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 the ‘EU Bathing Water Directive’ (BWD) is correct?

Intention of the BWD is to provide information to citizens about quality of their bathing waters
The first BWD was adopted already in 1976
Other parameters could be taken into account, such as the presence of cyanobacteria or microalgae
Escherichia coli (E. coli) are common ubiquitous bacteria in marine environment
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

Question 2

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

Dramatic changes in an ecosystem are called 'ecological regime shifts'
Over 180 species of marine birds are found throughout Europe's seas
Across the regional seas of Europe, 50 different seabed habitat types are identified
Over 650 marine fish species are thought to inhabit European seas
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
Only 7 % of marine species are in an unfavourable conservation status

Question 3

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

List the formal actions necessary for official adoption of the plan or measure
Define administrative and virtual system boundaries
Develop a conceptual model and identify Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) linkages
Ensure the involvement of all relevant institutions and stakeholders
Assess the system state and identify external hazards
Installation of the administrative structure to ensures horizontal and vertical integration of management

Question 4

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

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’
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
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 2016, the Recommendations ‘Generating Information and Knowledge about the Coastal Zone’ were adopted for the Arctic Region
In 2012, the North Sea Region adopted the strategy ‘Promoting ICZM Activity within the Member States’
The EU initiated a systematic description of 350 coastal management case studies from all over Europe, compiled in a joint database

Question 5

Which of the following statements about ‘Sustainability Indicators’ is true?

On a local and regional level, general acceptance of sustainability indicators is low
In ICZM sustainability indicators have been applied to assess sustainable development and progress towards ICZM implementation
On a local and regional level, sustainability indicators are well accepted and frequently applied
Sustainable indicators provide immediate and concrete benefits for coastal communities
Sustainability indicators in ICZM are mostly used on a global and national level
Sustainability indicators can be applied to concrete case studies to assess the success of measures

Question 6

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

Transitional waters are partly saline surface water bodies in the vicinity of river mouths
Surface water bodies sub-divide transitional and coastal waters and are the smallest management unit of the WFD
Reference conditions are a description of the biological quality elements at high status
Biological quality elements (fish, benthic, invertebrates, aquatic flora) are used to describe the good ecological status of water bodies
The WFD ensures a water management based on river basins
Coastal water define surface waters between coastline and the national sea border