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MCQ Solas Set A
MCQ Solas Set A
A. European Union
B. UN General Assembly
C. UN Security Council
D. United Nations
A. Berlin
B. London
C. Sydney
D. Tokyo
A. Assembly of members
B. permanent secretariat of employees
C. Secretary General
D. Executive Council
A. 1959
B. 1943
C. 1948
D. 1940
6. What is the purpose of baselines under the law of the sea?
A. The determination of baselines is used for the measuring of the internal waters of
coastal States
B. The determination of baselines is instrumental to the establishment of all
maritime zones, since they constitute the starting point for measuring the breadth
of each zone
C. The determination of baselines is instrumental to the safe navigation of vessels
on the high seas
D. Baselines are drawn only in cases of maritime delimitation between opposing
State before an international court or tribunal
A. Rocks are the islands that are less than 10 square miles
B. Rocks are the islands that do not have any maritime zone
C. Rocks are the islands which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of
their own and according to article 121 (3) have no Exclusive Economic Zone or
continental shelf
D. Rocks are the small islands that can sustain human habitation
8. When coastal States do enforce their criminal jurisdiction over foreign vessels in their
ports?
A. Port States generally do not enforce their criminal jurisdiction over crimes that
do not infringe their customs laws or disrupt peace and public orde
B. Port States enforce their jurisdiction in all cases of delinquent vessels
C. Port States enforce their jurisdiction only in respect of very serious crimes, such
as drug trafficking
D. Port States are not entitled to enforce their jurisdiction over any foreign vessel
9. What is the function of the contiguous zone?
A. Innocent passage is the passage that does not involve any criminal activity
B. A vessel's passage is considered 'innocent' where it is not prejudicial to the
peace, good order or security of the coastal State
C. Innocent passage concerns only vessels of the same nationality with the coastal
State
D. Innocent passage concerns only the passage of merchant vessels and not of
warships
11. What kind of rights do coastal States enjoy over their continental shelf?
A. The coastal State enjoy ipso facto and ab initio sovereign rights over its
continental shelf for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural
resources
B. The coastal State may exercise sovereign rights over its continental shelf only
upon its declaration
C. The coastal State exercise sovereign rights over its continental shelf for the
purpose of exploiting its fishing resources
D. The coastal State may exercise only limited rights over its continental shelf and
only upon the consent of its neighbouring States
12. Do third States enjoy any fishing rights within the Exclusive Economic Zone of
another State?
A. When the coastal State cannot harvest the 'total allowable catch', the coastal
State is to give other State access to that surplus with priority to be given to
developing and land-locked States
B. Third States may never have access to fisheries within another State's EEZ
C. The coastal State is to give access to fisheries within its EEZ only to
neighbouring States
D. Third States are free to fish within another EEZ, except from certain designated
areas
13. Which State exercises jurisdiction over vessels on the high seas?
A. All States may exercise jurisdiction over foreign vessels on the high seas
B. States may exercise jurisdiction over foreign vessels on the high seas only in
cases of criminal activity that concerns them
C. The flag State is to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over its vessels on the high
seas, with the exception of specific cases, such as piracy
D. The flag State is the only State to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over its vessels
on the high seas with no exception
14. When does an illegal act of violence on the high seas fall short of qualifying as
piracy?
15. What is the 'equitable result' in the law and practice of maritime delimitation?
A. It is the only method of delimitation that international courts and tribunals follow
B. An equitable result is what a judge or the arbitrator would decide ex aequo et
bono, i.e. upon their discretion and in light of what they consider as fair and
equitable in a delimitation case
C. It is the end result that all delimitations of areas of continental shelf and EEZ
should achieve, after, however, drawing a provisional 'equidistance line' and
adjusting the zone in the light of the relevant circumstances and the
proportionality test
D. Achieving an equitable result is an old method of delimitation which is currently
not applicable