EU initiated a systematic description of 350 coastal management case studies from all over Europe, compiled in a joint database
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
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
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 Baltic Sea Region a Recommendation on the ‘Protection of the Coastal Strip’ was adopted already in 1994
In 2016, the Recommendations ‘Generating Information and Knowledge about the Coastal Zone’ were adopted for the Arctic Region

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 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 can provide important contextual information for marine protected area management or for fisheries management
MSP includes permissions to carry out activities in and uses of the sea
MSP requires obligatory reporting to the EU MSP Platform

Question 5

Which of the following steps does not belong to the development and implementation of ‘Maritime Spatial Planning’ (MSP) according to Ehler & Douvere

Monitoring and evaluating performance
Organizing stakeholder participation
Approving, implementing and enforcing the spatial management plan
Identifying needs and establishing authority
An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the environmental consequences
Adapting the maritime spatial management process

Question 6

Which of the following ‘actions and tools’ belongs to SAF-step ‘Implementation’?

Specify regulatory and financial requirements
Apply DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, State Change, Impact and Response)
Ensure pro-active public information/consultation
Ensure the required mitigation measures are implemented
Apply CATWOE (Customers-Actors-Transformations-Worldview-Owner-Environment)
Obtain legal permits and validate decision