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USCG BTM Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
The governemnts legal power to act
Ans: authority
Governments power to exercise legal authority over its persons,
vessels, and territory
Ans: Jurisdiction
Grants petty, warrant and commissioned officers the authority to
make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures and
arrests, upon the high seas and waters over which the United States
has jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection and suppression of
violations of laws of the United States. For such purposes
commissioned warrant and petty officers may at any time go on
board any vessel subject to the jurisdiction or to the operation of any
law of the United States to (seas II) and use all necessary force to
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compel compliance. If they escape onshore you may pursue them
(14 usc 99)
Ans: USC 1489 (a)
1. Baseline. 2. Increased security posture 3. Most focused, attack is
imminent or already happened
Ans: MARSEC lvls
Internal/customs= base to 12nm, contiguous= 12-24nm, EEZ= 12-
200nm, high seas is past 200nm
Ans: Zones
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, and
effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be
violated and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the
place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
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Ans: 4th Amendment
Crushing and passing
Ans: frisk
Whether a reasonable innocent person would feel a restraint on his
or her freedom of movement to such an extent that it approaches a
formal arrest
Ans: Custodial situation
1. Individual and unit self defense
2. Effect an arrest or prevent an escape
3. Compel compliance with an order to evacuate
4. Compel compliance with an order the coast guard has the
authority to issue
5. Prevent a federal crime or a serious state or foreign crime
USCG BTM Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
The governemnts legal power to act
Ans: authority
Governments power to exercise legal authority over its persons,
vessels, and territory
Ans: Jurisdiction
Grants petty, warrant and commissioned officers the authority to
make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures and
arrests, upon the high seas and waters over which the United States
has jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection and suppression of
violations of laws of the United States. For such purposes
commissioned warrant and petty officers may at any time go on
board any vessel subject to the jurisdiction or to the operation of any
law of the United States to (seas II) and use all necessary force to
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compel compliance. If they escape onshore you may pursue them
(14 usc 99)
Ans: USC 1489 (a)
1. Baseline. 2. Increased security posture 3. Most focused, attack is
imminent or already happened
Ans: MARSEC lvls
Internal/customs= base to 12nm, contiguous= 12-24nm, EEZ= 12-
200nm, high seas is past 200nm
Ans: Zones
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, and
effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be
violated and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the
place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
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Ans: 4th Amendment
Crushing and passing
Ans: frisk
Whether a reasonable innocent person would feel a restraint on his
or her freedom of movement to such an extent that it approaches a
formal arrest
Ans: Custodial situation
1. Individual and unit self defense
2. Effect an arrest or prevent an escape
3. Compel compliance with an order to evacuate
4. Compel compliance with an order the coast guard has the
authority to issue
5. Prevent a federal crime or a serious state or foreign crime
