UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Question 1: What does MEP stand for and for what are they used? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Maximum extent practicable pg 63
Question 2: What are the 6 steps in the guidelines on implementing appropriate control measures
to meet MEP? - CORRECT ANSWER -1. Public education and outreach on stormwater
impacts
2. Public involvement and participation
3. An illicit discharge detection in elimination
4. Construction sites stormwater runoff control
5. Post construction stormwater management in new development and redevelopment
6. Pollution prevention and good housekeeping for municipal operations
Pg 64
Question 3: What are the five general categories of storm water control? - CORRECT
ANSWER -1. Basins
2. Swales and Strips
3. Filters
4. Infiltrators
5. Gross pollutant traps
Basins - CORRECT ANSWER -water is detained for purity of time; generally designed
on volume, provide peak flow attenuation in treatment "settling"
Swales and strips - CORRECT ANSWER -convey stormwater and shallow gaps; it's
designed to open channel flow principles