SWE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Use needle decompression on a tension pneumothorax by placing the needle where? -
Answers - Between 2nd - 3rd rib, 2nd intercostal space, 2-3 fingers
Insert NPA using the following steps. - Answers - Place casualty in supine position;
measure airway from nostril to earlobe/jaw angle; lubricate with water-based lube;
position tube perpendicular to the nose so that the bevel of the airway faces towards the
septum
Percentage of preventable combat death? - Answers - Airway Obstruction 6%; Tension
Pneumothorax 33%; Extremity Bleeding 60%
How often do DSF units practice SABA (Self-Aid/Buddy-Aid)? - Answers - Semi-
Annually
What is the recommended method to stop bleeding on a casualty that needs to be
moved? - Answers - Tourniquet
What are the advantages of the Hawes Carry? - Answers - One rescuer; May be useful
in a situation where a drag is not a good option; Works much better than the fireman's
carry
What slope angle is considered High-angle rescue? - Answers - 60° or higher
What is in an IFAK? - Answers - (1) Bag; (2) Pair Black Nitrile Gloves; (2) NPA w/ 28f
lubricant; (2) Petroleum Gauze; (1) Chest Seal; (1) Combat Application Tourniquet; (1)
Emergency Trauma Dressing; (1) S-Rolled Gauze; (1) QuikClot Combat Gauze; (1)
Gecko Rescue Tape
What needle size is recommended for releasing pressure for a tension pneumothorax? -
Answers - 14-gauge 3.25"
What is ICER? - Answers - Isolate, Contain, Evaluate, Report
On a 75' Commercial Fishing Vessel, what is the minimum length of line attached to the
ring Buoy? - Answers - 90'
Prohibited Persons 18 USC 922(g) - Answers - Convicted felon; dishonorably
discharged; mentally incompetent; renounced U.S. citizenship; illegal alien; fugitive;
unlawful user or addicted to a controlled substance; restraining order; misdemeanor of
domestic violence
What is needed to conduct a frisk search? - Answers - Reasonable suspicion
,Vessel registration, Documented; State Registered; Foreign Flag Vessels - Answers -
Certificate of Documentation; Certificate of Number; Certificate of Registry
What are Camouflaged and Fantasy passports? - Answers - Camouflaged are
passports from countries that no longer exist, Fantasy are passports issued by private
individuals or organizations that are not recognized as a competent issuing authority
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus - Answers - Standing Nystagmus; Lack of Smooth Pursuit;
Distinct Nystagmus at Maximum Deviation; Onset of Nystagmus prior to 45°
SFST tests what? - Answers - Memory, ability to divide attention, judgement
LE SITREP - Answers - 1. Situation; 2. Action; 3. Future Plans; 4. Disposition; 4a.
Vessel; 4b. Contraband; 4c. People; 4d. Participation; 5. Intelligence
FIR - Answers - 1. Source; 2. Summary; 3. DOI; 4. Location; 5. Country; 6. Text; 7.
Comments; 8. Reporting Unit; 9. Enclosure
UOF Reports - Answers - 1. Incident Summary; 2. Location/Position; 3. VSL Info; 4.
