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1
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Who prepares an ICS-201?

A

Initial Incident Commander

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2
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Which section of the ICS structure is responsible for developing the IAP?

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Planning Section

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3
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Which shoreline will oil deposit along the high-tide swash and a penetration of up to 50 cm?

A

Mixed sand and gravel beaches

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4
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What are the three effects of wind on oil?

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Oil weathering, surface effects on the water, direct transport

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5
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What provides a mechanism for transporting oil in neareshore areas beyond the breakers and offshore?

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Longshore currents

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6
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What is a serious threat, as determined by the Commandant with concurrence by the Chairman of the NTBS, to life, property, or the environment by hazardous materials?

A

Major Marine Casualty

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7
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LOWs are appropriate when?

A

When corrected immediately

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8
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When does it rain with the passage of a warm front?

A

Before

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9
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Which type of front is slow moving?

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Warm

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10
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The pointed barbs on a cold front indicate what?

A

Direction the front is moving

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11
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The name of the person who took photos shall be labeled on what?

A

Chain of Custody

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12
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NLS category which will create a hazard to public health?

A

Category Y

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13
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How do you track oil samples shipped to the MSL?

A

IIA

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14
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What number on the Beaufort scale is a wind of 17-21 knots?

A

5

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15
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Smallest tide that occurs during the 1st and 3rd lunar quarter?

A

Neap tide

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16
Q

What chapter in the MER manual talks about Industry Response Plans?

A

Chapter 5

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17
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What chapter in the MER manual talks about the ACP?

A

Chapter 4

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18
Q

What is the preferred method to deliver a LOW?

A

Personally

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19
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How long does it take the MSL to process an oil sample?

A

65 minutes

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20
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What can the MSL determine if you send them a sample that bypassed the OWS?

A

Path of discharge

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21
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What type of chart do you use when plotting an oil spill?

A

Large Scale

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22
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What type of booming strategy is used to exclude slicks from sensitive shorelines?

A

Protection

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23
Q

Definition of IDLH?

A

Max concentration from which one could escape within 30 minutes

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24
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Deep penetration of oiled shoreline?

A

Riprap

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25
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Tide with the greatest distances between them?

A

Spring tide

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26
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At what speed does entrainment occur?

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0.7 to 1.0 knots

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27
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What is on a NOFI?

A

Date and time the federal response will begin

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28
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What governs the shipment of oil?

A

IATA

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29
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What temperature should oil samples be stored?

A

40-42 F

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30
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Swipe samples for pipes and samples from dried residues on surfaces?

A

4”x4” PTFE pads

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31
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Most important document to ship the MSL?

A

Chain of Custody

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32
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What is the mixing of water-soluble components of oil into the water?

A

Dissolution

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33
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What front forms over land?

A

Continental

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34
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What law amended CERCLA in 1986?

A

SARA

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35
Q

What does MSL not require when shipping oil samples?

A

Cardboard shipping container

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36
Q

How long does MSL retain samples?

A

5 fiscal years

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37
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What should be used at the end of a creek to prevent oil from entering the harbor?

A

Containment

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38
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What booming strategy uses 2 vessels floating down river with boom?

A

U-booming

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39
Q

How many total samples should you take?

A

5

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40
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Where at the spill should you take samples?

A

Leading edge, center, training edge

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41
Q

How many days does MISLE change to Open-forward to collections for a NOV?

A

60 days

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42
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How do you determine if a spill will move into a bay or estuary?

A

Tidal excursion

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43
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What shoreline is the easiest to clean up?

A

Fine to medium grained sand

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44
Q

A NOV for pollution is rounded to what?

A

Whole gallon

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45
Q

What is the problem with hydrogen sulfide?

A

Desensitizing

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46
Q

What level PPE do you wear if there is no known hazard?

A

Level D

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47
Q

A vapor density of above 1 will do what in the atmosphere?

A

Sink and hug the ground

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48
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What type of shoreline has minor amounts of sand and shell?

A

Sheltered tidal flats

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49
Q

What is the shipping name for oil samples?

A

Petroleum Products NOS, UN 1268

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50
Q

1 high and low tide a day?

A

Diurnal tide

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51
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Alternating barbs and half circles on opposite side?

A

Stationary front

52
Q

What is the cleanup technique used to free trapped oil

A

Physical herding

53
Q

What are the effects of wind on oil?

A

Weathering

54
Q

What is the weathering uncertainty for crude oil?

A

Medium-High

55
Q

What angle should you place boom to avoid entrainment? Entrainment at 1 knot?

A

90 degrees; 45 degrees

56
Q

When would the Coast Guard provide an OSC?

A

The Coastal Zone, unless it is a HAZMAT spill on a DOD/DOE facility

57
Q

How many days does MSL have for a “Priority” sample?

58
Q

What is the maximum gallon amount for a NOV?

A

1,000 gallons

59
Q

What is an ICS-201 form not used for?

A

A detailed plan

60
Q

An oil with a specific gravity of less than 1.0 will do what on water?

61
Q

What shoreline consists of sand with minor amounts of shell, gravel, or mud?

A

Exposed tidal flats

62
Q

Which type of shoreline has a 30 degree slope?

A

Exposed rocky shores

63
Q

What type of shoreline is utilized by birds and sea turtles for nesting? What is the max penetration of oil?

A

Fine to medium grained sand beaches; 10-15 cm with a burial of less than 30 cm

64
Q

What is the penetration of oil on course grained sand beaches?

