Online Test

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Question 1

Which of the following qualitative descriptors are used in the ‘EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)’ to determine the Good Environmental Status

Bathing water quality does not pose any risk to the population
Concentrations of contaminants are at levels not giving rise to pollution effects
Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions does not adversely affect marine ecosystems
Populations of all commercially exploited fish and shellfish are within safe biological limits
Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment
Non-indigenous species introduced by human activities are at levels that do not adversely alter the ecosystems

Question 2

Which of the following statements about ‘State of ICZM (in Europe)’ is true?

ICZM still suffers from weaknesses, such as insufficient political and legal status or the lack of a consistent and applicable process for practitioners and policy makers
The EC-Directive on ‘establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning’ of 2014 includes major ICZM elements
To strengthen ICZM, a guided, systematic, stepwise, user-friendly approach is necessary
The problems in our coastal zones are largely solved and the competition for space is successfully addressed by maritime spatial planning
The Barcelona Convention with its Protocol on ICZM re-vitalized ICZM in Europe and caused the implementation of several national and regional ICZM plans
During recent years, ICZM largely vanished from the national and European political agenda

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
Coastal water define surface waters between coastline and the national sea border
Biological quality elements (fish, benthic, invertebrates, aquatic flora) are used to describe the good ecological status of water bodies
Reference conditions are a description of the biological quality elements at high status
The programmes of measures were successfully implemented until 2015
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 the ‘EU Bathing Water Directive’ (BWD) is correct?

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
Intention of the BWD is to provide information to citizens about quality of their 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
Vibrions and salmonella are additional parameters to assess the quality of bathing waters

Question 5

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

Flood risk management plans and Water Framework Directive river basin management plans shall be coordinated
Between 1998-2009 Europe suffered 2130 major damaging floods
The implementation of flood protection measures has to be accompanied by an ecosystem service assessment
The Directive asks for a comprehensive economic assessment of costs and benefits of flood protection
The Directive regulates the relationship between nature protection and flood protection (e.g. sand nourishments)
The Directive requires to assess if water courses and coastlines are at risk from flooding

Question 6

Which of the following statements about ‘ICZM History in Europe’ is true?

In Europe, ICZM is still high on the political agenda and has kept a strong environmental focus
The Demonstration Programme pointed out that ‘there has been inadequate involvement of the stakeholders in formulating and implementing solutions to coastal problems’
The Demonstration Programme pointed out that ‘management of the coasts in Europe is based on a sufficient legal framework and that joint visions and concrete ideas exist.
In 2000, the European Parliament adopted the legally binding directive ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management: A Strategy for Europe’
The United Nations Earth Summit of Rio de Janeiro in 1992 initiated the development of focussed European Union policy on ICZM
Concrete recommendations on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Europe were adopted in 2002