CISEC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 160 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
When working in waterways or wetlands, which permit is required? - (answer) 404 Permit
NPDES - (answer) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Section of CWA (Clean Water Act) to permit stormwater discharges associated with industrial activities
per the permit
CWA Penalty Types - (answer) Class I. Negligent
Class II. Knowingly = Greater Fines
What documents are required onsite? - (answer) SWPPP
CGP
Site Map
Drawings and Key
All inspection reports
Any amendments to SWPPP
Who is the "Operator" - (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
Vertical Projects - (answer) Homebuilding, smaller residential construction projects
Usually multiple subcontractors
Requires a lot of housekeeping
LDP - (answer) Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects
Big Box Projects - (answer) Commercial buildings
Mass grading and mass chaos
Limits site access and continually changing (high activity)
, CISEC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 160 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Linear Priojects - (answer) Roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
Long narrow sites and mass chaos
Highly visible with fairly large footprint
What is erosion? - (answer) The process by which soil particles get displaced by the act of wind or
water
What are three types of wind erosion - (answer) Surface Creep, Saltation, and Suspension
What is surface creep? - (answer) Rolling and sliding movement of particles across a surface. 5-25%
total soil loss by wind
What is saltation? - (answer) Hopping and bouncing movement of particles. 50-80% total soil loss by
wind
What is suspension? - (answer) Small, lightweight particles carried great distances by wind. Less than
10% total soil loss by wind
What are the types of water erosion? - (answer) Raindrop erosion, sheet erosion, rill and gully erosion,
stream and channel erosion, shoreline erosion, landslides
What is sheet erosion? - (answer) Stripping of soil that occurs due to sheet flows of runoff
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
Streambank/Channel Erosion - (answer) Removal of soil and other embankment materials due to
concentrated channel flows
When working in waterways or wetlands, which permit is required? - (answer) 404 Permit
NPDES - (answer) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Section of CWA (Clean Water Act) to permit stormwater discharges associated with industrial activities
per the permit
CWA Penalty Types - (answer) Class I. Negligent
Class II. Knowingly = Greater Fines
What documents are required onsite? - (answer) SWPPP
CGP
Site Map
Drawings and Key
All inspection reports
Any amendments to SWPPP
Who is the "Operator" - (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
Vertical Projects - (answer) Homebuilding, smaller residential construction projects
Usually multiple subcontractors
Requires a lot of housekeeping
LDP - (answer) Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects
Big Box Projects - (answer) Commercial buildings
Mass grading and mass chaos
Limits site access and continually changing (high activity)
, CISEC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 160 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Linear Priojects - (answer) Roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
Long narrow sites and mass chaos
Highly visible with fairly large footprint
What is erosion? - (answer) The process by which soil particles get displaced by the act of wind or
water
What are three types of wind erosion - (answer) Surface Creep, Saltation, and Suspension
What is surface creep? - (answer) Rolling and sliding movement of particles across a surface. 5-25%
total soil loss by wind
What is saltation? - (answer) Hopping and bouncing movement of particles. 50-80% total soil loss by
wind
What is suspension? - (answer) Small, lightweight particles carried great distances by wind. Less than
10% total soil loss by wind
What are the types of water erosion? - (answer) Raindrop erosion, sheet erosion, rill and gully erosion,
stream and channel erosion, shoreline erosion, landslides
What is sheet erosion? - (answer) Stripping of soil that occurs due to sheet flows of runoff
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
Streambank/Channel Erosion - (answer) Removal of soil and other embankment materials due to
concentrated channel flows
