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’ belongs to SAF-step ‘Monitoring & Evaluation’?

Assess if the objectives were reached
Monitor the co-ordinating mechanism
Evaluate the need to re-iterate the Systems Approach Framework
Assess the limitations of the current sectoral approach
Apply the Ecosystem Service Assessment Tool
Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool

Question 2

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

The WFD wants to expand the scope of water protection to all waters, surface waters and groundwater
The WFD ensures a water management based on river basins
The programmes of measures were successfully implemented until 2015
Coastal water define surface waters between coastline and the national sea border
Reference conditions are a description of the biological quality elements at high status
Transitional waters are partly saline surface water bodies in the vicinity of river mouths

Question 3

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

For solving conflicts between stakeholder groups
To explore functional relationships between stakeholders that are affected by a particular problem
To model socio-ecological systems
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

Question 4

The sectors that have a high potential for sustainable jobs and growth and are explicitly mentioned in the ‘EU Blue Growth Strategy’ in Europe are:

Marine Science: oceans gain importance and require an increasing amount of high-skilled persons
Ocean energy: could fuel economic growth through innovation and create new, high-quality jobs
Seabed mining: has the potential to generate sustainable growth and jobs for future generations
Marine biotechnology: it is expected that the sector will offer high-skilled employment and significant downstream opportunities
Shipping: low emission ships have a vast market and generate sustainable growth and jobs
Coastal and maritime tourism: employing over 3.2 million people, this sector generates a total of € 183 billion in gross value added

Question 5

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

To conduct a monetary evaluation of ecosystem services
To generate a common understanding of an issue/problem, its causes and consequences
To map stakeholders
To guide stakeholder discussion systematically
To assess progress towards sustainability
As a basis for generating conceptual models to analyse a problem in more detail

Question 6

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

MSP can provide important contextual information for marine protected area management or for fisheries management
MSP provides an integrated framework for management that provides a guide for, but does not replace, single-sector planning
MSP integrates major ideas of Integrated Coastal Zone Management
MSP requires obligatory reporting to the EU MSP Platform
MSP is a continuing, iterative process that learns and adapts over time
MSP includes permissions to carry out activities in and uses of the sea