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 about ‘ICZM – Tools & Approaches’ is true? Decision support tools (DSTs)…

Include tools that are directly applied by authorities to decide on a management option
Include quantitative assessment tools with a low level of uncertainty
Are used to support science and policy
Are heavily used in practice to support decision making processes
Include tools that are applied to support participation processes
Include a wide variety of tools ranging for instance from environmental descriptors to economic and social evaluations

Question 2

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

Identifying needs and establishing authority
Monitoring and evaluating performance
An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the environmental consequences
Defining and analysing existing conditions and future conditions
Approving, implementing and enforcing the spatial management plan
A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the spatial management plan

Question 3

Which of the following ‘actions and tools’ belongs to SAF-step ‘Monitoring & Evaluation’?

Assess the limitations of the current sectoral approach
Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool
Assess if the objectives were reached
Evaluate the need to re-iterate the Systems Approach Framework
Apply the Ecosystem Service Assessment Tool
Evaluate the social organization in the coastal zone

Question 4

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

The EU Strategy on ICZM and the subsequent ICZM Recommendations caused a lot of activities all over Europe
The problems in our coastal zones are largely solved and the competition for space is successfully addressed by maritime spatial planning
The EC-Directive on ‘establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning’ of 2014 includes major ICZM elements
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
During recent years, ICZM largely vanished from the national and European political agenda
To strengthen ICZM, a guided, systematic, stepwise, user-friendly approach is necessary

Question 5

Which of the following facts with respect to ‘Definitions’ is true?

The Coastline is the line that forms the boundary between the coast and the shore
Coastal seas in Europe are the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea
Territorial waters extend at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state
Transitional waters are surface waters in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline, but influenced by freshwater flows
The Littoral zone extends seawards from the foreshore to some distance beyond the breaker zone
In the European Union, the offshore boundary of coastal waters is one nautical mile of the baseline

Question 6

Which of the following statements belong to explicitly mentioned principles in the ‘ICZM Recommendations for Europe (2002)’?

Regular obligatory reporting to the Commission and an EU ICZM Expert group on the experience
Use of a joint single instrument and law designed to facilitate coherence between planning and management
Local specificity and the great diversity of European coastal zones which will make it possible to respond to their practical needs with specific solutions and flexible measures
Adaptive management during a gradual process which will facilitate adjustment as problems and knowledge develop
Development of a legally binding national strategy to implement the principles for integrated management of the coastal zone in every member state
A long-term perspective which will take into account the precautionary principle and the needs of present and future generations