Who must file Permit Registration Documents (PRDs) prior to the commencement of
construction activity?
a. Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD)
b. Legally Responsible Person (LRP) or the LRP's Approved Signatory
c. Qualified SWPPP Practitioner (QSP)
d. The CEO - ️️B
A temporary or permanent str...
QSP Exam
Who must file Permit Registration Documents (PRDs) prior to the commencement of
construction activity?
a. Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD)
b. Legally Responsible Person (LRP) or the LRP's Approved Signatory
c. Qualified SWPPP Practitioner (QSP)
d. The CEO - ✔️✔️B
A temporary or permanent structural BMP that directs concentrated flows away from
disturbed areas and prevents erosion is...
a. erosion control
b. run on/ run off control
c. sediment control - ✔️✔️B
When does the CGP apply? - ✔️✔️Any construction or demolition of one acre or more
Activities under the CGP include:
a. Routine maintenance to maintain original line and grade, hydraulic capacity, or
original purpose of the facility.
b. Disturbances to land surfaces solely related to agricultural operations.
c. Clearing and grading 2 acres of land
d. Discharges of storm water from areas on tribal lands. - ✔️✔️C
TRUE OR FALSE: if construction of an LUP will occur across several properties, the
utility company, municipality, or other public/private company/agency that owns or
operates the LUP project is responsible for obtaining coverage - ✔️✔️True
Risk Level 2 monitoring requirements include:
a. Effluent sampling where applicable
b. Sampling for pH and turbidity
c. Sampling for pH, turbidity, and suspended sediments - ✔️✔️B
All NAL data must be uploaded within ___ after NAL exceedance has been identified
a. 24 hours
b. 1 week
c. 10 days
d. 2 weeks - ✔️✔️C
Which regulation establishes a framework for regulating municipal and industrial storm
water discharges to waters of the United States:
a. Clean Water Act (CWA)
b. Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
c. Endangered Species Act
, d. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
e. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) - ✔️✔️A
Certain non-storm water discharges may be necessary for the completion of
construction projects. Therefore the General Permit authorizes such discharges
provided they meet the following conditions except:
a. Meet the NALs for pH and turbidity
b. Not cause or contribute to a violation of water quality standards
c. Comply with BMPs as described in the SWPPP
d. Be infeasible to eliminate
e. Causes or threatens to cause pollution, contamination, or nuisance - ✔️✔️E
When possible, use erosion controls as the ___ protection, with sediment controls as a
___system.
a. primary, secondary
b. secondary, primary - ✔️✔️A
The amount of eroded soil that settles out at a point in the watershed that is remote
from the origin of the detached soil particles is...
a. Rainfall Erosivity Factor
b. Slope Length and Steepness Factors
c. Soil Cover Factor
d. Sediment Yield - ✔️✔️D
What is turbidity?
a. The degree to which the water loses its transparency due to the presence of
suspended particulates
b. the acidity or alkalinity of a solution
c. the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can
damage an organism - ✔️✔️A
The removal of a uniform thin layer of soil by raindrop splash or water run-off is...
a. Splash Erosion
b. Rill Erosion
c. Sheet Erosion
d. Wind Erosion - ✔️✔️C
What elements of RUSLE are independent of location?
a. K
b. R
c. LS
d. C & P - ✔️✔️D
What does the "P" stand for in the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE)?
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