EPME EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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EPME EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Coast Guard is organized into how many regions? - Answer -Atlantic and Pacific
Who commands the Atlantic Area and the Pacific Area? - Answer -Vice Admirals
Districts are commanded by? - Answer -Rear Admi...
EPME EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Coast Guard is organized into how many regions? - Answer -Atlantic and Pacific
Who commands the Atlantic Area and the Pacific Area? - Answer -Vice Admirals
Districts are commanded by? - Answer -Rear Admirals
Larger cutters (over 180 feet in length) are under control of who? - Answer -Area
Commanders
A "cutter" is basically any CG vessel ____ feet in length or greater - Answer -65
Cutters at or under 180 feet in length come under control of? - Answer -District
Commanders
How many units report directly to Headquarters? - Answer -35
Traditionally, our role in wartime has been to? - Answer -Augment the Navy with cutters
and manpower
When did Congress authorized the capture of armed French vessels? - Answer -1798
Cutters captured ____ prizes unaided during Quasi War - Answer -18
During the Quasi War which cutter captured 10 prizes, one of which carried 44 guns
and 200 men, three times her own force? - Answer -Pickering
Which cutter recaptured the American vessels Nancy and Mehitable in a memorable
fight in 1799? - Answer -Eagle
What was The Coast Guard's role during the War of 1812? - Answer -augmenting the
Navy with shallow-draft craft
What cutter capture the first prize of the war of 1812? - Answer -Jefferson
When did Congress declared war with Mexico? - Answer -1846
Which cutter is credited with firing the first naval shots of the Civil War? - Answer -
Harriet Lane
,During the Civil War, our cutters in the Navy's service performed what kind of duty along
the Atlantic coast? - Answer -Blockade Duty
When did Spain declared war against the U.S? - Answer -1898
What cutter served as the escort and dispatch boat with Commodore George Dewey's
Asiatic Squadron? - Answer -The McCulloch
In what war did the the entire Coast Guard manpower, vessels, and units...was
transferred to the Navy? - Answer -world war 1, 1917
What were some of the Coast Guard duties during WWI? - Answer -escort and patrol
duties in the Mediterranean
When was the cutter Tampa torpedoed? - Answer -1918
With concern over the possibility of sabotage and accidents was profound during WWI,
what did the Treasury Departement established? - Answer -Coast Guard Captain of the
Port offices
Following the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, when did port security mission began?
- Answer -1940
What Act gave the Coast Guard jurisdiction over ships carrying explosives and
dangerous cargoes? - Answer -Dangerous Cargo Act
When did the Coast Guard seized 28 Italian, 2 German, and 35 Danish merchant ships?
- Answer -world war 2, 1941
When was the Coast Guard given responsibility for cold- weather operations in
Greenland? - Answer -1941
During WWII Coast Guard cutters and aircraft were credited with sinking how many
German U boats? - Answer -12
During WWII Coast Guard craft rescued more than ________ survivors of torpedo
attacks off the U.S. coast - Answer -1500
In what war was the Coast Guard's role was marginal, primarily one of support? -
Answer -Korean War
In what war were Shallow-draft warships and operating expertise in coastal waters were
needed for the interdiction of trawlers? - Answer -Vietnam War
, How many Coast guardsmen served in Vietnam? - Answer -8000 and 56 cutters
During the Vietnam War, To block infiltration, Coast Guard units boarded almost
________ junks and sampans. - Answer -250,000
For Operation Desert Shield a total of ______ Coast Reservists where called. - Answer
-950
What war, was the first time in the Coast Guard Reserve's 50-year history that
involuntary overseas mobilization occurred? - Answer -Operation Desert Shield
Federal lifesaving service began to take shape in? - Answer -1848
The purchase of _______ in 1867 greatly expanded the Coast Guard's environmental
responsibilities - Answer -Alaska
The Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 created a 200 mile offshore
fishing zone to be controlled by the U.S. - Answer -
What did the Coast Guard create in 1973 to combat oil spills? - Answer -National Strike
Force
When was the first narcotics seizure recorded? - Answer -1890
What was the driving force for establishing the International Ice Patrol? - Answer -The
sinking of the Titanic
When was the Revenue Cutter Service was tasked with maintaining the International
Ice Patrol? - Answer -1914
The only Coast Guard-manned light station in the U.S. today is? - Answer -Boston
Harbor
Who served 39 years at the Lime Rock Lighthouse, saving 18 lives? - Answer -Ida
Lewis
Who was awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Gold Lifesaving Medal? - Answer -
Marcus Hanna
What U.S. Code cites that the Coast Guard is a military service? - Answer -Title 14
The Coast Guard Reserve is a part-time force, composed of approximately 8,000
specially trained people - Answer -
When was the Coast Guard Reserve established? - Answer -1941
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