UOF Info; 5. Information of Members; 6. Law Enforcement Action; 7. CO's Comments
When to submit an LE SITREP? - Answers - Incidents requiring interagency
coordination; any arrest; any vessel seizure; significant drug seizures; interdiction of
illegal aliens; discovery of contraband with no determinable source; all fisheries
violations; any LE activity of potential high-level interest
A graduate of BOPC gets put into TMT as what? - Answers - OPSBO
Before TMT can be useful, the unit must first establish? - Answers - A group of
competencies
JUFE is what color in Currency Report in TMT? (Black=Annual Calendar Year; Light
Grey=Annual Sliding; Dark Grey=Semi-Annual Sliding; White=Semi-Annual Calendar
Year, Permanent, or other frequency) - Answers - Dark Grey
What is BTM Initial Task of Deadly Force in TMT? - Answers - IQ-1-09
What is the Unit BO Qualification Board Initial Task in TMT? - Answers - IQ-BO-LEQB
What is the JUFE Initial Task in TMT? - Answers - IQ-JUFE
What is a graduate of MLEA PWCS course in TMT? - Answers - MLEAPWCS
What is a graduate of RADDET Level II course in TMT? - Answers - RADDET-01
,The color Red for a Task in TMT means? (Red=Expired; Green=Current;
Yellow=Current for previous cycle but has not yet completed current cycle, 2 months or
6 months expiration) - Answers - Person is expired / overdue for this task
The color Blue for a Task in TMT means? (Purple=Awaiting Co Approval; Red=Awaiting
Member Acknowledgement; Blue=Initial Qual Process Completed) - Answers - Initial
Qual Process completed, Permanent Qual
The "Add All" button will not appear in TMT if your unit has more than how many
members? - Answers - 100
Who is responsible for conducting security threat assessments on TWIC applicants? -
Answers - TSA
What gives authority to establishing a Naval Security zone? - Answers - 33 CFR 165
Part G
Weld beads, scorch marks and suspicious bolts inside a vessel hull could be signs of
what? - Answers - Parasitic Attachments
If you boarding a vessel from a country with a bilateral agreement, when do you need
an SNO? - Answers - To conduct a destructive search
Which section of the BOJAK would you check for PFD requirements? - Answers - D
Which section of the BOJAK is CFIV - Answers - C
During an EISS for unaccounted personnel, where should you search? - Answers -
Cursory inspection to where a person could be found. Person-sized compartments,
including private spaces
If your EISS is interrupted and no guard was posted, where should you begin your
EISS? - Answers - From the beginning
What are the four types of protective lighting? - Answers - Continuous, standby,
movable & emergency
Lighting concepts - Answers - Direct lighting, indirect lighting, intermittent lighting &
responsive area illumination
Standard height of a fence? - Answers - 8' feet which includes a fabric height of 7' plus
top guard
Ground clearance of a fence? - Answers - Within 2" of firm soil or buried sufficiently in
soft soil to compensate for shifting soil
, Top guard requirements? - Answers - 45° angle facing outward, at least 1 foot 12-gauge
3-strain barbwire
What can you use to store prescription narcotics? - Answers - Class 5 Money
Safe/Security Cabinet
Normal standard level for FPCON - Answers - FPCON NORMAL
What do you need when transferring evidence? - Answers - DD-1149 and CG-5117
seizure tag
In a security zone, sectors are designated how? - Answers - Letters, example "A" and
"B"
The outer edge of the SZ and the point at which no person or vessel may cross without
permission and provides the legal basis for Coast Guard officers to issue lawful orders
requiring persons to stay out of, or depart from, the zone. - Answers - Boundary
The area outside the Boundary Zone where if conditions warrant, additional boats may
be deployed into to intercept and escort, to extend the range of interception, to detect
potential threats, and to escort vessels entering and leaving port COTP authority to
enforce SZ does not extend into this area because it does not extend the SZ. - Answers
- Assessment Zone
The area where vessels should be intercepted. Initial contact is made at the outer edge
of this zone to allow maximum reaction time. - Answers - Intercept Zone
The area, contained completely within the SZ, where vessels that pose an imminent
threat of death or serious physical injury shall not be allowed to enter. - Answers -
Reaction Zone
How many zones overlap in a security zone? - Answers - A SZ is comprised of five
overlapping areas, Boundary, Intercept Zone, Reaction Zone, Sector & Patrol Area
Is responsible for developing plans that will use available resources to provide for the
protection of a HVA. In most cases, will be the District Commander, but they may
delegate this responsibility to a specific Captain of the Port (COTP) or Sector/Group/Air
Station Commander. - Answers - OPCON
Is responsible for oversight of assigned assets as well as providing guidance as
needed. Will normally operate from a location remote to the actual operational area. In
order to maintain situational awareness, it is vital to have a reliable communication plan
with the tactical assets. - Answers - TACON
Is designated by TACON to handle the on-scene organization of larger operations.
