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CISEC EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWER S.
LDP - CORRECT ANSWER -Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects such as agriculture or housing ect.
NPDES - CORRECT ANSWER -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 ANSWER -Adminstrative Class I. Neglegent Class II. Knowlingly = greater fines
What documents are required on site? - CORRECT ANSWER -- SWPPP
- CGP
- Site Map
- Drawings and Key
- All inspection reports
- Any amendments to SWPPP 1 / 3
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Who is the "operator"? Also the LRP. - CORRECT ANSWER -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 ANSWER -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 ANSWER --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 ANSWER -- Homebuilding, smaller residence construction projects -usually multiple subcontractors -requires lots of housekeeping = mass choas
Bix Box Projects - CORRECT ANSWER --commercial buildings -mass grading and mass choas -highly visible w/ fairly large footprint
Linear Projects - CORRECT ANSWER --roadways, utilities, and stream corridors 2 / 3
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-long narrow sites and mass choas -limites site access and continually changing (high activity)
What is erosion? - CORRECT ANSWER -The process by which soil particle get displaced by the act of wind of water.
What are the three types of Wind Erosion? - CORRECT ANSWER -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 ANSWER - Saltation
What are the types of water erosion? - CORRECT ANSWER -Raindrop erosion Sheet erosion
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