Tests en ligne : Test for seafarers about Marine Ecology, Environmental Awareness (CBT)

According to the BWM Convention, Ballast Water Exchange will be phased out and replaced by Ballast Water Treatment; TWO reasons for this include:

The mission of the IMO includes promoting environmentally sound and sustainable shipping. Which ONE of the following conventions has had the largest contribution to a significant decrease in pollution from international shipping?

Select the ONE option that most accurately describes the process of acidification/acid rain:

Marine invasive species may cause ecological damage in many ways. Which THREE of the following statements are true?

Which statement about the effects of sewage is true?

Which of the following TWO statements are true?

Which group of chemicals causes most concern for vessel crew health?

Which TWO of the following environmental problems are an outcome of emissions from a ship sailing in the middle of the open ocean?

Which ONE of the following statements is NOT true?

Select THREE of the following statements that apply to bioaccumulation:

Which THREE of the following statements are true?

ONE of the processes that remove chemicals permanently from the environment is called:

Which ONE group of chemicals are most likely to affect organisms living in water?

Select ONE option that best identifies human health effects caused by harmful invasive species:

Which THREE of the following conventions are designed to protect the marine environment?

Which ONE statement about the breaking down of plastics is true?

In 2004, global economic losses caused by harmful invasive species were estimated to be:

Select ONE correct option that describes a problem caused by Particulate Matter (PM) in air emissions:

According to this module, which THREE negative effects for humans were caused by mercury poisoning in the Minamata Bay case study:

Which oil weathering process is best described by the following statement. “Part of the oil slick will break up into fragments and droplets of varying sizes”.

Which THREE of the following statements apply to problems caused by microplastics?

Which TWO of the following options apply to the MARPOL Convention?

The abbreviation HNS stands for:

Select the TWO options that complete the following statement. Crude oil is a complicated mixture containing:

By 2020 the Global Sulphur Cap will be tightened to:

Which TWO statements apply to the inventory of hazardous materials (IHM) on ships?

Which ONE statement applies to the pools of garbage?

Select the ONE option that best describes the main ways in which shipping contributes to the introduction of marine invasive species:

Which ONE statement about tributyltin, TBT, is FALSE?

Which ONE of the following combinations of emissions to air is especially due to the increased use of heavy fuel oil by ships?

The ONE goal of the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) is:

Which THREE of the following statements is true?

Select ONE option that most accurately completes the following statement: Sulphur oxides are formed:

According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), working at a ship recycling facility where “beaching” takes place is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Which THREE statements below best explain why?

Which of the TWO options correctly describes what happens when zooplankton is exposed to dissolved oil compounds in the laboratory?

Select the ONE option that most accurately completes the following statement. The theory of Ballast Water Exchange in mid-ocean is based on:

Select ONE option that best describes an immediate or short term ecological effect of oil spills:

Which ONE key element of the Ship Recycling Convention will have consequences for all ship’s crews?

The ONE option that describes the toxicological principles of the categories in MARPOL Annex II are:

Select the ONE option that most accurately completes the following statement: Discharging sludge and waste oil is prohibited in all circumstances, but discharge of engine room bilge water:

What percentage of the world’s trade is carried out over sea?

Select THREE long term effects of the Exxon Valdez spill:

Which ONE option is treated as an exception to the discharge of marine litter in the marine environment since 2013?

Select THREE effects of ingestion of plastics:

Which ONE of the following statements is NOT true?

When oil enters the sea, there are four main weathering processes that occur first, within a couple of days. These are best describes by which ONE option?

Select THREE potential consequences of climate change for the marine environment:

Which of the following THREE regarding the beaching of ships are correct?

Approximately how long does it take for a plastic bottle to break down in the marine environment?

Which ONE option describes the areas affected by harmful invasive species?

Which of the following TWO statements are true?

Which THREE statements about sewage are true?

Which THREE statements about tributyltin, TBT, are true?

Which THREE processes determine the ecological effects of chemicals for the marine environment?

Which THREE of the following statements are true?

Which ONE of the following statements best describes why the term “ship recycling” is accurate?

Which TWO of the following statements are true?

Which ONE of the following is NOT a potential consequence of climate change?

Of the four chemical categories X, Y, Z, and OS in MARPOL Annex II which ONE category is the most dangerous?

List TWO pollutants from a ship that are NOT formed in the engine:

Select TWO air emission problems that are caused by both sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides:

Which TWO of the following statements are true?

Which ONE invasive species is best described by the following statement: This species has nearly wiped out the anchovy population in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, causing losses of around 500 million euro’s per year and causing fishermen to stop fishing.

Which THREE of the following statements are true?

Select TWO options that complete the following statement. Chronic effects of HNS are often unknown:

Select THREE of the following statements which are true:

What is the ONE most relevant difference between the open seas and coastal seas with respect to sewage regulations?

Which ONE of the following statements is true:

Select the ONE option that describes what special areas with stricter regulations under MARPOL Annex VI are called:

Select the ONE option why shipping is often referred to as one of the least environmentally damaging forms of transport (in comparison to road and air)?

Which ONE oil weathering process is best described by the following statement. “The oil slick on the water surface takes up sea water”.

Which ONE of these describes topics that are not part of MARPOL, but are captured in separate conventions?

Which ONE process is best described by the following statement. “Chemicals are passed on in the food chain from prey to predator, and concentrations are highest in the top predator”.

Which ONE of the following statements best describes why animals eat plastics?

Select THREE statements that apply to acute toxic effects:

Which ONE of the following statements best describes why plastic is found worldwide, even in remote areas?

Which THREE of the following statements are true?

Which ONE part of the oil is most toxic to plankton?

Select ONE correct option that correctly describes problems caused by carbon dioxide emissions: