USCG EPME SWE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% Verified Graded A+
1. Large cutters are under control of
Answer: Area commands
2. What is the administrative and operational command and control center for the Coast
Guard?
Answer: Headquarters
3. Districts are commanded by
Answer: Rear admirals
4. How many coast guard units report directly to Headquarters?
Answer: 35
5. Who leads the Atlantic and Pacific Areas?
Answer: Vice admirals
6. When was the department of the Navy established?
Answer: 1798
7. Who was the Quasi-war against and when did it begin?
, Answer: France, May 28 1798
8. Cutters captured how many prizes in the Quasi-War?
Answer: 18
9. Which cutter captured 10 prizes during the Quasi-war?
Answer: Pickering
10. The Coast Guards role of augmenting the navy with shallow draft craft evolved
out of what war with England?
Answer: The War of 1812
11. Which cutter captured the first prize of the War of 1812?
Answer: Jetterson
12. During a battle with the British Brig Dispatch, which cutter famously dragged
her guns to a high cliff and continued to fight from there.
Answer: Eagle
13. Congress declared war with Mexico on what date, starting the Mexi-can-
American war?
Answer: May 13th, 1846
14. When was the first time that steamboats were used in war?
Answer: Mexican-American war
15. The cutter Surveyor was captured by the British frigate Narcissis during which
100% Verified Graded A+
1. Large cutters are under control of
Answer: Area commands
2. What is the administrative and operational command and control center for the Coast
Guard?
Answer: Headquarters
3. Districts are commanded by
Answer: Rear admirals
4. How many coast guard units report directly to Headquarters?
Answer: 35
5. Who leads the Atlantic and Pacific Areas?
Answer: Vice admirals
6. When was the department of the Navy established?
Answer: 1798
7. Who was the Quasi-war against and when did it begin?
, Answer: France, May 28 1798
8. Cutters captured how many prizes in the Quasi-War?
Answer: 18
9. Which cutter captured 10 prizes during the Quasi-war?
Answer: Pickering
10. The Coast Guards role of augmenting the navy with shallow draft craft evolved
out of what war with England?
Answer: The War of 1812
11. Which cutter captured the first prize of the War of 1812?
Answer: Jetterson
12. During a battle with the British Brig Dispatch, which cutter famously dragged
her guns to a high cliff and continued to fight from there.
Answer: Eagle
13. Congress declared war with Mexico on what date, starting the Mexi-can-
American war?
Answer: May 13th, 1846
14. When was the first time that steamboats were used in war?
Answer: Mexican-American war
15. The cutter Surveyor was captured by the British frigate Narcissis during which
