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 steps does not belong to the development and implementation of ‘Maritime Spatial Planning’ (MSP) according to Ehler & Douvere

A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the spatial management plan
Adapting the maritime spatial management process
Defining and analysing existing conditions and future conditions
Monitoring and evaluating performance
Organizing stakeholder participation
Identifying needs and establishing authority

Question 2

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

All assessments, maps and plans prepared shall be made available to the public
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 map the flood extent, assets and humans at risk in these areas
Flood risk management plans and Water Framework Directive river basin management plans shall be coordinated
The Directive asks for a comprehensive economic assessment of costs and benefits of flood protection

Question 3

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

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
The EC-Directive on ‘establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning’ of 2014 includes major ICZM elements
Major ideas of ICZM are widely accepted and aspects are included in most recent strategic and policy documents and directives
During recent years, ICZM largely vanished from the national and European political agenda
The EU Strategy on ICZM and the subsequent ICZM Recommendations caused a lot of activities all over Europe

Question 4

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

Protect species and habitats
Minimize human-induced eutrophication
Ensure sea-floor integrity
Make fishing more sustainable and seas healthier
Maintain and restore ecosystems
Help stop the loss of global biodiversity

Question 5

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

In 1996 VASAB (Visions and Strategies around the Baltic Sea) already adopted ‘Common Recommendations for Spatial Planning of the Coastal Zone in the Baltic Sea Region’
The EU initiated a systematic description of 350 coastal management case studies from all over Europe, compiled in a joint database
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
In 2012, the North Sea Region adopted the strategy ‘Promoting ICZM Activity within the Member States’

Question 6

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

Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions does not adversely affect marine ecosystems
Introduction of energy, including underwater noise, is at levels that do not adversely affect the marine environment
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
Bathing water quality does not pose any risk to the population
Concentrations of contaminants are at levels not giving rise to pollution effects