CESSWI EXAM FINAL PAPER VERIFIED QUESTIONS ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

CESSWI EXAM FINAL PAPER VERIFIED QUESTIONS ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
CESSWI Exam Updated Questions and Answers
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Question:
What are the soil classifications based off of?

Answer:
Percent of sand, silt, and clay present in soil



Question:
How many soil texture classifications are there?

Answer:
12



Question:
What are the hydrologic soil groups classified based off of?

Answer:
Infiltration rates



Question:
What are the hydrologic soil groups?

Answer:
A, B, C, D



Question:
What are the soil horizons classified based off of?

Answer:

,Primary material (eg clay, organic matter, minerals, parent material (rock), bedrock)



Question:
What are the master horizons?

Answer:
O, A, E, B, C, R



Question:
What are the four types of erosion?

Answer:
Raindrop, sheet, rill & gully, streambank



Question:
Define soil detachment

Answer:
the dislodgment of soil particles from the soil mass through erosive forces



Question:
Define sediment transport

Answer:
the movement of sediment particles (by water or wind) once they have been detached



Question:
Define erosion

Answer:
the weathering down of parent material and the detachment by the action of wind, water, ice and
gravity

,Question:
What is the erosion rate of soil for a site by water dependent on?

Answer:
on-site characteristics, soil physical and chemical variables, and land management practices



Question:
what is sediment deposition (sedimentation)?

Answer:
the process by which soil particles that have been suspended within the water or air column settle
back to the ground surface



Question:
what equation is used to estimate the annual average erosion rate for a site?

Answer:
RUSLE



Question:
Brain Break! (answer a question completely unrelated to stormwater) What is the largest desert in
the world?

Answer:
Antarctica Desert (don't believe me? google it!)



Question:
what can sedimentation be a result of?

Answer:
reduced flow rates/flow velocities, higher frictional forces, increased sediment load within runoff

, Question:
site characteristics that directly impact the likelihood for soils to erode:

Answer:
soil type, vegetative cover, topography, climate



Question:
define hydrology

Answer:
the study of water, including its occurrence, circulation, distribution, chemical and physical
properties, and the reaction of those properties to the environment



Question:
parameters that characterize the hydrology of a site include;

Answer:
precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, runoff



Question:
the hydrologic cycle describes the movement of water.

Answer:
above the surface, on the surface, and below the surface



Question:
the hydrologic cycle is a.

Answer:
continuous process (no start or end)