CMM Online Test - IKZM Lehrbrief 2019

Question 1

Which of the following statements about climate change and the ‘EU Climate Change Strategy’ is correct?

The ‘EU strategy on adaptation to climate change’ adopted in 2013 aims to make Europe more climate-resilient and to enhance the preparedness to respond to the impacts of climate change

Some water-borne diseases, such as vibriosis infections are likely to increase with increasing sea surface temperatures

Oxygen-depleted zones in the Baltic Sea have increased more than 10-fold since 1900

Several recent model-based studies and expert assessments have suggested an upper boundary for the global mean sea level rise in the 21st century in the range of 1.5–2.0 m

Ocean surface pH is projected to decrease to values between 4.05 and 3.75 by the end of 21st century, depending on future CO2 emissions levels

A first ‘EU strategy on adaptation to climate change’ was adopted already in 1990 and aimed at promoting research on climate change

Question 2

Which of the following facts with respect to ‘Definitions’ is true?

In the European Union, the offshore boundary of coastal waters is one nautical mile of the baseline

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

The Coastline is the line that forms the boundary between the coast and the shore

The Littoral zone extends seawards from the foreshore to some distance beyond the breaker zone

Transitional waters are surface waters in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline, but influenced by freshwater flows

Question 3

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

Apply the Ecosystem Service Assessment Tool

Assess the limitations of the current sectoral approach

Evaluate the need to re-iterate the Systems Approach Framework

Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool

Assess if the objectives were reached

Monitor the co-ordinating mechanism

Question 4

Which of the following facts about ‘Utilization of Europe’s Coasts and Seas’ is true?

In Europe, shipbuilding and ship-repair industries are expected to grow in the coming years, driven by the demand for new technologies

Over the past ten years, European Union total fish catches increased steadily

Wave and tidal power is an important source of clean power in Europe, and increased steadily during the last decades

It is expected that marine mining will see continued decline because of high costs

The three largest European port operations are Rotterdam, Marseille and Barcelona

Oil and gas extraction is expected to steadily grow in Europe because of new technologies

Question 5

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

ICZM approaches developed during the early 2000s are well suitable for practical applications and caused many successful local case studies

Systems Approach Framework covers the steps Initiation, Planning, Implementation as well as Monitoring and Evaluation

The Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) Assessment is an alternative approach to the Systems Approach Framework

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

ICZM is a well-defined, stepwise, iterative and linear process

Question 6

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

Visualize the consequences of different management scenarios

Carry out a systematic policy assessment

Assess the institutional system arrangements

Prepare the model output and results for stakeholders

Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool

Conduct stakeholder meetings