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

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

To review coastal and marine management plans
To map stakeholders
To generate a common understanding of an issue/problem, its causes and consequences
To calculate cumulative impacts of coastal and marine activities
To conduct a monetary evaluation of ecosystem services
To guide stakeholder discussion systematically

Question 2

Which of the following statements about ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management cycle’ is true?

The Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) Assessment is an alternative approach to the Systems Approach Framework
ICZM approaches developed during the early 2000s are well suitable for practical applications and caused many successful local case studies
ICZM is a well-defined, stepwise, iterative and linear process
Systems Approach Framework covers the steps Initiation, Planning, Implementation as well as Monitoring and Evaluation
The Systems Approach Framework allows a team to develop a management strategy, based on interaction between science, policy and stakeholders
The Systems Approach Framework provides a new stepwise guide to sustainable ICZM

Question 3

Which of the following ‘actions and tools’ does not belong to SAF-step ‘System Assessment’?

Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool
Apply the Stakeholder Preference and Planning Tool
Conduct stakeholder meetings
Carry out a systematic policy assessment
Assess the institutional system arrangements
Visualize the consequences of different management scenarios

Question 4

Which of the following statements about Sustainable Development and Agenda 21 is true?

The regional Baltic 2030 Action Plan wants to realize a common vision of sustainable development in the Baltic
The Agenda 21 addresses the pressing problems of today and also aims at preparing the world for the challenges of the next century
Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
The follow-up ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ was not signed because of differences of opinion and a lack of political commitment
One sustainable development goal is that states should conserve at least 40 per cent of their coastal and marine areas
Chapter 17 of the Agenda 21 addresses integrated management and sustainable development of coastal areas, including exclusive economic zones

Question 5

Which of the following statements about ‘ICZM – Tools & Approaches’ is true? Decision support tools (DSTs)…

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

Question 6

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

Apply the Ecosystem Service Assessment Tool
Monitor the co-ordinating mechanism
Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool
Evaluate the social organization in the coastal zone
Assess the limitations of the current sectoral approach
Assess if the objectives were reached