Coast Guard BTM Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update

Authority - Answer-The government's legal power to act Jurisdiction - Answer-The right to exercise legal authority over its persons, vessel's and territory 14USC89A - Answer-The Coast Guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the U.S. has jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of the laws of the U.S. For such purposes, commissioned, warrant, and petty officers, may at anytime, go aboard any vessel subject to the jurisdiction or to the operation of any law of the U.S., address inquiries to those on board, examine the ship's documents and papers, and examine, inspect, and search the vessel, and use all necessary force to compel compliance 14USC89B - Answer-The officers of the Coast Guard insofar as they are engaged, pursuant to the authority contained in this section, in enforcing any law of the United States shall be deemed to be acting as agents of the particular executive department or independent establishment charged with the administration of the particular law; and be subject to all the rules and regulations promulgated by such department or independent establishment with respect to the enforcement of that law 14USC89C - Answer-The provisions of this section are in addition to any powers conferred by law upon such officers, and not in limitation of any powers conferred by law upon such officers, or any other officers of the United States 14USC141 - Answer-The Coast Guard may, when so requested by proper authority, utilize its personnel and facilities to assist any Federal agency, state, territory, possession, or political subdivision thereof, or the District of Colombia to perform any activity, for which such personnel and facilities are especially qualified Jurisdiction Triangle - Answer-Vessel Status/Flag, Substantive Law, Location Substantive Law - Answer-A law that prohibits certain action or requires affirmative conduct 14 USC 1 - Answer-Est. CG as a armed service 14 USC 2 - Answer-Est. CG as a law enforcement agency and gives us our basic law enforcement authority