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 – Tools & Approaches’ is true? Decision support tools (DSTs)…

Include quantitative assessment tools with a low level of uncertainty
Include tools that are applied to support participation processes
Include a wide variety of tools ranging for instance from environmental descriptors to economic and social evaluations
Include tools that are directly applied by authorities to decide on a management option
Are used to support science and policy
Are heavily used in practice to support decision making processes

Question 2

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

To explore functional relationships between stakeholders that are affected by a particular problem
To gain a broader understanding of a problem
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

Question 3

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

Benefits of MSP are to encourage investment
Benefit of MSP is the provision of a joint guideline that has to be implemented in each EU member state until 2023
Maritime spatial planning and marine spatial planning is largely the same
A maritime spatial plan should take into account land-sea interactions
A maritime spatial plan should take into account coherence with integrated coastal management
A maritime spatial plan should take into account the ecosystem-based approach

Question 4

Which of the following statements related to ‘The Baltic Sea Region (BSR)’ is wrong?

The Neva is the river with be largest catchment area and highest water discharge in the BSR
The Baltic Sea was formed after the Weichselian Glaciation (about 12,000 years ago)
Water residence time in the Baltic Sea is about 30 years
The Baltic Sea catchment area is about 2,100,000 km²
Population in the BSR catchment is about 85 Million people in 14 countries
The Baltic Sea maximum depth is 1459 m

Question 5

Which of the following statements about ‘Participation and Stakeholder Engagement’ is false?

Participation is a process in which the concerns, needs and values of the public are incorporated into decision making
Public participation is a fundamental principle within all EU environmental policies
An early involvement of stakeholders in the planning process is considered to be beneficial in order to allow exchange and avoid conflicts
An active involvement of stakeholders for all EU environmental policies is required by the Aarhus Convention
Late and unbalanced involvement of stakeholder groups have been identified as major weaknesses in stakeholder engagement within several ICZM case studies
Different levels of participation exist, ranging from the provision of information to an active involvement

Question 6

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

The implementation of flood protection measures has to be accompanied by an ecosystem service assessment
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 requires to map the flood extent, assets and humans at risk in these areas
The Directive requires to assess if water courses and coastlines are at risk from flooding