SOLUTIONS
How many Headquarters Units report directly to Headquarters?
a. 22
b. 29
c. 35
d. 45 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -35
Which type of command is responsible for providing services such as civil engineering, health
and safety, legal, and finance to all operational units within its area:
a. Districts
b. Maintenance and Logistics Commands
c. Headquarters Units
d. Areas - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Maintenance and Logistics Commands
Rear admirals head up districts.
a. True
b. False - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
Vice Admirals lead the Atlantic Area and the Pacific Area.
a. True
b. False - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
In this war, cutters captured 18 prizes unaided and
assisted in two other captures - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Quasi-War
A Coast Guard cutter is credited with firing the first
,naval shots of this war. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Civil War
First time during a war that the entire Coast Guard was
transferred to the Navy - ✅✅✅CORRECT -World War I
During this war, the McCulloch served as both the
escort and dispatch with Commodore George Dewey's
squadron. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Spanish-American War
In this war effort, the Coast Guard played a marginal
role, primarily one of support - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Korean War
The first time the Coast Guard augmented the Navy with shallow-draft craft
was in World War I. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -False
The Coast Guard was given responsibility for cold-weather operations in
Greenland during World War II. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
The first time ocean-going cutters augmented Navy and Coast Guard
surveillance forces was in Vietnam - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
The Coast Guard was solely responsible for cleaning up a massive oil spill
during the Gulf War. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -False
During Operation Eagle in November 2001, the Coast Guard was once again
under Navy command - ✅✅✅CORRECT -False
Following World War II, members of what
organization were given rates and ratings, uniforms,
, and insignia? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Coast Guard Auxiliary
Drug smuggling in the 1960s gave what mission
increased significance - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Law Enforcement
What event was the impetus for the International Ice
Patrol? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Sinking of the Titanic
The fatality rate of this focus has greatly declined as a
result of what Coast Guard mission? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Boating Safety
The Refuse Act of 1899 was the catalyst for what
Coast Guard mission - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Environmental protection
Members of what part-time force perform the same
tasks as active duty personnel - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Coast Guard Reserve
To help rescue immigrants from vessels ravished by winter storms, a Federal lifesaving
service was initiated in _______.
a. 1815
b. 1832
c. 1848
d. 1885 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1848
The only Coast Guard-manned light station in the U.S. today is located in _______.
a. Cape Hatteras
b. Cape Elizabeth
c. New York Harbor
d. Boston Harbor - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Boston Harbor