USCG BTM STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is authority? - CORRECT ANSWER - The governments legal power to act.
Where does the coast guard primarily get it MLE authority? - CORRECT ANSWER - 14
U.S.C. 89
What does 14 U.S.C. 89 state? - CORRECT ANSWER - It states that the government can
make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures, and arrest upon the high seas and
waters the us has jurisdiction over for the prevention, detection, and suppression of activities that
will violate US law.
What is jurisdiction? - CORRECT ANSWER - The governments right to exercise legal
authority over its persons, vessels and places.
What can you use to determine if you have jurisdiction? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
jurisdictional triangle
What makes up the jurisdictional triangle? - CORRECT ANSWER - location, vessel flag/
status, and substantive law.
what is substantive law? - CORRECT ANSWER - one that prohibits a certain actions or
requires affirmative action.
What are examples of substantive laws? - CORRECT ANSWER - Drugs, Fisheries,
waterways, vessel safety
What are the Different vessel status - CORRECT ANSWER - U.S., Foreign, vessel w/o
nationality, vessel assimilated W/O nationality.
, What is SMTJ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Special maritime territorial jurisdiction
Examples of places that fall under SMTJ? - CORRECT ANSWER - US vessels, Great Lakes,
High Seas, territorial seas
what is FISC? - CORRECT ANSWER - Fiscal Immigration Sanitary Customs
what are the 4 types of subjects - CORRECT ANSWER - passive resistor, passive compliant,
active resistor, active aggressor
Where Is the baseline on the jurisdictional map? - CORRECT ANSWER - Follows the coast
line.
Where Is the baseline on the jurisdictional map? - CORRECT ANSWER - Follows the coast
line.
what are exclusive state waters? - CORRECT ANSWER - waters enclosed by one state.
what are non exclusive state waters? - CORRECT ANSWER - waters enclosed by multiple
states or countries.
what are territorial seas on the jurisdictional map? - CORRECT ANSWER - seas from
baseline to 12NM.
Where are international waters? - CORRECT ANSWER - 12NM and out.
where are customs water on the jurisdictional map? - CORRECT ANSWER - International
waters to baseline.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is authority? - CORRECT ANSWER - The governments legal power to act.
Where does the coast guard primarily get it MLE authority? - CORRECT ANSWER - 14
U.S.C. 89
What does 14 U.S.C. 89 state? - CORRECT ANSWER - It states that the government can
make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures, and arrest upon the high seas and
waters the us has jurisdiction over for the prevention, detection, and suppression of activities that
will violate US law.
What is jurisdiction? - CORRECT ANSWER - The governments right to exercise legal
authority over its persons, vessels and places.
What can you use to determine if you have jurisdiction? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
jurisdictional triangle
What makes up the jurisdictional triangle? - CORRECT ANSWER - location, vessel flag/
status, and substantive law.
what is substantive law? - CORRECT ANSWER - one that prohibits a certain actions or
requires affirmative action.
What are examples of substantive laws? - CORRECT ANSWER - Drugs, Fisheries,
waterways, vessel safety
What are the Different vessel status - CORRECT ANSWER - U.S., Foreign, vessel w/o
nationality, vessel assimilated W/O nationality.
, What is SMTJ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Special maritime territorial jurisdiction
Examples of places that fall under SMTJ? - CORRECT ANSWER - US vessels, Great Lakes,
High Seas, territorial seas
what is FISC? - CORRECT ANSWER - Fiscal Immigration Sanitary Customs
what are the 4 types of subjects - CORRECT ANSWER - passive resistor, passive compliant,
active resistor, active aggressor
Where Is the baseline on the jurisdictional map? - CORRECT ANSWER - Follows the coast
line.
Where Is the baseline on the jurisdictional map? - CORRECT ANSWER - Follows the coast
line.
what are exclusive state waters? - CORRECT ANSWER - waters enclosed by one state.
what are non exclusive state waters? - CORRECT ANSWER - waters enclosed by multiple
states or countries.
what are territorial seas on the jurisdictional map? - CORRECT ANSWER - seas from
baseline to 12NM.
Where are international waters? - CORRECT ANSWER - 12NM and out.
where are customs water on the jurisdictional map? - CORRECT ANSWER - International
waters to baseline.
