E-PME Studies Guide for Pay
Grade E-5 to E-6
BY: BM1 Scott C. Molway
All of the TRACENS reports directly
to whom?
• Headquarters
There are how many Coast Guard
units that report directly to
headquarters?
• 35
Who is credited for firing the first
naval shot of the civil war?
• Harriet Lane
What war did congress authorize
the capture of armed French
vessels hovering off the U.S.
coast?
• Quasi-war
When was the first time ever that
steamboats were used in a war?
• Mexican-American War
What were some duties Cutters
performed in Mexican-American
War?
• Performing scouting
• Blockading Harbors
• Transporting troops
• Conducting River Expeditions
The CG mission to protect the
environment had its beginnings
when?
• The timber reserve for the Navy
On what date was the entire Coast
Guard, manpower, vessels and
units, transferred to the Navy?
• April 2, 1917
• (*This is when the U.S. entered WWI)
On what date presumably was the
CGC Tampa torpedoed by a
German Submarine?
• September 26, 1918
What two coasts that experienced the most ship
wrecks, were chosen for the new stations of the
Federal Lifesaving Service in 1848?
• New Jersey
• Long Island
The only CG manned light station is
what?
• Boston Light
A community leader that was put
in charge of the station was
usually a what?
• Wreck master
The Life-Saving Service was “reborn”
under the leadership of whom?
• Sumner L. Kimball
What was the diving force of the
International Ice Patrol?
• The sinking of the Titanic
In colonial times during fog, what was
used to warn ships away from land?
• Cannons
Who served 39 yrs at Lime Rock Lighthouse,
and was credited for saving 18 lives?
• Ida Lewis
Who ordered that the Revenue
Marine Officers be commissioned?
• Alexander Hamilton
On what date established the
Women’s Reserve as a branch of
the Coast Guard?
• November 23, 1942
Members of this branch became
known as the what?
• SPAR
• (Semper Paratus, Always Ready )
Who was the first MCPOCG?
• BMCM Charles L. Calhoun (1 AUG 69)
What surfman directed seven passengers through
the surf and carried three others to safety earning
the Gold Life Saving medal?
• Rasmus S. Midgett
Who was credited for saving over
600 lives?
• Joshua James
You need at least a one page
summary of actions for what
medal?
• CG Distinguished Service Medal
What form do you use to complete
an award recommendation?
• CG1650
What CG title is available to
Auxiliarists?
• Seaman
To become a Chief Warrant Officer you must
serve for at total of how many years in the
armed forces?
• 8yrs (the last 4 with the CG)
What is the age requirement for
OCS?
• 21 to 28yrs old
What program allows selected enlisted personnel
to attend college on a full-time basis up to 2yrs,
with a goal of attending OCS?
• Pre-Commissioning Program for
Enlisted Personnel (PPEP)
A supervisor who is a PO1, designated as
the XPO, does not have to be one pay grade
senior to the evaluee?
• True
An unsatisfactory conduct must be
assigned for any member who is?
• Not supporting their dependents
Counseling a subordinate on their
performance evaluation must take no longer
than?
• 30 days following the employee
review period
You should list significant achievements of
performance midway during the making period
and no later that when?
• 14 days before the end of the
marking period
Employee review for E-5 is last day
of what?
• APR and OCT
You should exercise with an
elevated heart rate for?
• 30minutes three times a week
What program is designed to assist eligible
personnel in their professional development?
• Tuition Assistance (TA)
Tuition Assistance will be paid up
front if?
• The course is less than 18wks long
Who and only who is responsible
for source selection?
• KO
A Procurement that is the only way
to meet the CG need is a what?
• “sole source” procurement
This procurement needs to be
accompanied with what?
• A JOTFOC
( Justification other than Full and Open
competition)
A CONSTRUCTION REQUEST MAY
NOT EXCEED WHAT?
• $2000.00
PR’s for purchasing hazardous
materials must reviewed by who?
• The unit Pollution Prevention
Coordinator, (PPC)
Every PR must have requisitioner
determination form completed if?
• The item can be made with recycled
materials
Your PDE dose not include what?
• SWE raw score
What are some examples of a
permit required space?
• Sewers
• Storm drains
• Open water tanks
• * Refrigeration equipment is not a permit
required space
What needs to contain 25 pages or
more?
• Manuals
What will remain into effect until
replaced or canceled by the
originator?
• Instructions
What does not have a definite
format?
• SOPS
Message type notices that are
urgent in nature are sent how?
• Via CGMS
Automatically canceled after 12months
if earlier cancellation is not specified?
• Notices
The three categories of leadership
are what?
• Self
• Working with others
• Performance
While doing a presentation you
what to do what?
• Use your hands to illustrate and
intensify your points
EMI shall not be used as what?
• As a punishment
EMI shall be no longer than what?
• 2 hours a day
As a supervisor, you CANNOT
deprive a person of his or her
what?
• Normal liberty as a form of
punishment
What are the seven “types” of Administrative
Marks that may be entered on a CG-3307.
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1. Accession
2. Assignment and transfer
3. Advancement and Reduction
4. Performance and Discipline (P&D)
5. Separation
6. Selective Reenlistment Bonus
7. Selective Reserve (SELRES) Enlisted
Bonus Program
• (NOTE*absent is not one of them)
CDARs are responsible for the what
tasks?
• Provide assistance to command
regarding drug and alcohol abuse
prevention information.
• Establish unit prevention plans
• Prepare local instructions
• Coordinate the transfer of case files
with the SAPR
Who has the sole authority to frock
enlisted personnel?
• The Commandant designated CGPCepm-2
Addiction Prevention Specialist will
not be assigned what duties?
• CDAR
Who provides support for the CG
Substance Abuse Prevention
Program
• Commanding Officers and Officers in
Charge
The Prevention-based Educational
program is provided to whom?
Recruits
Officer candidates
Direct commissioned officers
Cadets
What is a nontoxic drug that interferes
when the body metabolizes alcohol?
• Antabuse Therapy
When talking to a person thinking about suicide,
what are some questions to ask?
• How long have you been feeling this
way?
• Have you thought about how you
would end your life? **
• Have you made a plan?
• Have you acquired the means?
Romantic Relationships between members are
unacceptable when members are assigned to the
same small unit with?
• Less than 60 members
When does operational risk
management apply?
• On all CG missions and daily
activities, both on and off-duty.
Risk = Severity x Probability x ?
• Exposure
What would be an example of a
non-reportable mishap?
• Civilian contractor at other than CG
facilities, when working on a piece
of CG equipment, when it does not
have a crew attendance.
Who may be ordered back into
active duty in a time of war?
• Inactive status list, standby
reserve.
Class A mishaps are what?
• $1,000,000 +
Class B mishap are what?
• 200,000-$1,000,000, (i.e. Damage to
a Helo)
E-7 must successfully complete either the
Coast Guard CPO Academy, or DOD senior
enlisted academy in order to compete on
the E-8 SWE prior to what date?
• 01 Jan 99
GOOD LUCK