CISEC Exam with verified answers
LDP CORRECT ANSWERS Land Developing Projects – altering landscape for projects such as
agriculture or housing ect.
NPDES CORRECT ANSWERS National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- section of the CWA (Clean Water Act) to permit stormwater discharges associated w industrial
activities PER permit
CWA Penalty Types CORRECT ANSWERS Adminstrative
Class I. Neglegent
Class II. Knowlingly = greater fines
What documents are required on site? CORRECT ANSWERS – SWPPP - CGP
- Site Map
- Drawings and Key
- All inspection reports
- Any amendments to SWPPP
Who is the “operator”? Also the LRP. CORRECT ANSWERS Usually the OWNER of the site,
not the contractor, unless authorized by the owner to general contractor to have day-to-day
operational control!
When do you need permit coverage? CORRECT ANSWERS Required from start to end of
project. “End” being the final vegetative/non-vegetative (concrete) stabilization occuring.
For any project one acre or greater.
Large Land Development CORRECT ANSWERS -strips off all existing vegetation a.k.a site
carving
-usually on hillsides and steep slopes
-installation of untilities that tear up large areas of land
Vertical Projects CORRECT ANSWERS – Homebuilding, smaller residence construction
projects
-usually multiple subcontractors
-requires lots of housekeeping = mass choas
Bix Box Projects CORRECT ANSWERS -commercial buildings
-mass grading and mass choas
-highly visible w/ fairly large footprint
Linear Projects CORRECT ANSWERS -roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
-long narrow sites and mass choas
-limites site access and continually changing (high activity)
What is erosion? CORRECT ANSWERS The process by which soil particle get displaced by the
act of wind of water.
What are the three types of Wind Erosion? CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Creep – causes sand dunes
<10%
-large particle that roll across a terrain
- Saltation – bouncing particles that DISLODGE more particles, then fall back down
~50-80%
- stay relatively close to ground
- Suspesion – suspended way up into the atmosphere
~ 5-25%
-light weight soil particles dusted in the air
Which method of wind erosion moves the most soil? CORRECT ANSWERS Saltation
What are the types of water erosion? CORRECT ANSWERS Raindrop erosion
Sheet erosion
Rill and Gully erosion
Stream and Channel erosion
Shoreline erosion – by the act of waves
Landslides – difficult to prevent
Raindrop Erosion CORRECT ANSWERS dislodges many soil particles
Sheet Erosion CORRECT ANSWERS stripping away a thin sheet of topsoil from the surface of
the land
-flat lands where water flows ontop due to runoff
-can transport large amounts of soil
-causes additional erosion
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