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Question	Answer
154 Countries are binding with the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty.	False
Under territorial waters provision of the Law of the Sea Convention foreign vessels have no right of passage without permission.	False
The Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty came into force on 18 November 1994.	False
Protection of the marine environment is a part of the provision of the Law of the Sea Convention.	True
Country can make laws without interference of the alien country; regulate its use and use of its resources.	True
Foreign vessels have no right of passage within internal waters without permission.	True
The area of the 12 Nautical miles beyond the territorial waters baseline is called continental Shelf.	False
In which place the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty was open for signature Montego Bay, Jamaica.	True
According to the Law of the Sea Convention, a 150-mile exclusive economic zone including the seabed and the water column, may be established by coastal States in which such States exercise sovereign rights and jurisdiction on all resource-related activities.	False
The Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty was opened for signature on 10 December 1982.	True
The exclusive economic zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the:	false
The limits of the shelf established by a coastal State based on the recommendations of Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf shall be final and binding.	true
On submarine ridges, the outer limit of the continental shelf shall not exceed 350 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.	true
Information on the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured shall be submitted by the coastal State to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.	true
The coastal State shall not deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations charts and relevant information, including geodetic data, permanently describing the outer limits of its continental shelf.	false
The continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the land mass of the coastal State, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise.	true
The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin.	true
The coastal State shall delineate the outer limits of its continental shelf by straight lines not exceeding 50 nautical miles in length.	false
Continental margin is a consist of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise. It also includes the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil.	false
Article 76 (definition of Continental Shelf) paragraph 6 is applied to submarine elevations that are natural components of the continental margin, such as its plateaux, rises, caps, banks and spurs.	false
A State which has clear grounds to believe that proper jurisdiction and control with respect to a ship have not been exercised must report the facts to the flag State.	false
After the registration of a ship it must be surveyed by a qualified surveyor of ships, and has on board such charts, nautical publications and navigational equipment and instruments as are appropriate for the safe navigation of the ship.	false
Coastal State shall take such measures for ships flying its flag as are necessary to ensure safety at sea with regard to the construction, equipment and seaworthiness of ships.	false
Each State shall cause an inquiry to be held by or before a suitably qualified person or persons into every marine casualty or incident of navigation on the high seas involving a ship flying its flag and causing loss of life or serious injury to nationals of another State or serious damage to ships or installations of another State or to the marine environment.	true
Every State shall effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative, technical and social matters over ships flying its flag.	true
Flag State is required only to conform to national regulations, procedures and practices and to take any steps which may be necessary to secure their observance.	false
Flag State is required to conform to generally accepted international regulations, procedures and practices and to take any steps which may be necessary to secure their observance in taking the measures under UNCLOS Part VII Article 94 paragraph 3 and 4.	true
Flag state shall ensure that necessary measure is taken by the master, officers and, to the extent appropriate, the crew are fully conversant with and required to observe the applicable international regulations concerning the safety of life at sea, the prevention of collisions, the prevention, reduction and control of marine pollution, and the maintenance of communications by radio.	true
Flag State shall maintain a register of ships containing the names and particulars of ships flying its flag, except those which are excluded from generally accepted international regulations on account of their small size.	true
The flag State alone shall cooperate in the conduct of any inquiry held by that other State into any such marine casualty or incident of navigation.	false