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 related to ‘The Baltic Sea Region (BSR)’ is wrong?

The Baltic Sea catchment area is about 2,100,000 km²
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 Neva is the river with be largest catchment area and highest water discharge in the BSR
The Baltic Sea surface area is about 420,000 km²
The Baltic Sea is one of the largest saline water areas in the world

Question 2

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

MSP usually has a local (community) to regional (district, federal state) spatial scale
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
MSP requires obligatory reporting to the EU MSP Platform
MSP integrates major ideas of Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Question 3

Which of the following statements related to ‘Regional Sea Conventions (RSC)’ is correct?

RSC shall support the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
The MARPOL Convention regulates the prevention of pollution and protection of the European Arctic Region
The Barcelona Convention focusses on the protection of marine environment and the coastal region of the Mediterranean
The OSPAR Convention is on protection of the marine environment in the in the North-East Atlantic
IMO Convention is on protection of the marine environment in the 25 European Union Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs)
Helsinki Convention (HELCOM) aims at the protection of the marine environment in the Baltic Sea Area

Question 4

Which of the following statements about ‘European Union (EU) Integrated Maritime Policy’ is true?

EU Integrated Maritime Policy largely replaced single sector-based policy
The Maritime Forum aims to improve communication amongst EU maritime policy stakeholders
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) – is the agency responsible for implementing the EU maritime policy
European Union has taken action for oceans and adopted the EU Integrated Maritime Policy
Goal 14 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is ‘to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources’
Regional seas, such as Baltic Sea, Black Sea or North Sea do not belong to the EU Integrated Maritime Policy cross-cutting policies but instead, have separate sea basin strategies

Question 5

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

The Directive requires to assess if water courses and coastlines are at risk from flooding
The Directive regulates the relationship between nature protection and flood protection (e.g. sand nourishments)
The Directive requires to take adequate and coordinated measures to reduce this flood risk
Between 1998-2009 Europe suffered 2130 major damaging floods
Flood risk management plans and Water Framework Directive river basin management plans shall be coordinated
All assessments, maps and plans prepared shall be made available to the public

Question 6

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
The Habitats Directive is a core element in implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy
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
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