SWPPP TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Motives for staying in compliance with stormwater objectives include:
A. Staying out of trouble with the law
B. Appeasing environmental groups
C. Making your boss happy
D. None of these answers - Answers - A
NPDES stands for:
A. National Pollution Division of Environmental Science
B. Non Pollution Discharge Elimination Standards
C. National Pollution Development Erosion Standards
D. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System - Answers - D
The law that set into place stormwater regulations in the 1970's is...
A. The Federal Pollution Discharge Elimination Rules
B. The Stormwater Pollution Control Act
C. The Clean Water Act
D. The National Water Control Act - Answers - C
Regulations for managing Stormwater Activity on a construction site are outlined in
the...
A. NOI
B. NOT
C. NPDES
D. DOT - Answers - C
When should you read and understand your project Stormwater Pollution Prevention
Plan (SWPPP)?
A. After the project Owner calls you to their office
B. After an Agency inspector visits the job site
C. Immediately after project award and before you begin any site work
D. During project closeout - Answers - C
Which of the following is a not an allowable stormwater discharge or non-stormwater
discharge
A. Discharge from dewatering activities
B. Discharge from borrow areas
C. Discharge from staging areas
, D. Discharge of contaminated groundwater - Answers - D
Construction activity may begin
A. When the jurisdiction of operations specifies you can start
B. Immediately after equipment shows up on site
C. Right after a rain event
D. Once you have called the State - Answers - A
Waters that fail anti-degradation standards are placed on the ______ list.
A. 303d
B. none of the above
C. 404a
D. 301d - Answers - A
SWPPP certifications are signed by
A. The project engineer
B. An Officer of the Project Owner or an Officer of the General Contractor
C. Anyone with a pen
D. Any one on the project site - Answers - B
The Notice of Termination can be filed when
A. All construction, inside and outside the building is complete and final stabilization has
been verified as complete
B. At the end of the rainy season
C. Only offsite street work is left.
D. GC believes site meets permit requirements for final stabilization and notes this on a
daily report - Answers - A
Operators on a construction site are the entity in charge of plans and specification and
the entity who ...
A. ... brings lunch to the site
B. ... is in charge of daily activities
C. ... visits the property weekly
D. ... sends reports to the owner and other interested parties - Answers - B
TRUE/FALSE
The document that must be completed, signed and submitted to the state to obtain
authorization to discharge is the NOT. - Answers - False
TRUE/FALSE
Motives for staying in compliance with stormwater objectives include:
A. Staying out of trouble with the law
B. Appeasing environmental groups
C. Making your boss happy
D. None of these answers - Answers - A
NPDES stands for:
A. National Pollution Division of Environmental Science
B. Non Pollution Discharge Elimination Standards
C. National Pollution Development Erosion Standards
D. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System - Answers - D
The law that set into place stormwater regulations in the 1970's is...
A. The Federal Pollution Discharge Elimination Rules
B. The Stormwater Pollution Control Act
C. The Clean Water Act
D. The National Water Control Act - Answers - C
Regulations for managing Stormwater Activity on a construction site are outlined in
the...
A. NOI
B. NOT
C. NPDES
D. DOT - Answers - C
When should you read and understand your project Stormwater Pollution Prevention
Plan (SWPPP)?
A. After the project Owner calls you to their office
B. After an Agency inspector visits the job site
C. Immediately after project award and before you begin any site work
D. During project closeout - Answers - C
Which of the following is a not an allowable stormwater discharge or non-stormwater
discharge
A. Discharge from dewatering activities
B. Discharge from borrow areas
C. Discharge from staging areas
, D. Discharge of contaminated groundwater - Answers - D
Construction activity may begin
A. When the jurisdiction of operations specifies you can start
B. Immediately after equipment shows up on site
C. Right after a rain event
D. Once you have called the State - Answers - A
Waters that fail anti-degradation standards are placed on the ______ list.
A. 303d
B. none of the above
C. 404a
D. 301d - Answers - A
SWPPP certifications are signed by
A. The project engineer
B. An Officer of the Project Owner or an Officer of the General Contractor
C. Anyone with a pen
D. Any one on the project site - Answers - B
The Notice of Termination can be filed when
A. All construction, inside and outside the building is complete and final stabilization has
been verified as complete
B. At the end of the rainy season
C. Only offsite street work is left.
D. GC believes site meets permit requirements for final stabilization and notes this on a
daily report - Answers - A
Operators on a construction site are the entity in charge of plans and specification and
the entity who ...
A. ... brings lunch to the site
B. ... is in charge of daily activities
C. ... visits the property weekly
D. ... sends reports to the owner and other interested parties - Answers - B
TRUE/FALSE
The document that must be completed, signed and submitted to the state to obtain
authorization to discharge is the NOT. - Answers - False
TRUE/FALSE
