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USCG BTM Questions & 100% Correct
Answers- Latest Test | Graded A+ | Passed
Authority
✓ -:- Governments legal power to act
What is Jurisdiction
✓ -:- Governments power to EXERCISE LEGAL AUTHORITY over ITS PERSONS,
VESSELS, and TERRITORY.
What are the elements of jurisdiction? (Jurisdiction Triangle)
✓ -:- Substantive Law
Vessel status/flag
Location
Flag
✓ -:- Vessels nationality
Status
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✓ -:- ~US-state registered/federally documented
~Foreign
~Stateless-not registered to a single nation.
~Assimilated Stateless-treated as stateless due to false claims
Substantive Law
✓ -:- Two key concepts:
-prohibits certain actions
-requires affirmative conduct
Ex: fishery laws, pollution laws, drug laws
Location
✓ -:- Territorial seas-baseline to 12nm
(Financial, Immigration, Sanitation, Custom laws)
Custom waters-12nm in, including internal waters (FISC)
Contiguous Zone-12nm-24nm (FIC)
Exclusive Economic Zone EEZ-out to 200nm
High Seas-outside EEZ to other nations territorial seas (12nm)
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4 types of vessels
✓ -:- -private / pleasure
-commercial
-non commercial / government owned
-warship
14 U.S.C. 89(a)
✓ -:- Principle source of authority for the CG pertaining boardings;
States CG may: SEASII
-conduct SEARCHES
-conduct EXAMINATIONS
-make ARREST
-make SEIZURES
-conduct INSPECTIONS
-make INQUIRES
in high seas of waters where US has JDX for the PREVENTION, DETECTION, and
SUPPRESSION of violation of the laws.
Who has Authority under 14 USC 89?
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USCG BTM Questions & 100% Correct
Answers- Latest Test | Graded A+ | Passed
Authority
✓ -:- Governments legal power to act
What is Jurisdiction
✓ -:- Governments power to EXERCISE LEGAL AUTHORITY over ITS PERSONS,
VESSELS, and TERRITORY.
What are the elements of jurisdiction? (Jurisdiction Triangle)
✓ -:- Substantive Law
Vessel status/flag
Location
Flag
✓ -:- Vessels nationality
Status
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✓ -:- ~US-state registered/federally documented
~Foreign
~Stateless-not registered to a single nation.
~Assimilated Stateless-treated as stateless due to false claims
Substantive Law
✓ -:- Two key concepts:
-prohibits certain actions
-requires affirmative conduct
Ex: fishery laws, pollution laws, drug laws
Location
✓ -:- Territorial seas-baseline to 12nm
(Financial, Immigration, Sanitation, Custom laws)
Custom waters-12nm in, including internal waters (FISC)
Contiguous Zone-12nm-24nm (FIC)
Exclusive Economic Zone EEZ-out to 200nm
High Seas-outside EEZ to other nations territorial seas (12nm)
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4 types of vessels
✓ -:- -private / pleasure
-commercial
-non commercial / government owned
-warship
14 U.S.C. 89(a)
✓ -:- Principle source of authority for the CG pertaining boardings;
States CG may: SEASII
-conduct SEARCHES
-conduct EXAMINATIONS
-make ARREST
-make SEIZURES
-conduct INSPECTIONS
-make INQUIRES
in high seas of waters where US has JDX for the PREVENTION, DETECTION, and
SUPPRESSION of violation of the laws.
Who has Authority under 14 USC 89?
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