US Coast Guard Study Guide PRACTICE
EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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What is the Coast Guard? - Answer -"The U.S. Coast Guard, one of the country's five
armed services, is a unique agency of the federal government. "
"When did the Coast Guard start? - Answer -We trace our history to 4 August 1790
What did the Coast Guard have when it was first authorized and what did it do? -
Answer -Congress authorized the construction of 10 vessels to enforce tariff and trade
laws and to prevent smuggling.
What was the Coast Guard first named? - Answer -"Known through the 19th and early
20th centuries as the Revenue Cutter Service, we expanded in size and responsibilities
as the nation grew. "
"When did the Coast Guard get it's name? - Answer -The service received its present
name in 1915 under an act of Congress when the Revenue Cutter Service merged with
the Life-Saving Service. The nation then had a single maritime service dedicated to
saving life at sea and enforcing the nation's maritime laws.
What two services merged to form the Coast Guard in 1915? - Answer -the Revenue
Cutter Service merged with the Life-Saving Service
What president ordered the Coast Guard to operate the nation's lighthouses? - Answer -
"The Coast Guard began to maintain the country's aids to maritime navigation, including
operating the nation's lighthouses, when President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the
transfer of the Lighthouse Service to the Coast Guard in 1939. "
When did FDR order the transfer of the Lighthouse Service to the Coast Guard? -
Answer -1939
In ________ Congress permanently transferred the ___________ to the Coast Guard,
thereby placing merchant marine licensing and merchant vessel safety under our
purview. - Answer -In 1946, Congress permanently transferred the Bureau of Marine
Inspection and Navigation to the Coast Guard, thereby placing merchant marine
licensing and merchant vessel safety under our purview.
When did the Coast Guard take over the admin of bridges over navigable waterways? -
Answer -1967
,"In times of peace we operate as part of the ________, serving as the nation's front-line
agency for e__________, p______ and our vast c_____ and p_____, and
c_________________. - Answer -In times of peace, we operate as part of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, serving as the nation's front-line agency for,
enforcing our laws at sea, protecting the marine environment and our vast coastline and
ports, and conducting search and rescue operations."
"In times of war or at _____, we serve under the _____. The Coast Guard is
simultaneously and at all times a ______ and _____ dedicated to maritime s_____,
s_____, and s___________. - Answer -In times of war, or at the direction of the
President, we serve under the U.S. Department of the Navy. The Coast Guard is
simultaneously and at all times a military force and federal law enforcement agency
dedicated to maritime safety, security, and stewardship missions."
What are the 4 main jobs of the Coast Guard? - Answer -"1. We save lives.
2. We protect the environment.
3. We defend the homeland.
We enforce federal laws on the high sea, the nation, coastal waters and its inland
waterways.
What are the 11 missions of the Coast Guard? (Really 12) - Answer -1. Ports,
Waterways
2. Coastal Security
3. Drug Interdiction
4. Aids to Navigation
5. Search & Rescue
6. Living Marine Resources
7. Marine Safety
8. Defense Readiness
9. Migrant Interdiction
10. Maritime Environmental Protection
11. Polar Ice & Alaska Operations
12. Law Enforcement
What 3 things are permanently deployed in the communities we serve. - Answer -1.
units
2. vessels
3. aircraft
Our unique role as the only armed service in the _______ gives us both _______ and
______ responsibilities. - Answer -Our unique role as the only armed service in the
Department of Homeland Security gives us both civilian and military responsibilities.
"We protect A_____, e______, n____, and b_____ - from the heartland to cyberspace. -
Answer -We protect America, economic prosperity, national security, and border - from
the heartland to cyberspace."
, What are the two geographic commands of the Coast Guard? - Answer -the Atlantic
Area and Pacific Area
The Atlantic Area and Pacific Area are further divided into _____ district commands. -
Answer -9
What do the five district commands in the Atlantic Area cover? (4) - Answer -"1. the
Eastern United States
2. the Atlantic Ocean
3. the Great Lakes
4. the Gulf of Mexico.
What do the four district commands in the Pacific Area cover? (2) - Answer -1. Western
United States
2. the Pacific Ocean
"The Coast Guard also has personnel assigned to eight D_______ and often has a
presence on all s_____continents and the world's o_____, protecting national
sovereignty with our i______, c_____, a_____, and deployable s________. "," - Answer
-The Coast Guard also has personnel assigned to eight Department of Defense
Combatant Commands and often has a presence on all seven continents and the
world's oceans, protecting national sovereignty with our icebreakers, cutters. aviation
assets, and deployable specialized forces.
What are the 3 Core Values? - Answer -1. honor
2. respect
3. devotion to duty
1st General Order of a Sentry - Answer -To take charge of this post and all government
property in view.
2nd General Order of a Sentry - Answer -"To walk my post in a military manner, keeping
always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing."
3rd General Order of a Sentry - Answer -To report all violations of orders I am instructed
to enforce.
4th General Order of a Sentry - Answer -To repeat all calls from posts more distant from
the Guardhouse than my own.
5th General Order of a Sentry - Answer -To quit my post only when properly relieved.
6th General Order of a Sentry - Answer -"To receive, obey. and pass on to the sentry
who relieves me all orders from the Commanding Officer, Command Duty Officer.
Officer of the Deck, and Officers and Petty Officer of the Watch only. "
