USCG MST SWE FINAL PAPER PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
PACKAGE
●● What booming technique is used to exclude slicks from
environmentally sensitive areas and/or amenities? (POL)
Answer: Protection boom (Exxon Mobil 5-11)
●● How many factors to determine the need for on scene Coast Guard
presence during a pollution incident?(POL)
Answer: 3 (MSM vol. VI, chap 7)
●● Definition of release (POL)
Answer: any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting,escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the
environment, (including the abandoment or discarding of barrels,
containers, and other receptacles) 40CFR302.3
●● Definition of discharge (POL)
Answer: as defined by section 311(a) of the CWA, includes, but not
limited to, any spilling,leaking, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping
of oil 40CFR300.5
,●● A request for ___ is reserved for cases with detained vessel or media
interest. (POL)
Answer: Rush ( Oil Sample Guide Pg 13)
●● A warm front moves ____. (POL)
Answer: Slowly
●● Section of the atmosphere that shares similar characteristics? (POL)
Answer: Air mass
●● What it specifically detailed on a NOFA? (POL)
Answer: Activities and resources (MSM vol VI chap 7)
●● Lower than usual tide? (POL)
Answer: Neap (American Practical Navigator)
●● At what degree booming will entrainment occur? (POL)
Answer: Over 90 degrees (Exxon Mobil 5-7)
●● Definition of IDLH? (POL)
Answer: Immediately dangerous to life and health, 30 minutes to escape,
any escape impairing symptoms or irreversible health effects
,●● What chapter of the MER can you find the NCP? (POL)
Answer: Chapter 9
●● What is not needed for the shipment of oil samples? (POL)
Answer: Vinyl Electrical Tape (Oil Sample Guide Pg 15)
●● What parts of a response can a FOSCR take over? (POL)
Answer: Some or all
●● Who fills out the 201? (POL)
Answer: Initial incident commander (IMH-ICS Forms List)
●● What group is responsible for creating the IAP? (POL)
Answer: Planning (IMH)
●● What do the triangles on a cold front indicate? (POL)
Answer: Direction
●● Shoreline type that oil can penetrate up to 30 cm? (POL)
Answer: Coarse Grained Sand Beaches (Exxon Mobil 6-3)
●● What does not constitute as a navigable waterway? (POL)
, Answer: A. Mudflats
B. Wetlands
C. Tributaries
D. Prior converted cropland
D 40CFR300.5
●● How many minutes does it take for the MSL to process a sample?
(POL)
Answer: 65 minutes (Oil Spill Transmittal Guide Pg 13)
●● When does it rain during a warm front? (POL)
Answer: After the passage of the front
●● What does the COTP Order have to be? (FAC)
Answer: Specific
●● Public access facility requirements do not apply to (FAC)
Answer: Cruise ships
Ferries certified to carry vehicles
Passenger Vessels subject to SOLAS chapter XI-1 or SOLAS XI-2
33CFR101.105
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
PACKAGE
●● What booming technique is used to exclude slicks from
environmentally sensitive areas and/or amenities? (POL)
Answer: Protection boom (Exxon Mobil 5-11)
●● How many factors to determine the need for on scene Coast Guard
presence during a pollution incident?(POL)
Answer: 3 (MSM vol. VI, chap 7)
●● Definition of release (POL)
Answer: any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting,escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the
environment, (including the abandoment or discarding of barrels,
containers, and other receptacles) 40CFR302.3
●● Definition of discharge (POL)
Answer: as defined by section 311(a) of the CWA, includes, but not
limited to, any spilling,leaking, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping
of oil 40CFR300.5
,●● A request for ___ is reserved for cases with detained vessel or media
interest. (POL)
Answer: Rush ( Oil Sample Guide Pg 13)
●● A warm front moves ____. (POL)
Answer: Slowly
●● Section of the atmosphere that shares similar characteristics? (POL)
Answer: Air mass
●● What it specifically detailed on a NOFA? (POL)
Answer: Activities and resources (MSM vol VI chap 7)
●● Lower than usual tide? (POL)
Answer: Neap (American Practical Navigator)
●● At what degree booming will entrainment occur? (POL)
Answer: Over 90 degrees (Exxon Mobil 5-7)
●● Definition of IDLH? (POL)
Answer: Immediately dangerous to life and health, 30 minutes to escape,
any escape impairing symptoms or irreversible health effects
,●● What chapter of the MER can you find the NCP? (POL)
Answer: Chapter 9
●● What is not needed for the shipment of oil samples? (POL)
Answer: Vinyl Electrical Tape (Oil Sample Guide Pg 15)
●● What parts of a response can a FOSCR take over? (POL)
Answer: Some or all
●● Who fills out the 201? (POL)
Answer: Initial incident commander (IMH-ICS Forms List)
●● What group is responsible for creating the IAP? (POL)
Answer: Planning (IMH)
●● What do the triangles on a cold front indicate? (POL)
Answer: Direction
●● Shoreline type that oil can penetrate up to 30 cm? (POL)
Answer: Coarse Grained Sand Beaches (Exxon Mobil 6-3)
●● What does not constitute as a navigable waterway? (POL)
, Answer: A. Mudflats
B. Wetlands
C. Tributaries
D. Prior converted cropland
D 40CFR300.5
●● How many minutes does it take for the MSL to process a sample?
(POL)
Answer: 65 minutes (Oil Spill Transmittal Guide Pg 13)
●● When does it rain during a warm front? (POL)
Answer: After the passage of the front
●● What does the COTP Order have to be? (FAC)
Answer: Specific
●● Public access facility requirements do not apply to (FAC)
Answer: Cruise ships
Ferries certified to carry vehicles
Passenger Vessels subject to SOLAS chapter XI-1 or SOLAS XI-2
33CFR101.105
