EPME Questions and Answers
Q: Coast Guard is organized into how many regions?
✓✓ 2, Atlantic and Pacific
pg. E5-2
Q: Who commands the Atlantic Area and the Pacific Area?
✓✓ Vice Admirals
pg. E5-2
Q: Districts are commanded by?
✓✓ Rear Admirals
pg. E5-3
Q: Larger cutters (over 180 feet in length) are under control of
who?
✓✓ Area Commanders
pg. E5-4
Q: A "cutter" is basically any CG vessel ____ feet in length or
greater
✓✓ 65.
pg. E5-4
,Q: Cutters at or under 180 feet in length come under control of?
✓✓ District Commaders
pg. E5-4
Q: How many units report directly to Headquarters?
✓✓ 35
pg. E5-5
Q: Traditionally, our role in wartime has been to?
✓✓ Augment the Navy with cutters and manpower
pg. E5-6
Q: When did Congress authorized the capture of armed French
vessels?
✓✓ May 28, 1798
pg. E5-7
Q: Cutters captured ____ prizes unaided during Quasi War
✓✓ 18
pg.E5-8
Q: During the Quasi War which cutter captured 10 prizes, one
of which carried 44 guns and 200 men, three times her own
force?
,✓✓ Pickering
pg. E5-8
Q: Which cutter recaptured the American vessels Nancy and
Mehitable in a memorable fight in 1799?
✓✓ Eagle
pg. E5-8
Q: What was The Coast Guard's role during the War of 1812?
✓✓ augmenting the Navy with shallow-draft craft
pg. E5-8
Q: What cutter capture the first prize of the war of 1812?
✓✓ Jefferson.
pg. E5-8
Q: When did Congress declared war with Mexico?
✓✓ May 13, 1846.
pg. E5-9
Q: Which cutter is credited with firing the first naval shots of
the Civil War?
✓✓ Harriet Lane
pg. E5-10
, Q: During the Civil War, our cutters in the Navy's service
performed what kind of duty along the Atlantic coast?
✓✓ Blockade Duty
pg. E5-10
Q: When did Spain declared war against the U.S?
✓✓ April 24, 1898
pg. E5-11
Q: What cutter served as the escort and dispatch boat with
Commodore George Dewey's Asiatic Squadron?
✓✓ The McCulloch
pg. E5-11
Q: In what war did the the entire Coast Guard manpower,
vessels, and units...was transferred to the Navy?
✓✓ WWI April 2, 1917
pg. E5-12
Q: What were some of the Coast Guard duties during WWI?
✓✓ escort and patrol duties in the Mediterranean
pg. E5-12
Q: When was the cutter Tampa torpedoed?
Q: Coast Guard is organized into how many regions?
✓✓ 2, Atlantic and Pacific
pg. E5-2
Q: Who commands the Atlantic Area and the Pacific Area?
✓✓ Vice Admirals
pg. E5-2
Q: Districts are commanded by?
✓✓ Rear Admirals
pg. E5-3
Q: Larger cutters (over 180 feet in length) are under control of
who?
✓✓ Area Commanders
pg. E5-4
Q: A "cutter" is basically any CG vessel ____ feet in length or
greater
✓✓ 65.
pg. E5-4
,Q: Cutters at or under 180 feet in length come under control of?
✓✓ District Commaders
pg. E5-4
Q: How many units report directly to Headquarters?
✓✓ 35
pg. E5-5
Q: Traditionally, our role in wartime has been to?
✓✓ Augment the Navy with cutters and manpower
pg. E5-6
Q: When did Congress authorized the capture of armed French
vessels?
✓✓ May 28, 1798
pg. E5-7
Q: Cutters captured ____ prizes unaided during Quasi War
✓✓ 18
pg.E5-8
Q: During the Quasi War which cutter captured 10 prizes, one
of which carried 44 guns and 200 men, three times her own
force?
,✓✓ Pickering
pg. E5-8
Q: Which cutter recaptured the American vessels Nancy and
Mehitable in a memorable fight in 1799?
✓✓ Eagle
pg. E5-8
Q: What was The Coast Guard's role during the War of 1812?
✓✓ augmenting the Navy with shallow-draft craft
pg. E5-8
Q: What cutter capture the first prize of the war of 1812?
✓✓ Jefferson.
pg. E5-8
Q: When did Congress declared war with Mexico?
✓✓ May 13, 1846.
pg. E5-9
Q: Which cutter is credited with firing the first naval shots of
the Civil War?
✓✓ Harriet Lane
pg. E5-10
, Q: During the Civil War, our cutters in the Navy's service
performed what kind of duty along the Atlantic coast?
✓✓ Blockade Duty
pg. E5-10
Q: When did Spain declared war against the U.S?
✓✓ April 24, 1898
pg. E5-11
Q: What cutter served as the escort and dispatch boat with
Commodore George Dewey's Asiatic Squadron?
✓✓ The McCulloch
pg. E5-11
Q: In what war did the the entire Coast Guard manpower,
vessels, and units...was transferred to the Navy?
✓✓ WWI April 2, 1917
pg. E5-12
Q: What were some of the Coast Guard duties during WWI?
✓✓ escort and patrol duties in the Mediterranean
pg. E5-12
Q: When was the cutter Tampa torpedoed?
