2B.12 Coastal management and littoral cells Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. What defines a littoral cell in coastal management?

   • Single cliff face
   • Open ocean current
   • Local tidal river
   • Self-contained sediment system

2. Which of the following is one of the four Shoreline Management Plan policy options?

   • Advance The Line
   • Sell The Line
   • Dredge The Line
   • Fortify The Line

3. What does the coastal management acronym ICZM stand for?

   • Interim Coastal Zone Mitigation
   • Integrated Climate Zone Management
   • Integrated Coastal Zone Management
   • Intertidal Coastal Zone Mapping

4. In coastal decision making, what does EIA stand for?

   • Environmental Impact Assessment
   • Erosion Index Assessment
   • Economic Income Allocation
   • Estuary Infrastructure Analysis

5. Under which SMP policy is an existing defence maintained to protect the same line of coast?

   • Hold The Line
   • Advance The Line
   • No Active Intervention
   • Strategic Realignment

6. Under which SMP policy are no active defences maintained, so natural processes are allowed to continue?

   • Hold The Line
   • Advance The Line
   • Strategic Realignment
   • No Active Intervention

7. What primary economic factor justifies a Shoreline Management Plan policy of No Active Intervention?

   • High agricultural value
   • High defence costs
   • Critical deepwater port
   • Densely populated town

8. What environmental benefit is created by a policy of Strategic Realignment?

   • Zero coastal recession
   • Saltmarsh habitat creation
   • Permanent land gain
   • Total cliff stabilization

9. A cost benefit analysis shows benefits of £6 million and costs of £4 million. What is the benefit-cost ratio?

   • 1.5
   • 0.67
   • 2.5
   • 10

10. Which non-engineering factor heavily influences Shoreline Management Plan decisions?

    • Environmental sensitivity
    • Offshore wind speeds
    • Deep sea mining
    • Mantle convection rates

11. Why do Integrated Coastal Zone Management strategies treat the entire coast holistically?

    • Static sea levels
    • Connected sediment dynamics
    • Uniform land usage
    • Isolated tidal zones

12. What is the main purpose of an Environmental Impact Assessment for coastal projects?

    • Taxing local residents
    • Calculating construction wages
    • Measuring sea depth
    • Predicting ecological consequences

13. What is a major limitation of using Cost Benefit Analysis for coastal management?

    • Unquantifiable environmental value
    • Exact habitat pricing
    • Ignoring financial costs
    • Excluding engineering data

14. What approach manages coastal processes across an entire sediment cell?

    • ICZM
    • Managed retreat
    • Hard engineering
    • Hold the line

15. What component of a sediment cell stores material in coastal landforms?

    • Sources
    • Conveyors
    • Sinks
    • Transfers

16. Which shoreline management policy involves constructing new coastal defences seaward of existing coastlines?

    • No active intervention
    • Managed realignment
    • Hold the line
    • Advance the line

17. Which factor measures the financial justification for implementing shoreline management policies?

    • Tide height
    • Beach gradient
    • Land value
    • Fetch length

18. Which tool compares the monetary costs of coastal defences against their financial benefits?

    • Environmental Impact Assessment
    • Cost Benefit Analysis
    • Integrated Zone Assessment
    • Shoreline Management Plan

19. What approach does ICZM take across entire coastal systems?

    • Fragmented planning
    • Hard engineering
    • Localised defence
    • Holistic approach

20. A sediment cell gains 1200 m3 and loses 1500 m3 annually. What happens to beach size?

    • Beaches remain stable
    • Sediment accumulates
    • Beaches grow
    • Beaches shrink

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