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CISEC Exam Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: LDP
Answer: Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects such as
agriculture or housing ect.
Question:NPDES
Answer: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- section of the CWA (Clean Water Act) to permit stormwater discharges
associated w industrial activities PER permit
Question:CWA Penalty Types
Answer: Adminstrative
Class I. Neglegent
Class II. Knowlingly = greater fines
Question:What documents are required on site?
Answer: - SWPPP
- CGP
- Site Map
- Drawings and Key
- All inspection reports
- Any amendments to SWPPP
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Question:Who is the "operator"? Also the LRP.
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!
Question:When do you need permit coverage?
Answer: Required from start to end of project. "End" being the final
vegetative/non-vegetative (concrete) stabilization occuring.
For any project one acre or greater.
Question:Large Land Development
Answer: -strips off all existing vegetation a.k.a site carving
-usually on hillsides and steep slopes
-installation of untilities that tear up large areas of land
Question:Vertical Projects
Answer: - Homebuilding, smaller residence construction projects
-usually multiple subcontractors
-requires lots of housekeeping = mass choas
Question:Bix Box Projects
Answer: -commercial buildings
-mass grading and mass choas
-highly visible w/ fairly large footprint
Question:Linear Projects
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Answer: -roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
-long narrow sites and mass choas
-limites site access and continually changing (high activity)
Question:What is erosion?
Answer: The process by which soil particle get displaced by the act of wind of
water.
Question:What are the three types of Wind Erosion?
Answer: 1. Creep - causes sand dunes
<10%
-large particle that roll across a terrain
2. Saltation - bouncing particles that DISLODGE more particles, then fall back
down
~50-80%
- stay relatively close to ground
3. Suspesion - suspended way up into the atmosphere
~ 5-25%
-light weight soil particles dusted in the air
Question:Which method of wind erosion moves the most soil?
Answer: Saltation
Question:What are the types of water erosion?
Answer: Raindrop erosion
CISEC Exam Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: LDP
Answer: Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects such as
agriculture or housing ect.
Question:NPDES
Answer: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- section of the CWA (Clean Water Act) to permit stormwater discharges
associated w industrial activities PER permit
Question:CWA Penalty Types
Answer: Adminstrative
Class I. Neglegent
Class II. Knowlingly = greater fines
Question:What documents are required on site?
Answer: - SWPPP
- CGP
- Site Map
- Drawings and Key
- All inspection reports
- Any amendments to SWPPP
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Question:Who is the "operator"? Also the LRP.
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!
Question:When do you need permit coverage?
Answer: Required from start to end of project. "End" being the final
vegetative/non-vegetative (concrete) stabilization occuring.
For any project one acre or greater.
Question:Large Land Development
Answer: -strips off all existing vegetation a.k.a site carving
-usually on hillsides and steep slopes
-installation of untilities that tear up large areas of land
Question:Vertical Projects
Answer: - Homebuilding, smaller residence construction projects
-usually multiple subcontractors
-requires lots of housekeeping = mass choas
Question:Bix Box Projects
Answer: -commercial buildings
-mass grading and mass choas
-highly visible w/ fairly large footprint
Question:Linear Projects
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Answer: -roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
-long narrow sites and mass choas
-limites site access and continually changing (high activity)
Question:What is erosion?
Answer: The process by which soil particle get displaced by the act of wind of
water.
Question:What are the three types of Wind Erosion?
Answer: 1. Creep - causes sand dunes
<10%
-large particle that roll across a terrain
2. Saltation - bouncing particles that DISLODGE more particles, then fall back
down
~50-80%
- stay relatively close to ground
3. Suspesion - suspended way up into the atmosphere
~ 5-25%
-light weight soil particles dusted in the air
Question:Which method of wind erosion moves the most soil?
Answer: Saltation
Question:What are the types of water erosion?
Answer: Raindrop erosion
