CMM Online Test - IKZM Lehrbrief 2019

Question 1

Which of the following ‘actions and tools’ belongs to SAF-step ‘Issue Identification’?

Map ecosystem services and stakeholder preferences

Identify relevant environmental, social & economic elements

Check if a System Approach Framework is really needed

Identify potential issues

Apply a Geographical Information System for a final spatial analysis

Identify financial funding opportunities for implementation

Question 2

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

Vibrions and salmonella are additional parameters to assess the quality of bathing waters

Intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli (E. coli) are parameters to assess the quality of bathing waters

Other parameters could be taken into account, such as the presence of cyanobacteria or microalgae

The first BWD was adopted already in 1976

A revised and updated BWD was adopted in 2016

Escherichia coli (E. coli) are common ubiquitous bacteria in marine environment

Question 3

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

Installation of the administrative structure to ensures horizontal and vertical integration of management

Define administrative and virtual system boundaries

Ensure the involvement of all relevant institutions and stakeholders

List the formal actions necessary for official adoption of the plan or measure

Assess the system state and identify external hazards

Develop a conceptual model and identify Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) linkages

Question 4

Which of the following facts about ‘State of Europe’s Seas’ is true?

Only 7 % of marine species are in an unfavourable conservation status

Almost 70% of the world's known marine mammal species can be found in Europe's regional seas

Over 650 marine fish species are thought to inhabit European seas

Across the regional seas of Europe, 50 different seabed habitat types are identified

An increasing sea level (1.7 mm/year) changes the shape of coastlines, contributes to coastal erosion and leads to flooding and more underground salt-water intrusion

Dramatic changes in an ecosystem are called 'ecological regime shifts'

Question 5

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

Only 2% of EU vessels´ catches are taken outside of EU waters

The CFP aims to ensure that fishing and aquaculture are environmentally, economically and socially sustainable and that they provide a source of healthy food

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

CFP goal is to foster a dynamic fishing industry and ensure a fair standard of living for fishing communities

In the EU, aquaculture accounts for about 20% of fish production and directly employs about 85,000 people

CFP is criticised by environmentalists for being overcentralized and not protecting fish stocks effectively

Question 6

Which of the following statements related to the ‘Baltic Sea – State, Trends & Challenges’ is correct?

12 % of the Baltic Sea is protected through marine protected areas and the Baltic Sea is worldwide leading in this respect

The number of beach litter items ranges from around 50 on reference beaches to up to 300 on urban beaches, per 100 metres of beach

The assessment of fish from a biodiversity perspective indicates good status in about half of the assessed coastal areas

Recently, the number of improving trends outweighs the number of deteriorating trends in the monitored hazardous substances

In 1992, HELCOM listed 162 major pollution hot spots in the Baltic Sea Region. In 2019, 19 industrial hot spots and 23 municipal or combined municipal and industrial sites still existed

Three out of nine assessed commercial fish stocks are in good status with respect to both biomass and fishing mortality rates