E-5 EPME Questions and Answers
Q: How many Headquarters Units report directly to
Headquarters?
a. 22
b. 29
c. 35
d. 45
✓✓ 35
Q: 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
✓✓ Maintenance and Logistics Commands
Q: Rear admirals head up districts.
a. True
,b. False
✓✓ True
Q: Vice Admirals lead the Atlantic Area and the Pacific Area.
a. True
b. False
✓✓ True
Q: In this war, cutters captured 18 prizes unaided and
assisted in two other captures
✓✓ Quasi-War
Q: A Coast Guard cutter is credited with firing the first
naval shots of this war.
✓✓ Civil War
Q: First time during a war that the entire Coast Guard was
transferred to the Navy
✓✓ World War I
Q: During this war, the McCulloch served as both the
escort and dispatch with Commodore George Dewey's
squadron.
,✓✓ Spanish-American War
Q: In this war effort, the Coast Guard played a marginal
role, primarily one of support
✓✓ Korean War
Q: The first time the Coast Guard augmented the Navy with
shallow-draft craft
was in World War I.
✓✓ False
Q: The Coast Guard was given responsibility for cold-weather
operations in
Greenland during World War II.
✓✓ True
Q: The first time ocean-going cutters augmented Navy and
Coast Guard
surveillance forces was in Vietnam
✓✓ True
Q: The Coast Guard was solely responsible for cleaning up a
massive oil spill
during the Gulf War.
, ✓✓ False
Q: During Operation Eagle in November 2001, the Coast Guard
was once again
under Navy command
✓✓ False
Q: Following World War II, members of what
organization were given rates and ratings, uniforms,
and insignia?
✓✓ Coast Guard Auxiliary
Q: Drug smuggling in the 1960s gave what mission
increased significance
✓✓ Law Enforcement
Q: What event was the impetus for the International Ice
Patrol?
✓✓ Sinking of the Titanic
Q: The fatality rate of this focus has greatly declined as a
result of what Coast Guard mission?
✓✓ Boating Safety
Q: How many Headquarters Units report directly to
Headquarters?
a. 22
b. 29
c. 35
d. 45
✓✓ 35
Q: 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
✓✓ Maintenance and Logistics Commands
Q: Rear admirals head up districts.
a. True
,b. False
✓✓ True
Q: Vice Admirals lead the Atlantic Area and the Pacific Area.
a. True
b. False
✓✓ True
Q: In this war, cutters captured 18 prizes unaided and
assisted in two other captures
✓✓ Quasi-War
Q: A Coast Guard cutter is credited with firing the first
naval shots of this war.
✓✓ Civil War
Q: First time during a war that the entire Coast Guard was
transferred to the Navy
✓✓ World War I
Q: During this war, the McCulloch served as both the
escort and dispatch with Commodore George Dewey's
squadron.
,✓✓ Spanish-American War
Q: In this war effort, the Coast Guard played a marginal
role, primarily one of support
✓✓ Korean War
Q: The first time the Coast Guard augmented the Navy with
shallow-draft craft
was in World War I.
✓✓ False
Q: The Coast Guard was given responsibility for cold-weather
operations in
Greenland during World War II.
✓✓ True
Q: The first time ocean-going cutters augmented Navy and
Coast Guard
surveillance forces was in Vietnam
✓✓ True
Q: The Coast Guard was solely responsible for cleaning up a
massive oil spill
during the Gulf War.
, ✓✓ False
Q: During Operation Eagle in November 2001, the Coast Guard
was once again
under Navy command
✓✓ False
Q: Following World War II, members of what
organization were given rates and ratings, uniforms,
and insignia?
✓✓ Coast Guard Auxiliary
Q: Drug smuggling in the 1960s gave what mission
increased significance
✓✓ Law Enforcement
Q: What event was the impetus for the International Ice
Patrol?
✓✓ Sinking of the Titanic
Q: The fatality rate of this focus has greatly declined as a
result of what Coast Guard mission?
✓✓ Boating Safety
