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 ‘actions and tools’ belongs to SAF-step ‘Implementation’?

Apply CATWOE (Customers-Actors-Transformations-Worldview-Owner-Environment)
Ensure pro-active public information/consultation
Specify regulatory and financial requirements
Obtain legal permits and validate decision
Apply DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, State Change, Impact and Response)
Evaluate the need for additional data requirements

Question 2

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

Evaluate the need to re-iterate the Systems Approach Framework
Assess if the objectives were reached
Apply the Ecosystem Service Assessment Tool
Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool
Monitor the co-ordinating mechanism
Assess the limitations of the current sectoral approach

Question 3

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

The EC-Directive on ‘establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning’ of 2014 includes major ICZM elements
To strengthen ICZM, a guided, systematic, stepwise, user-friendly approach is necessary
Major ideas of ICZM are widely accepted and aspects are included in most recent strategic and policy documents and directives
The problems in our coastal zones are largely solved and the competition for space is successfully addressed by maritime spatial planning
During recent years, ICZM largely vanished from the national and European political agenda
The Barcelona Convention with its Protocol on ICZM re-vitalized ICZM in Europe and caused the implementation of several national and regional ICZM plans

Question 4

Which of the following statements related to the ‘Baltic Sea - Blue Growth and Spatial Planning’ is correct?

EUSBSR is a macro-regional strategy, approved by the European Council in 2009
The Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme is a non-governmental organization with the aim to promote Maritime Spatial Planning in the BSR
In 2010, HELCOM and VASAB jointly adopted ‘Maritime Spatial Planning Principles’ for the BSR
In 2014, the European Commission adopted ‘A Sustainable Blue Growth Agenda for the Baltic Sea Region’
VASAB (Visions and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea) is an intergovernmental multilateral co-operation of 10 countries of the BSR
HELCOM is the governing body of the Helsinki Convention

Question 5

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

The Baltic Sea surface area is about 420,000 km²
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 Baltic Sea was formed after the Weichselian Glaciation (about 12,000 years ago)
Water residence time in the Baltic Sea is about 30 years

Question 6

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

The Directive requires to assess if water courses and coastlines are at risk from flooding
Between 1998-2009 Europe suffered 2130 major damaging floods
The Directive regulates the relationship between nature protection and flood protection (e.g. sand nourishments)
The Directive asks for a comprehensive economic assessment of costs and benefits of flood protection
Flood risk management plans and Water Framework Directive river basin management plans shall be coordinated
The implementation of flood protection measures has to be accompanied by an ecosystem service assessment