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 ‘actions and tools’ does not belong to SAF-step ‘System Design’?

Ensure the involvement of all relevant institutions and stakeholders
Define administrative and virtual system boundaries
Assess the system state and identify external hazards
Develop a conceptual model and identify Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) linkages
Installation of the administrative structure to ensures horizontal and vertical integration of management
List the formal actions necessary for official adoption of the plan or measure

Question 2

Which of the following statements about the ‘EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)’ is correct?

Biological quality elements (fish, benthic, invertebrates, aquatic flora) are used to describe the good ecological status of water bodies
The WFD wants to expand the scope of water protection to all waters, surface waters and groundwater
Reference conditions are a description of the biological quality elements at high status
The programmes of measures were successfully implemented until 2015
Transitional waters are partly saline surface water bodies in the vicinity of river mouths
Surface water bodies sub-divide transitional and coastal waters and are the smallest management unit of the WFD

Question 3

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

MSP requires obligatory reporting to the EU MSP Platform
MSP can provide important contextual information for marine protected area management or for fisheries management
MSP is a continuing, iterative process that learns and adapts over time
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 includes permissions to carry out activities in and uses of the sea

Question 4

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

To map stakeholders
To assess progress towards sustainability
To conduct a monetary evaluation of ecosystem services
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 calculate cumulative impacts of coastal and marine activities

Question 5

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

Ensure sea-floor integrity
Combat invasive alien species
Reduce contaminants in fish and other seafood
Minimize human-induced eutrophication
Help stop the loss of global biodiversity
Make fishing more sustainable and seas healthier

Question 6

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
European Union has taken action for oceans and adopted the EU Integrated Maritime Policy
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
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is a non-scientific organization responsible for the economic exploration of the sea
The Maritime Forum aims to improve communication amongst EU maritime policy stakeholders
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) – is the agency responsible for implementing the EU maritime policy