A

25 cm with a burial of 60 cm or more

65
Q

During a spill, oil will be deposited along and above the high-tide swash on which shoreline?

A

Mixed sand and gravel beaches

66
Q

What current transports oil for thousands of miles in months to years?

A

Ocean circulation

67
Q

What current transports oil for hundreds of miles in weeks?

A

Ocean coastal flow

68
Q

What current transports oil for tens of miles in days?

A

Estuarine circulation

69
Q

What current transports oil for tens of miles in hours to days?

70
Q

What are the 5 different air masses?

A

Continental polar, continental arctic,

continental tropical, maritime polar, maritime tropic

71
Q

When is hurricane season?

A

June 1 - Nov 30

72
Q

In what type of seas does splash over occur on boom?

73
Q

What is the definition of IDLH?

A

An atmospheric concentration of any toxic, corrosive or asphyxiant substance that poses an immediate threat to life or would cause irreversible or delayed adverse health effects or would interfere with an individual’s ability to escape from a dangerous atmosphere.

74
Q

What is the definition of STEL?

A

Amount of exposure in ppm for a 15 minute period

75
Q

What are the immediate effects of hydrogen disulfide?

A

Eye irritation, sore throat and cough, nausea, shortness of breath

76
Q

What is the thickness of a coat of oil?

A

Less than 1 cm

77
Q

What is it called when a strong wind and current moving in opposite directions?

78
Q

What are the anchor lengths for calm water? Choppy water? Rough water?

A

3x the water depth; 5x the water depth; 7x the water depth

79
Q

What did CERCLA establish?

A

Superfund, National Priorities List

80
Q

POLREPs should be IAW with whom?

81
Q

Who is in charge of overseeing the deployment of response capabilities and activities?

82
Q

What can the FOSC take over on a response?

A

All or some

83
Q

When does the FOSC take over an incident?

A

Once a pollution incident triggers a response

84
Q

Does every change of watchstander have to sign for the oil samples?

A

The COC does not need to be signed for the oil samples

85
Q

What type of fridge besides an explosion proof fridge can be used to store oil samples?

86
Q

What type of shoreline is the hardest to clean?

A

Sheltered Tidal Flats

87
Q

When can a PRFA be amended?

A

At FOSCs discretion, to increase the authorized max reimbursement ceiling, additional support, or if costs incurred for services provided exceed the original estimate

88
Q

What is on a PRFA?

A

Scope of work, maximum funding ceiling

89
Q

What is considered when determining a substantial threat?

A

Size of discharge, nature of discharge, nature of threat to public health, proximity to environmentally sensitive areas

90
Q

Who decides what level of PPE shall be worn?

91
Q

What is not considered in the definition of IDLH?

A

Carcinogenetic effects

92
Q

What does it say on a NOFA?

A

Date and time the USCG will conduct pollution response removal activities

93
Q

What is the TLV of benzene for pollution responders?

A

0.1% or 5 ppm

94
Q

What ICS forms are on the IAP?

A

ICS-202 to 207

95
Q

Gasoline with a specific gravity of 0.95 will do what on the water?

A

Float on the surface

96
Q

What PPE is worn when liquid splashes will not adversely affect exposed skin

97
Q

What level PPE is worn when the hazard is not known?

98
Q

What kind of tape is used to seal a sample jar?

A

Vinyl electrical tape

99
Q

Dust and particles that stick to your clothing?

A

Air pollutants

100
Q

What Act established a fund to clean up oil spills?

101
Q

Cleanup technique with buckets and shovels?

A

Manual oil removal/cleaning

102
Q

ICS-201?

A

Initial Incident Briefing

103
Q

ICS-202? 202a? 202b?

A

Incident Objectives; Command Direction; Critical Information Requirements

104
Q

ICS-203?

A

Organizational Assignment List

105
Q

ICS-204?

A

Assignment List

106
Q

ICS-205?

A

Incident Radio Communications Plan

107
Q

ICS-206?

A

Medical Plan

108
Q

ICS-207?

A

Incident Organization Chart

109
Q

ICS-208?

A

Site Safety and Health Plan

110
Q

ICS-209?

A

Incident Status Summary

111
Q

ICS-211?

112
Q

ICS-213RR?

A

Resource Request Message

113
Q

ICS-215? 215a

A

Operational Planning Worksheet; Incident Action Plan Safety Analysis

114
Q

ICS-221?

A

Demobilization Check-Out

115
Q

What are natural collection points for oil, especially tar balls?

A

Tidal Convergence

116
Q

A discharge of 10,000 gallons of gasoline into a navigable waterways of the US is considered a ______ marine incident?

A

Serious (46 CFR 4.03-2)

117
Q

Who directs all on-scene activities during a pollution incident?

118
Q

A supervisor ______ suggest to change a witness statement?

A

Should not

119
Q

Where can you find CG jurisdictions for oil spills?

A

40 CFR 300

120
Q

What chapter in the MERMAN covers ACP/NCP?

121
Q

What chapter in the MERMAN covers FRPs?

122
Q

What type of booming configuration with three vessels in a V shape and a skimmer?

123
Q

What type of booming will divert oil to a skimmer with two vessels?

124
Q

Entrainment failure may be prevented by deploying boom at an angle of?

A

Less than 90 degrees

125
Q

What type of booming strategy is used in calm water?

A

Containment

126
Q

What is the definition of LFL?

A

Lower end of the concentration over which a flammable gas can be ignited

127
Q

What type of shoreline is backed by marshes?

A

Sheltered tidal flats

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