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 Bathing Water Directive’ (BWD) is correct?

Vibrions and salmonella are additional parameters to assess the quality of bathing waters
Escherichia coli (E. coli) are common ubiquitous bacteria in marine environment
Other parameters could be taken into account, such as the presence of cyanobacteria or microalgae
A revised and updated BWD was adopted in 2016
Intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli (E. coli) are parameters to assess the quality of bathing waters
The first BWD was adopted already in 1976

Question 2

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

MSP includes permissions to carry out activities in and uses of the sea
MSP is a continuing, iterative process that learns and adapts over time
MSP requires obligatory reporting to the EU MSP Platform
MSP usually has a local (community) to regional (district, federal state) spatial scale
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

Question 3

Which of the following statements related to the ‘Baltic Sea - Blue Growth and Spatial Planning’ is correct?

HELCOM is the governing body of the Helsinki Convention
In 2010, HELCOM and VASAB jointly adopted ‘Maritime Spatial Planning Principles’ for the BSR
In 2014, the European Commission adopted ‘A Sustainable Blue Growth Agenda for the Baltic Sea Region’
The Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme is a non-governmental organization with the aim to promote Maritime Spatial Planning in the BSR
EUSBSR is a macro-regional strategy, approved by the European Council in 2009
VASAB (Visions and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea) is an intergovernmental multilateral co-operation of 10 countries of the BSR

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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

Coastal seas in Europe are the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea
In the European Union, the coastal zone is defined as the zone between shoreline and 3 km inland from the coast
In the European Union, the offshore boundary of coastal waters is one nautical mile of the baseline
The Littoral zone extends seawards from the foreshore to some distance beyond the breaker zone
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

Question 6

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

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