Online Test

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Question 1

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

To map stakeholders
To guide stakeholder discussion systematically
To calculate cumulative impacts of coastal and marine activities
As a basis for generating conceptual models to analyse a problem in more detail
To conduct a monetary evaluation of ecosystem services
To review coastal and marine management plans

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
Reference conditions are a description of the biological quality elements at high status
Coastal water define surface waters between coastline and the national sea border
The programmes of measures were successfully implemented until 2015
Surface water bodies sub-divide transitional and coastal waters and are the smallest management unit of the WFD
The WFD ensures a water management based on river basins

Question 3

Which of the following statements about ICZM in Regional Seas is true?

In the Mediterranean, the ‘Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean’, is the first supra-national (Europe, Africa and Asia), legally-binding ICZM agreement
The EU initiated a systematic description of 350 coastal management case studies from all over Europe, compiled in a joint database
In 2012, the North Sea Region adopted the strategy ‘Promoting ICZM Activity within the Member States’
Since the EU is not a contracting party to the Bucharest Convention covering the Black Sea, a strategic action plan related to ICZM has not been adopted yet
In the Baltic Sea Region a Recommendation on the ‘Protection of the Coastal Strip’ was adopted already in 1994
In 2016, the Recommendations ‘Generating Information and Knowledge about the Coastal Zone’ were adopted for the Arctic Region

Question 4

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

The Directive requires to map the flood extent, assets and humans at risk in these areas
The Directive asks for a comprehensive economic assessment of costs and benefits of flood protection
The Directive requires to assess if water courses and coastlines are at risk from flooding
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
The Directive requires to take adequate and coordinated measures to reduce this flood risk

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

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

The Maritime Forum aims to improve communication amongst EU maritime policy stakeholders
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) organises the way humans use the oceans
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
EU Integrated Maritime Policy largely replaced single sector-based policy
European Union has taken action for oceans and adopted the EU Integrated Maritime Policy
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) – is the agency responsible for implementing the EU maritime policy