CISEC EXAM LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 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)
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
T/F: Rills are more than 75mm deep and are often the start of gullies - ANSWER:
False: gullies are more than 75mm deep
What factors impact rainfall erosion? - ANSWER: Climate events, soil erodibility,
length of flow down a slope, slope of land (critical), erosion control BMPs, sediment
control BMPs
T/F: Clay is highly erodible - ANSWER: False
What is sediment? - ANSWER: The eroded material suspended in water or air
Flocculants - ANSWER: Chemicals added to a mixture to make suspended particles
clump together.
Cationic (bad), Anionic (good)
Who decides the necessary BMPs in the SWPPP for a project? - ANSWER:
Developer/Designer (not inspector)
Types of EC BMPs - ANSWER: Placement of pavement, installing landscaping
materials, establishing vegetation, construction of homes, culverts/slope drains,
diversion channels, ECB and TRMs
What is the minimum number of inspections required? - ANSWER: Once every 14
days
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