CISEC EXAM SCRIPT FINAL PAPER FULL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
◉ What is sediment?
Answer: The eroded material suspended in water or air
◉ Flocculants
Answer: Chemicals added to a mixture to make suspended particles
clump together.
Cationic (bad), Anionic (good)
◉ Who decides the necessary BMPs in the SWPPP for a project?
Answer: Developer/Designer (not inspector)
◉ Types of EC BMPs
Answer: Placement of pavement, installing landscaping materials,
establishing vegetation, construction of homes, culverts/slope
drains, diversion channels, ECB and TRMs
◉ What is the minimum number of inspections required?
Answer: Once every 14 days
,◉ Major things to look for on S&EC plans
Answer: What is to be installed before grading, as per plan
NOTES sections
Major discharge points
Legends and Changes
◉ Inspectors Obligations
Answer: Review: NOI, SWPPP drawings, and records
Observe: SWPPP drawings and onsite BMPs in agreement
Inspect: Check for effectiveness of BMPs
Report Findings: document findings
Know and understand EPA requirements
Understand drawings
Understand legend, notes, and topography
Understand post construction conditions
◉ T/F: Inspectors who knowingly falsify information in their report
can be fined and possibly imprisoned.
Answer: True
◉ CISEC Motto
Answer: Observe, Inspect, Report, Avoid Mandating
, ◉ During vertical construction activities, an inspector's job can be
quite difficult when you have multiple builders. Who's responsibility
is it to install and maintain BMPs in this siutation?
Answer: Builders
◉ Of the various types of construction activities, what type will
likely keep and inspector the busiest?
Answer: Linear
◉ What type of wind erosion is responsible for the highest amount
(50-80%) of soil transport?
Answer: Saltation
◉ In regard to rainfall erosion factors, what's more important, the
slope of the land or the length of the flow?
Answer: Slope
◉ T/F: Inspectors must be able to calculate the amount of runoff at
the rate of flows that may occur for precipitation events?
Answer: False: designers/reviewers
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
◉ What is sediment?
Answer: The eroded material suspended in water or air
◉ Flocculants
Answer: Chemicals added to a mixture to make suspended particles
clump together.
Cationic (bad), Anionic (good)
◉ Who decides the necessary BMPs in the SWPPP for a project?
Answer: Developer/Designer (not inspector)
◉ Types of EC BMPs
Answer: Placement of pavement, installing landscaping materials,
establishing vegetation, construction of homes, culverts/slope
drains, diversion channels, ECB and TRMs
◉ What is the minimum number of inspections required?
Answer: Once every 14 days
,◉ Major things to look for on S&EC plans
Answer: What is to be installed before grading, as per plan
NOTES sections
Major discharge points
Legends and Changes
◉ Inspectors Obligations
Answer: Review: NOI, SWPPP drawings, and records
Observe: SWPPP drawings and onsite BMPs in agreement
Inspect: Check for effectiveness of BMPs
Report Findings: document findings
Know and understand EPA requirements
Understand drawings
Understand legend, notes, and topography
Understand post construction conditions
◉ T/F: Inspectors who knowingly falsify information in their report
can be fined and possibly imprisoned.
Answer: True
◉ CISEC Motto
Answer: Observe, Inspect, Report, Avoid Mandating
, ◉ During vertical construction activities, an inspector's job can be
quite difficult when you have multiple builders. Who's responsibility
is it to install and maintain BMPs in this siutation?
Answer: Builders
◉ Of the various types of construction activities, what type will
likely keep and inspector the busiest?
Answer: Linear
◉ What type of wind erosion is responsible for the highest amount
(50-80%) of soil transport?
Answer: Saltation
◉ In regard to rainfall erosion factors, what's more important, the
slope of the land or the length of the flow?
Answer: Slope
◉ T/F: Inspectors must be able to calculate the amount of runoff at
the rate of flows that may occur for precipitation events?
Answer: False: designers/reviewers
