WALMART STORMWATER SWPPP EXAM ACTUAL 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
The Clean Water Act -
Answer-The 1970s federal law that set into place the regulation of stormwater.
NPDES -
Answer-Requirements for managing storm water activity on a construction site.
The Notice of Termination (NOT) can be filed when -
Answer-All construction activity (inside and outside) is complete and permanent
stabilization has been verified as adequate to meet permit requirements.
All of the following must occur before construction starts, except:
1. Prepare the SWPPP
2. Determine the Operator(s)
3. Submit the Notice of Intent (NOI)
4. Submit the Notice of Termination (NOT) -
5. Answer-4. Submit the Notice of Termination (NOT).
Which of the following is NOT a beneficial use of water?
1. Swimming
2. Drinking
3. Flushing a spill down a storm drain
4. Industrial and agricultural water supply -
5. Answer-3. Flushing a spill down a storm drain.
When installing and maintaining a check dam, make sure:
1. Stormwater is directed around the check dam
2. Void spaces are filled with sediment
3. The low point (overflow) of the check dam is in the middle of the channel
4. The high point of the check dam is in the middle of the channel -
5. Answer-3. The low point (overflow) of the check dam is in the middle of the channel.
To reduce the possibility of undercutting in channels, you should:
1. Stabilize diversions and swales within 21-days of construction
2. Add mulch and straw
3. Install filter fabric under rock and similar materials placed within the stormwater
conveyance
4. Never install a BMP in a stormwater conveyance -
5. Answer-3. Install filter fabric under rock and similar materials placed within the
stormwater conveyance.
The Good Housekeeping section of the SWPPP must include all BUT which of the
following:
1. Hazardous Waste Management and Disposal Procedures
, 2. Solid Waste Management and Disposal Procedures
3. Sanitary Waste Management and Disposal Procedures
4. Post Construction Stormwater Management Procedures -
5. Answer-4. Post Construction Stormwater Management Procedures
Runoff Controls include all but which one of the following:
1. Rolled Erosion Control Products (RECPs)
2. Diversions
3. Check Dams
4. Slope Drains -
5. Answer-1. Rolled Erosion Control Products (RECPs)
The stormwater Notice of Intent (NOI) must be submitted -
Answer-After the SWPPP is prepared and before starting construction.
Potential pollutant sources stored on a construction site may include:
1. Petroleum storage tanks
2. Soil amendments (e.g. fertilizer, lime, etc.)
3. Masonry materials
4. All of the above -
5. Answer-4. All of the above
The SWPPP implementation sequence may be modified -
Answer-After
consulting with the project SWPPP designer (CEC) and if required the
Project Owner after receiving written approval.
A SWPPP Site Map will show all of the following except:
1. Locations and BMPs
2. Notices of Violation
3. Phasing and Sequence
4. Limits of Disturbance -
5. Answer-2. Notices of Violation
Which of the following information is to be posted at the entrance to the site?
1. Construction Site Notice
2. Permit authorization
3. Location of the SWPPP
4. All of the above -
5. Answer-4. All of the above
Which erosion control best management practice increases water infiltration,
dissipates rainfall energy, and slows overland flow of stormwater? -
Answer-Vegetation
Of the following factors that influence erosion rates, the one a Contractor has the
most control over is:
1. Soil permeability
2. Precipitation
3. Topography
4. Groundcover -
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
The Clean Water Act -
Answer-The 1970s federal law that set into place the regulation of stormwater.
NPDES -
Answer-Requirements for managing storm water activity on a construction site.
The Notice of Termination (NOT) can be filed when -
Answer-All construction activity (inside and outside) is complete and permanent
stabilization has been verified as adequate to meet permit requirements.
All of the following must occur before construction starts, except:
1. Prepare the SWPPP
2. Determine the Operator(s)
3. Submit the Notice of Intent (NOI)
4. Submit the Notice of Termination (NOT) -
5. Answer-4. Submit the Notice of Termination (NOT).
Which of the following is NOT a beneficial use of water?
1. Swimming
2. Drinking
3. Flushing a spill down a storm drain
4. Industrial and agricultural water supply -
5. Answer-3. Flushing a spill down a storm drain.
When installing and maintaining a check dam, make sure:
1. Stormwater is directed around the check dam
2. Void spaces are filled with sediment
3. The low point (overflow) of the check dam is in the middle of the channel
4. The high point of the check dam is in the middle of the channel -
5. Answer-3. The low point (overflow) of the check dam is in the middle of the channel.
To reduce the possibility of undercutting in channels, you should:
1. Stabilize diversions and swales within 21-days of construction
2. Add mulch and straw
3. Install filter fabric under rock and similar materials placed within the stormwater
conveyance
4. Never install a BMP in a stormwater conveyance -
5. Answer-3. Install filter fabric under rock and similar materials placed within the
stormwater conveyance.
The Good Housekeeping section of the SWPPP must include all BUT which of the
following:
1. Hazardous Waste Management and Disposal Procedures
, 2. Solid Waste Management and Disposal Procedures
3. Sanitary Waste Management and Disposal Procedures
4. Post Construction Stormwater Management Procedures -
5. Answer-4. Post Construction Stormwater Management Procedures
Runoff Controls include all but which one of the following:
1. Rolled Erosion Control Products (RECPs)
2. Diversions
3. Check Dams
4. Slope Drains -
5. Answer-1. Rolled Erosion Control Products (RECPs)
The stormwater Notice of Intent (NOI) must be submitted -
Answer-After the SWPPP is prepared and before starting construction.
Potential pollutant sources stored on a construction site may include:
1. Petroleum storage tanks
2. Soil amendments (e.g. fertilizer, lime, etc.)
3. Masonry materials
4. All of the above -
5. Answer-4. All of the above
The SWPPP implementation sequence may be modified -
Answer-After
consulting with the project SWPPP designer (CEC) and if required the
Project Owner after receiving written approval.
A SWPPP Site Map will show all of the following except:
1. Locations and BMPs
2. Notices of Violation
3. Phasing and Sequence
4. Limits of Disturbance -
5. Answer-2. Notices of Violation
Which of the following information is to be posted at the entrance to the site?
1. Construction Site Notice
2. Permit authorization
3. Location of the SWPPP
4. All of the above -
5. Answer-4. All of the above
Which erosion control best management practice increases water infiltration,
dissipates rainfall energy, and slows overland flow of stormwater? -
Answer-Vegetation
Of the following factors that influence erosion rates, the one a Contractor has the
most control over is:
1. Soil permeability
2. Precipitation
3. Topography
4. Groundcover -
