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CISEC LATEST EXAM 2025 / QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (PROFESSOR VERIFIED) |
ALREADY GRADED A+ | LATEST VERSION (JUST
RELEASED)
When working in waterways or wetlands, which permit is required? -
(answers)404 Permit
NPDES - (answers)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 - (answers)Class I. Negligent
Class II. Knowingly = Greater Fines
What documents are required onsite? - (answers)SWPPP
CGP
Site Map
Drawings and Key
All inspection reports
Any amendments to SWPPP
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Who is the "Operator" - (answers)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 - (answers)Homebuilding, smaller residential construction
projects
Usually multiple subcontractors
Requires a lot of housekeeping
LDP - (answers)Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects
Big Box Projects - (answers)Commercial buildings
Mass grading and mass chaos
Limits site access and continually changing (high activity)
Linear Priojects - (answers)Roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
Long narrow sites and mass chaos
Highly visible with fairly large footprint
What is erosion? - (answers)The process by which soil particles get displaced by
the act of wind or water
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What are three types of wind erosion - (answers)Surface Creep, Saltation, and
Suspension
What is surface creep? - (answers)Rolling and sliding movement of particles
across a surface. 5-25% total soil loss by wind
What is saltation? - (answers)Hopping and bouncing movement of particles. 50-
80% total soil loss by wind
What is suspension? - (answers)Small, lightweight particles carried great distances
by wind. Less than 10% total soil loss by wind
What are the types of water erosion? - (answers)Raindrop erosion, sheet erosion,
rill and gully erosion, stream and channel erosion, shoreline erosion, landslides
What is sheet erosion? - (answers)Stripping of soil that occurs due to sheet flows
of runoff
Rill and Gully Erosion - (answers)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
CISEC LATEST EXAM 2025 / QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (PROFESSOR VERIFIED) |
ALREADY GRADED A+ | LATEST VERSION (JUST
RELEASED)
When working in waterways or wetlands, which permit is required? -
(answers)404 Permit
NPDES - (answers)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 - (answers)Class I. Negligent
Class II. Knowingly = Greater Fines
What documents are required onsite? - (answers)SWPPP
CGP
Site Map
Drawings and Key
All inspection reports
Any amendments to SWPPP
,2
Who is the "Operator" - (answers)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 - (answers)Homebuilding, smaller residential construction
projects
Usually multiple subcontractors
Requires a lot of housekeeping
LDP - (answers)Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects
Big Box Projects - (answers)Commercial buildings
Mass grading and mass chaos
Limits site access and continually changing (high activity)
Linear Priojects - (answers)Roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
Long narrow sites and mass chaos
Highly visible with fairly large footprint
What is erosion? - (answers)The process by which soil particles get displaced by
the act of wind or water
, 3
What are three types of wind erosion - (answers)Surface Creep, Saltation, and
Suspension
What is surface creep? - (answers)Rolling and sliding movement of particles
across a surface. 5-25% total soil loss by wind
What is saltation? - (answers)Hopping and bouncing movement of particles. 50-
80% total soil loss by wind
What is suspension? - (answers)Small, lightweight particles carried great distances
by wind. Less than 10% total soil loss by wind
What are the types of water erosion? - (answers)Raindrop erosion, sheet erosion,
rill and gully erosion, stream and channel erosion, shoreline erosion, landslides
What is sheet erosion? - (answers)Stripping of soil that occurs due to sheet flows
of runoff
Rill and Gully Erosion - (answers)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
