QSP Updated Questions and Answers
(2026/2027) | Practice Review | A+
Verified
The person in charge of the utility company, municipality, or other public or private
company or agency that owns or operates the __________ may also serve as the LRP.
-✓✓LUP
Sediment basins, at a minimum, shall be designed according to the CASQA
Construction BMP Guidance Handbook. -✓✓True
In the RUSLE equation, "P" stands for -✓✓Management operations and support
practices.
Management operations and support practices. -✓✓Management operations and
support practices.
When does risk level one has to sample? -✓✓When required for non-visible pollutants.
ATS instruments shall record which of the following? -✓✓Flow, turbidity, and pH
Which factor(s) of RUSLE can be based on site-specific analysis rather than maps? -
✓✓K and LS
Failure to obtain coverage under the permit for storm water discharges to waters of the
US is a violation of the -✓✓Clean Water Act and California Water Code
For traditional construction projects the LRP may be -✓✓The person who possesses
real properly interest in the land upon which the construction activities will occur for the
regulated site
What does NTU measure? -✓✓a measurement of optical properties of a liquid that
cause light rays to be scattered and absorbed rather than transmitted in straight lines
through a sample.
Inspection Records have to be kept until the project is complete or three years,
whichever comes first. -✓✓False
Which factor(s) of RUSLE must be changed to recalculate risk when the construction
duration has changed? -✓✓R
BMP stands for -✓✓Best Management Practice
, Do type 1 LUPs typically have a high potential to impact storm quality? -✓✓No
What does RUSLE stand for? -✓✓Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
A discharger must notify the Regional Water Boards if there are planned changes in the
construction activity that -✓✓May result in non-compliance
A qualifying storm event is -✓✓A rain even that produces 1/2 inch or more of
precipitation with a period of 48 hours or more between rain events.
Continuous monitoring (no less than 15-min intervals) of ATS is required for: -✓✓
Rain Event Action Plan must be developed by a QSD -✓✓False
The CGP allows for not monitoring under what conditions? -✓✓Dangerous weather
conditions, unsafe storm event, and outside of scheduled operations.
What is the difference between erosion and sedimentation? -✓✓Erosion is the
dislodging and transport of soil and sedimentation is the deposition of material.
CSMP stands for -✓✓Construction Site Monitoring Program
What weather forecast would trigger a reap? -✓✓50% chance of rain, within 48 hours.
During routine inspection a LUP discharger observes a non-stormwater discharge and
therefore must prepare a non storm water report. -✓✓UNSURE* but: False (no non-
stormwater report exists?)
What BMP does the permit discourage? -✓✓Plastic cover (maybe sediment basin?)
What factors are used for RUSLE? -✓✓R, K, LS, C, P
Which two best represent an ATS "mode of operation"? -✓✓Flow through and Batch
treatment
What does NPDES stand for? -✓✓National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
When shall a discharger conduct a construction site evaluation and run-on evaluation? -
✓✓Whenever the results from a storm event daily average indicate that the discharge is
below the lower NAL for pH, exceeds the upper NAL for pH, or exceeds the turbidity
NAL.
(2026/2027) | Practice Review | A+
Verified
The person in charge of the utility company, municipality, or other public or private
company or agency that owns or operates the __________ may also serve as the LRP.
-✓✓LUP
Sediment basins, at a minimum, shall be designed according to the CASQA
Construction BMP Guidance Handbook. -✓✓True
In the RUSLE equation, "P" stands for -✓✓Management operations and support
practices.
Management operations and support practices. -✓✓Management operations and
support practices.
When does risk level one has to sample? -✓✓When required for non-visible pollutants.
ATS instruments shall record which of the following? -✓✓Flow, turbidity, and pH
Which factor(s) of RUSLE can be based on site-specific analysis rather than maps? -
✓✓K and LS
Failure to obtain coverage under the permit for storm water discharges to waters of the
US is a violation of the -✓✓Clean Water Act and California Water Code
For traditional construction projects the LRP may be -✓✓The person who possesses
real properly interest in the land upon which the construction activities will occur for the
regulated site
What does NTU measure? -✓✓a measurement of optical properties of a liquid that
cause light rays to be scattered and absorbed rather than transmitted in straight lines
through a sample.
Inspection Records have to be kept until the project is complete or three years,
whichever comes first. -✓✓False
Which factor(s) of RUSLE must be changed to recalculate risk when the construction
duration has changed? -✓✓R
BMP stands for -✓✓Best Management Practice
, Do type 1 LUPs typically have a high potential to impact storm quality? -✓✓No
What does RUSLE stand for? -✓✓Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
A discharger must notify the Regional Water Boards if there are planned changes in the
construction activity that -✓✓May result in non-compliance
A qualifying storm event is -✓✓A rain even that produces 1/2 inch or more of
precipitation with a period of 48 hours or more between rain events.
Continuous monitoring (no less than 15-min intervals) of ATS is required for: -✓✓
Rain Event Action Plan must be developed by a QSD -✓✓False
The CGP allows for not monitoring under what conditions? -✓✓Dangerous weather
conditions, unsafe storm event, and outside of scheduled operations.
What is the difference between erosion and sedimentation? -✓✓Erosion is the
dislodging and transport of soil and sedimentation is the deposition of material.
CSMP stands for -✓✓Construction Site Monitoring Program
What weather forecast would trigger a reap? -✓✓50% chance of rain, within 48 hours.
During routine inspection a LUP discharger observes a non-stormwater discharge and
therefore must prepare a non storm water report. -✓✓UNSURE* but: False (no non-
stormwater report exists?)
What BMP does the permit discourage? -✓✓Plastic cover (maybe sediment basin?)
What factors are used for RUSLE? -✓✓R, K, LS, C, P
Which two best represent an ATS "mode of operation"? -✓✓Flow through and Batch
treatment
What does NPDES stand for? -✓✓National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
When shall a discharger conduct a construction site evaluation and run-on evaluation? -
✓✓Whenever the results from a storm event daily average indicate that the discharge is
below the lower NAL for pH, exceeds the upper NAL for pH, or exceeds the turbidity
NAL.
