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 ‘Maritime Spatial Planning in practice’ (MSP) is true

MSP requires obligatory reporting to the EU MSP Platform
MSP includes permissions to carry out activities in and uses of the sea
MSP integrates major ideas of Integrated Coastal Zone Management
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 provides an integrated framework for management that provides a guide for, but does not replace, single-sector planning

Question 2

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

Maintain and restore ecosystems
Minimize human-induced eutrophication
Ensure sea-floor integrity
Combat invasive alien species
Make fishing more sustainable and seas healthier
Reduce contaminants in fish and other seafood

Question 3

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

The WFD ensures a water management based on river basins
Reference conditions are a description of the biological quality elements at high status
Biological quality elements (fish, benthic, invertebrates, aquatic flora) are used to describe the good ecological status of water bodies
Transitional waters are partly saline surface water bodies in the vicinity of river mouths
Coastal water define surface waters between coastline and the national sea border
The WFD wants to expand the scope of water protection to all waters, surface waters and groundwater

Question 4

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

Maritime spatial planning and marine spatial planning is largely the same
Benefits of MSP are to reduce conflicts between sectors and create synergies between different activities
A maritime spatial plan should take into account land-sea interactions
A maritime spatial plan should take into account coherence with integrated coastal management
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 the ecosystem-based approach

Question 5

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

To model socio-ecological systems
To describe the cause-and-effect chain of a problem
For solving conflicts between stakeholder groups
To map stakeholders that might be affected by an issue
To brainstorm and broaden ones thinking and perspective about a particular problem
To gain a broader understanding of a problem

Question 6

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

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