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 facts with respect to ‘Definitions’ is true?

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
In the United States of America, the coastal zone is defined seawards up to the continental shelf edge
Territorial waters extend at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state
In the European Union, the offshore boundary of coastal waters is one nautical mile of the baseline
The Coastline is the line that forms the boundary between the coast and the shore
Transitional waters are surface waters in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline, but influenced by freshwater flows

Question 2

Which of the following statements about the ‘Ecosystem Services’ (ES) are true?

Ecosystem services are important for flora and fauna
ES have to be assessed monetarily
Direct benefits (e.g. food, raw material) to humans are not considered to be ES
Indirect benefits (e.g. regulation of water supply and quality, nutrient cycling) are not considered to be ES
The ES concept has been integrated in all EU coastal and marine policies
All EU member states are required to map and assess their ES

Question 3

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

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
A revised and updated BWD was adopted in 2016
The first BWD was adopted already in 1976
Vibrions and salmonella are additional parameters to assess the quality of bathing waters
Other parameters could be taken into account, such as the presence of cyanobacteria or microalgae

Question 4

Which of the following statements related to ‘The Baltic Sea Region (BSR)’ is wrong?

Water residence time in the Baltic Sea is about 30 years
The Baltic Sea maximum depth is 1459 m
The Baltic Sea is one of the largest saline water areas in the world
The Baltic Sea average depth is 55 m
The Neva is the river with be largest catchment area and highest water discharge in the BSR
Population in the BSR catchment is about 85 Million people in 14 countries

Question 5

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

In 2012, the North Sea Region adopted the strategy ‘Promoting ICZM Activity within the Member States’
In 2016, the Recommendations ‘Generating Information and Knowledge about the Coastal Zone’ were adopted for the Arctic Region
The EU initiated a systematic description of 350 coastal management case studies from all over Europe, compiled in a joint database
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’
In the Mediterranean, the ‘Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean’, is the first supra-national (Europe, Africa and Asia), legally-binding ICZM agreement
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

Question 6

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

Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool
Monitor the co-ordinating mechanism
Assess if the objectives were reached
Apply the Ecosystem Service Assessment Tool
Evaluate the need to re-iterate the Systems Approach Framework
Evaluate the social organization in the coastal zone