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 ‘European Union Environmental Policy’ is correct?

The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) (adopted in 2008) regulates shipping and aims to reduce emissions from ships in Europe
The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) (adopted in 2000) aims to protect more effectively the marine environment across Europe
The EU Bathing Water Directive (BWD) defines the monitoring and classification of bathing water quality and the provision of information to the public
The EU Floods Directive focuses on the assessment and management of flood risks
EU Common Fisheries Policy was already introduced in the 1970s
The EU Climate Change Directive promotes, regulates and funds concrete climate change adaptation measures in the EU and its member countries

Question 2

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

Around 140 non-indigenous species have so far been recorded in the Baltic Sea
97 % of the Baltic Sea area is affected by eutrophication and 12 % is assessed as being in the worst status category
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
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
The assessment of fish from a biodiversity perspective indicates good status in about half of the assessed coastal areas
12 % of the Baltic Sea is protected through marine protected areas and the Baltic Sea is worldwide leading in this respect

Question 3

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

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 2012, the North Sea Region adopted the strategy ‘Promoting ICZM Activity within the Member States’
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
In the Baltic Sea Region a Recommendation on the ‘Protection of the Coastal Strip’ was adopted already in 1994
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 4

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

Reference conditions are a description of the biological quality elements at high status
Surface water bodies sub-divide transitional and coastal waters and are the smallest management unit of the WFD
The programmes of measures were successfully implemented until 2015
Transitional waters are partly saline surface water bodies in the vicinity of river mouths
The WFD wants to expand the scope of water protection to all waters, surface waters and groundwater
Biological quality elements (fish, benthic, invertebrates, aquatic flora) are used to describe the good ecological status of water bodies

Question 5

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

Define the system monitoring procedures to gather further information
Conduct stakeholder meetings
Prepare the model output and results for stakeholders
Carry out a systematic policy assessment
Apply the Stakeholder Preference and Planning Tool
Assess the institutional system arrangements

Question 6

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