2. Which of the following operations causes the most pollution? 1. Industrial 2. Municipal 3. Transportation 4. All of the above
3. Which of the following materials is the primary municipal pollutant? 1. Raw or inadequately treated sewage 2. Radioactive waste 3. Petroleum products 4. Acids
4. Which of the following modes of transportation creates most air pollutants? 1. Trains 2. Waterborne vessels 3. Motor vehicles 4. Aircraft
7. Most pesticides fall into which of the following categories? 1. Selective 2. Nonselective 3. Preselective 4. Control selective
8. What is the primary pollution concern of Navy personnel? 1. Noise pollution 2. Shore command wastes 3. Shipboard wastes
Shipboard wastes
Which of the following terms identifies abatement? 1. Maintaining 2. Raising 3. Lowering 4. Containing
Virtually all Navy ships have some type of sanitation device installed. Which of the following types of systems retains sewage on board for discharge ashore or in waters where discharging is allowed?
25 nm
Submarines may discharge negatively buoyant compacted trash not less than 12 nm from the U.S. coastline only if the water depth is greater than how many fathoms?
1,000
From what part of the world does the U.S. import most of its crude oil?
18. The Military Cash Awards Program (MILCAP) provides monetary recognition of up to what maximum amount? 1. $ 5,000 2. $10,000 3. $20,000 4. $25,000
The Navy’s Health and Physical Readiness Program promotes health and fitness at the command level. As part of this program, naval personnel are required to undergo fitness testing at what interval?
Semiannually
Intentional misleading or deceitful conduct that deprives the government of its resources or rights. 1. Fraud 2. Waste 3. Abuse 4. Mismanagement
21. Extravagant, careless, or needless expenditure of government resources. 1. Fraud 2. Waste 3. Abuse 4. Mismanagement
23. Intentional wrongful or improper use of government resources. 1. Fraud 2. Waste 3. Abuse 4. Mismanagement
They also may not discharge those substances
upon adjoining shorelines or into or uponwaters
of the contiguous zone (12 nautical miles [nm]
from shore).
If no SOFA exists, vessels operate
MSDs based on the sewage-discharge standards
observed by the host country’s military forces.
Since Navy vessels use many substances they
cannot dispose of at sea outside the contiguous
zone, they must store them in containers for
shore disposal.
Vessels may not discharge unpulped trash at sea
within 25 nautical miles (nm) from the U. S.
coastline and pulped trash within 12 nm of the
U.S. coastline.
They must make every effort to package all trash
for negative buoyancy before overboard
discharge.
Submarines may discharge negatively buoyant
compacted trash not less than 12 nm from the
U.S. coastline only if the water depth is greater
than 1,000 fathoms.