Primary responsibility is to direct on-scene forces and continually update TACON with
Use needle decompression on a tension pneumothorax by placing the needle where? -
Answers - Between 2nd - 3rd rib, 2nd intercostal space, 2-3 fingers
Insert NPA using the following steps. - Answers - Place casualty in supine position;
measure airway from nostril to earlobe/jaw angle; lubricate with water-based lube;
position tube perpendicular to the nose so that the bevel of the airway faces towards the
septum
Percentage of preventable combat death? - Answers - Airway Obstruction 6%; Tension
Pneumothorax 33%; Extremity Bleeding 60%
How often do DSF units practice SABA (Self-Aid/Buddy-Aid)? - Answers - Semi-
Annually
What is the recommended method to stop bleeding on a casualty that needs to be
moved? - Answers - Tourniquet
What are the advantages of the Hawes Carry? - Answers - One rescuer; May be useful
in a situation where a drag is not a good option; Works much better than the fireman's
carry
What slope angle is considered High-angle rescue? - Answers - 60° or higher
What is in an IFAK? - Answers - (1) Bag; (2) Pair Black Nitrile Gloves; (2) NPA w/ 28f
lubricant; (2) Petroleum Gauze; (1) Chest Seal; (1) Combat Application Tourniquet; (1)
Emergency Trauma Dressing; (1) S-Rolled Gauze; (1) QuikClot Combat Gauze; (1)
Gecko Rescue Tape
What needle size is recommended for releasing pressure for a tension pneumothorax? -
Answers - 14-gauge 3.25"
What is ICER? - Answers - Isolate, Contain, Evaluate, Report
On a 75' Commercial Fishing Vessel, what is the minimum length of line attached to the
ring Buoy? - Answers - 90'
Prohibited Persons 18 USC 922(g) - Answers - Convicted felon; dishonorably
discharged; mentally incompetent; renounced U.S. citizenship; illegal alien; fugitive;
unlawful user or addicted to a controlled substance; restraining order; misdemeanor of
domestic violence
What is needed to conduct a frisk search? - Answers - Reasonable suspicion
,Vessel registration, Documented; State Registered; Foreign Flag Vessels - Answers -
Certificate of Documentation; Certificate of Number; Certificate of Registry
What are Camouflaged and Fantasy passports? - Answers - Camouflaged are
passports from countries that no longer exist, Fantasy are passports issued by private
individuals or organizations that are not recognized as a competent issuing authority
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus - Answers - Standing Nystagmus; Lack of Smooth Pursuit;
Distinct Nystagmus at Maximum Deviation; Onset of Nystagmus prior to 45°
SFST tests what? - Answers - Memory, ability to divide attention, judgement
LE SITREP - Answers - 1. Situation; 2. Action; 3. Future Plans; 4. Disposition; 4a.
Vessel; 4b. Contraband; 4c. People; 4d. Participation; 5. Intelligence
FIR - Answers - 1. Source; 2. Summary; 3. DOI; 4. Location; 5. Country; 6. Text; 7.
Comments; 8. Reporting Unit; 9. Enclosure
UOF Reports - Answers - 1. Incident Summary; 2. Location/Position; 3. VSL Info; 4.
