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 ‘Habitats Directive & Natura 2000’ is true?

Until 2018, the 28 EU member States protected only 1.8 % of the total territory in 200 single sites under Natura 2000
Over 10000 animal and plant species, as well as 2000 habitat types are protected in the EU
The Habitats Directive aims to promote the maintenance of biodiversity, taking account of economic, social, cultural and regional requirements
Nature reserves, national parks or other nationally or regionally protected sites are automatic Natura 2000 sites and are managed jointly under the Habitats Directive
The Habitats Directive is a core element in implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy
Natura 2000 sites have been designated specifically to protect core areas for a sub-set of species or habitat types listed in the Habitats and Birds Directives

Question 2

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

Evaluate the need for additional data requirements
Apply DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, State Change, Impact and Response)
Apply CATWOE (Customers-Actors-Transformations-Worldview-Owner-Environment)
Ensure the required mitigation measures are implemented
Ensure pro-active public information/consultation
Specify regulatory and financial requirements

Question 3

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

Intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli (E. coli) are parameters to assess the quality of bathing waters
Intention of the BWD is to provide information to citizens about quality of their bathing waters
Escherichia coli (E. coli) are common ubiquitous bacteria in marine environment
Vibrions and salmonella are additional parameters to assess the quality of bathing waters
A revised and updated BWD was adopted in 2016
Other parameters could be taken into account, such as the presence of cyanobacteria or microalgae

Question 4

Which of the following facts with respect to ‘Definitions’ is true?

In the United States of America, the coastal zone is defined seawards up to the continental shelf edge
Territorial waters extend at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state
Transitional waters are surface waters in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline, but influenced by freshwater flows
The Littoral zone extends seawards from the foreshore to some distance beyond the breaker zone
The Coastline is the line that forms the boundary between the coast and the shore
In the European Union, the coastal zone is defined as the zone between shoreline and 3 km inland from the coast

Question 5

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

The EU MSP Platform is the international agency for implementing EU Maritime Spatial Planning
A maritime spatial plan should take into account coherence with integrated coastal management
Benefits of MSP are to reduce conflicts between sectors and create synergies between different activities
A maritime spatial plan should take into account the ecosystem-based approach
Benefit of MSP is the provision of a joint guideline that has to be implemented in each EU member state until 2023
A maritime spatial plan should take into account land-sea interactions

Question 6

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

Define administrative and virtual system boundaries
Discuss potential management scenarios with stakeholders and define success criteria and indicators
List the formal actions necessary for official adoption of the plan or measure
Develop a conceptual model and identify Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) linkages
Installation of the administrative structure to ensures horizontal and vertical integration of management
Assess the system state and identify external hazards