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 ‘actions and tools’ belongs to SAF-step ‘Implementation’?

Specify regulatory and financial requirements
Ensure the required mitigation measures are implemented
Ensure pro-active public information/consultation
Apply CATWOE (Customers-Actors-Transformations-Worldview-Owner-Environment)
Obtain legal permits and validate decision
Apply DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, State Change, Impact and Response)

Question 2

Which of the following statements about the ‘EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)’ is wrong?

Being a minor fishing power, and a relatively small single market for fisheries products in the world, the EU is mainly observer in a number of international organisations
The CFP aims to ensure that fishing and aquaculture are environmentally, economically and socially sustainable and that they provide a source of healthy food
Only 2% of EU vessels´ catches are taken outside of EU waters
The principal aim fisheries management is to ensure high long-term fishing yields for all stocks
The CFP points out the importance of fisheries conservation measures for the protection of the marine environment
CFP is criticised by environmentalists for being overcentralized and not protecting fish stocks effectively

Question 3

Which of the following statements about ‘European Union Environmental Policy’ is correct?

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) (adopted in 2000) aims to protect more effectively the marine environment across Europe
The EU Floods Directive focuses on the assessment and management of flood risks
The EU Climate Change Directive promotes, regulates and funds concrete climate change adaptation measures in the EU and its member countries
EU Common Fisheries Policy was already introduced in the 1970s
The Habitats and Birds Directives – Natura 2000 (adopted in 1992) aims to protect more effectively the marine environment across Europe and wants to achieve a ‘Good Environmental Status’ (GES) in the sea
The EU Bathing Water Directive (BWD) defines the monitoring and classification of bathing water quality and the provision of information to the public

Question 4

Which of the following statements about climate change and the ‘EU Climate Change Strategy’ is correct?

A first ‘EU strategy on adaptation to climate change’ was adopted already in 1990 and aimed at promoting research on climate change
Sea surface temperature is projected to increase faster than atmospheric temperature
Oxygen-depleted zones in the Baltic Sea have increased more than 10-fold since 1900
The ‘EU strategy on adaptation to climate change’ adopted in 2013 aims to make Europe more climate-resilient and to enhance the preparedness to respond to the impacts of climate change
Some water-borne diseases, such as vibriosis infections are likely to increase with increasing sea surface temperatures
Several recent model-based studies and expert assessments have suggested an upper boundary for the global mean sea level rise in the 21st century in the range of 1.5–2.0 m

Question 5

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

Escherichia coli (E. coli) are common ubiquitous bacteria in marine environment
The first BWD was adopted already in 1976
A revised and updated BWD was adopted in 2016
Intention of the BWD is to provide information to citizens about quality of their bathing waters
Intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli (E. coli) are parameters to assess the quality of bathing waters
Vibrions and salmonella are additional parameters to assess the quality of bathing waters

Question 6

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 Barcelona Convention with its Protocol on ICZM re-vitalized ICZM in Europe and caused the implementation of several national and regional ICZM plans
Major ideas of ICZM are widely accepted and aspects are included in most recent strategic and policy documents and directives
The problems in our coastal zones are largely solved and the competition for space is successfully addressed by maritime spatial planning
The EU Strategy on ICZM and the subsequent ICZM Recommendations caused a lot of activities all over Europe
To strengthen ICZM, a guided, systematic, stepwise, user-friendly approach is necessary