UOF Info; 5. Information of Members; 6. Law Enforcement Action; 7. CO's Comments
When to submit an LE SITREP? - Answers - Incidents requiring interagency
coordination; any arrest; any vessel seizure; significant drug seizures; interdiction of
illegal aliens; discovery of contraband with no determinable source; all fisheries
violations; any LE activity of potential high-level interest
A graduate of BOPC gets put into TMT as what? - Answers - OPSBO
Before TMT can be useful, the unit must first establish? - Answers - A group of
competencies
JUFE is what color in Currency Report in TMT? (Black=Annual Calendar Year; Light
Grey=Annual Sliding; Dark Grey=Semi-Annual Sliding; White=Semi-Annual Calendar
Year, Permanent, or other frequency) - Answers - Dark Grey
What is BTM Initial Task of Deadly Force in TMT? - Answers - IQ-1-09
What is the Unit BO Qualification Board Initial Task in TMT? - Answers - IQ-BO-LEQB
What is the JUFE Initial Task in TMT? - Answers - IQ-JUFE
What is a graduate of MLEA PWCS course in TMT? - Answers - MLEAPWCS
What is a graduate of RADDET Level II course in TMT? - Answers - RADDET-01
,The color Red for a Task in TMT means? (Red=Expired; Green=Current;
Yellow=Current for previous cycle but has not yet completed current cycle, 2 months or
6 months expiration) - Answers - Person is expired / overdue for this task
The color Blue for a Task in TMT means? (Purple=Awaiting Co Approval; Red=Awaiting
Member Acknowledgement; Blue=Initial Qual Process Completed) - Answers - Initial
Qual Process completed, Permanent Qual
The "Add All" button will not appear in TMT if your unit has more than how many
members? - Answers - 100
Who is responsible for conducting security threat assessments on TWIC applicants? -
Answers - TSA
What gives authority to establishing a Naval Security zone? - Answers - 33 CFR 165
Part G
Weld beads, scorch marks and suspicious bolts inside a vessel hull could be signs of
what? - Answers - Parasitic Attachments
If you boarding a vessel from a country with a bilateral agreement, when do you need
an SNO? - Answers - To conduct a destructive search
Which section of the BOJAK would you check for PFD requirements? - Answers - D
Which section of the BOJAK is CFIV - Answers - C
During an EISS for unaccounted personnel, where should you search? - Answers -
Cursory inspection to where a person could be found. Person-sized compartments,
including private spaces
If your EISS is interrupted and no guard was posted, where should you begin your
EISS? - Answers - From the beginning
What are the four types of protective lighting? - Answers - Continuous, standby,
movable & emergency
Lighting concepts - Answers - Direct lighting, indirect lighting, intermittent lighting &
responsive area illumination
Standard height of a fence? - Answers - 8' feet which includes a fabric height of 7' plus
top guard
Ground clearance of a fence? - Answers - Within 2" of firm soil or buried sufficiently in
soft soil to compensate for shifting soil
, Top guard requirements? - Answers - 45° angle facing outward, at least 1 foot 12-gauge
3-strain barbwire
What can you use to store prescription narcotics? - Answers - Class 5 Money
Safe/Security Cabinet
Normal standard level for FPCON - Answers - FPCON NORMAL
What do you need when transferring evidence? - Answers - DD-1149 and CG-5117
seizure tag
In a security zone, sectors are designated how? - Answers - Letters, example "A" and
"B"
The outer edge of the SZ and the point at which no person or vessel may cross without
permission and provides the legal basis for Coast Guard officers to issue lawful orders
requiring persons to stay out of, or depart from, the zone. - Answers - Boundary
The area outside the Boundary Zone where if conditions warrant, additional boats may
be deployed into to intercept and escort, to extend the range of interception, to detect
potential threats, and to escort vessels entering and leaving port COTP authority to
enforce SZ does not extend into this area because it does not extend the SZ. - Answers
- Assessment Zone
The area where vessels should be intercepted. Initial contact is made at the outer edge
of this zone to allow maximum reaction time. - Answers - Intercept Zone
The area, contained completely within the SZ, where vessels that pose an imminent
threat of death or serious physical injury shall not be allowed to enter. - Answers -
Reaction Zone
How many zones overlap in a security zone? - Answers - A SZ is comprised of five
overlapping areas, Boundary, Intercept Zone, Reaction Zone, Sector & Patrol Area
Is responsible for developing plans that will use available resources to provide for the
protection of a HVA. In most cases, will be the District Commander, but they may
delegate this responsibility to a specific Captain of the Port (COTP) or Sector/Group/Air
Station Commander. - Answers - OPCON
Is responsible for oversight of assigned assets as well as providing guidance as
needed. Will normally operate from a location remote to the actual operational area. In
order to maintain situational awareness, it is vital to have a reliable communication plan
with the tactical assets. - Answers - TACON
Is designated by TACON to handle the on-scene organization of larger operations.
Primary responsibility is to direct on-scene forces and continually update TACON with
