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CISEC Exam Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: When working in waterways or wetlands, which permit is required?
Answer: 404 Permit
Question:NPDES
Answer: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Section of CWA (Clean Water Act) to permit stormwater discharges
associated with industrial activities per the permit
Question:CWA Penalty Types
Answer: Class I. Negligent
Class II. Knowingly = Greater Fines
Question:What documents are required onsite?
Answer: SWPPP
CGP
Site Map
Drawings and Key
All inspection reports
Any amendments to SWPPP
Question:Who is the "Operator"
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Answer: Usually the OWNER of the site, not the contractor, unless authorized
by the owner to general contractor to have day-to-day operational control
Question:Vertical Projects
Answer: Homebuilding, smaller residential construction projects
Usually multiple subcontractors
Requires a lot of housekeeping
Question:LDP
Answer: Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects
Question:Big Box Projects
Answer: Commercial buildings
Mass grading and mass chaos
Limits site access and continually changing (high activity)
Question:Linear Priojects
Answer: Roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
Long narrow sites and mass chaos
Highly visible with fairly large footprint
Question:What is erosion?
Answer: The process by which soil particles get displaced by the act of wind or
water
Question:What are three types of wind erosion
Answer: Surface Creep, Saltation, and Suspension
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Question:What is surface creep?
Answer: Rolling and sliding movement of particles across a surface. 5-25%
total soil loss by wind
Question:What is saltation?
Answer: Hopping and bouncing movement of particles. 50-80% total soil loss
by wind
Question:What is suspension?
Answer: Small, lightweight particles carried great distances by wind. Less
than 10% total soil loss by wind
Question:What are the types of water erosion?
Answer: Raindrop erosion, sheet erosion, rill and gully erosion, stream and
channel erosion, shoreline erosion, landslides
Question:What is sheet erosion?
Answer: Stripping of soil that occurs due to sheet flows of runoff
Question:Rill and Gully Erosion
Answer: If the runoff is allowed to concentrate and gain velocity or energy, it
will cut rills and gullies as it detaches more soil particles
Rills: </= to 3" deep
Gullies: 3 or more rills converted to greater that 3" deep
Question:Streambank/Channel Erosion
CISEC Exam Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: When working in waterways or wetlands, which permit is required?
Answer: 404 Permit
Question:NPDES
Answer: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Section of CWA (Clean Water Act) to permit stormwater discharges
associated with industrial activities per the permit
Question:CWA Penalty Types
Answer: Class I. Negligent
Class II. Knowingly = Greater Fines
Question:What documents are required onsite?
Answer: SWPPP
CGP
Site Map
Drawings and Key
All inspection reports
Any amendments to SWPPP
Question:Who is the "Operator"
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Answer: Usually the OWNER of the site, not the contractor, unless authorized
by the owner to general contractor to have day-to-day operational control
Question:Vertical Projects
Answer: Homebuilding, smaller residential construction projects
Usually multiple subcontractors
Requires a lot of housekeeping
Question:LDP
Answer: Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects
Question:Big Box Projects
Answer: Commercial buildings
Mass grading and mass chaos
Limits site access and continually changing (high activity)
Question:Linear Priojects
Answer: Roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
Long narrow sites and mass chaos
Highly visible with fairly large footprint
Question:What is erosion?
Answer: The process by which soil particles get displaced by the act of wind or
water
Question:What are three types of wind erosion
Answer: Surface Creep, Saltation, and Suspension
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Question:What is surface creep?
Answer: Rolling and sliding movement of particles across a surface. 5-25%
total soil loss by wind
Question:What is saltation?
Answer: Hopping and bouncing movement of particles. 50-80% total soil loss
by wind
Question:What is suspension?
Answer: Small, lightweight particles carried great distances by wind. Less
than 10% total soil loss by wind
Question:What are the types of water erosion?
Answer: Raindrop erosion, sheet erosion, rill and gully erosion, stream and
channel erosion, shoreline erosion, landslides
Question:What is sheet erosion?
Answer: Stripping of soil that occurs due to sheet flows of runoff
Question:Rill and Gully Erosion
Answer: If the runoff is allowed to concentrate and gain velocity or energy, it
will cut rills and gullies as it detaches more soil particles
Rills: </= to 3" deep
Gullies: 3 or more rills converted to greater that 3" deep
Question:Streambank/Channel Erosion
