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BTM EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
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BTM EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECTANSWERS 2025
Explain what authority is and list the five basic bases of authority. - ANSWER
Authority: The government's legal right to act
Marine law enforcement
Customs
Protection and security
Aid
CGIS
14 USC 101 - ANSWER Establishes the CG as military and armed forces
14 USC 102 - ANSWER
14 USC 522(a) - ANSWER All commissioned, warrant, and petty officers may
at any time board vessels for the prevention, detection, and suppression of
violations of US laws
14 USC 703 - ANSWER All commission, warrant, and petty officers are also
customs officers
14 USC 1589(a) - ANSWER Customs officers may:
1. Carry a firearm
2. Execute and serve any order issued under the US
3. Arrest without a warrant
, 4. Any other law enforcement duty
Describe customs authority and how it applies as a BTM. - ANSWER
Describe jurisdiction and name the jurisdictional elements. - ANSWER
Jurisdiction:A governments power to exercise legal authority over its people,
vessels and territory.
Substantive Law
Vessel flag/status
Location
Jurisdictional map - ANSWER
Describe flag status classifications. - ANSWER US flagged
Foreign flagged
Vessels without nationality
Assimilated to w/o nationality
Explain valid ways for a vessel to claim nationality. - ANSWER Verbally
Flying the flag
Documents
List the four types of vessels. - ANSWER Warships
Government owned noncommercial
Commercial
Recreational
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