Awareness

Question 1

Preplanning at major target hazards includes discussion and information sharing with

Answer 1

the local emergency response agencies and stakeholders

Question 2

What is a gas or volatile liquid that is extremely toxic to humans?

Answer 2

Phosgene

Question 3

Entry of a substance by permeating the skin is called

Answer 3

Absorption

Question 4

Dangerous cargo manifests can be located on a

Answer 4

Ship or vehicle carrying hazardous materials

Question 5

NFPA 470 defines hazardous material as ‘matter or energy that, when released, is capable of creating harm to people, the environment, or property, including weapons of mass destruction.’

Answer 5

True

Question 6

If you can see the UN number on a placard but do not know the chemical name, you would use the ______ section of the ERG to find that information.

Answer 6

Yellow section

Question 7

Military Division 4 hazards are represented by a ‘4’ inside of an orange

Answer 7

Diamond-shaped placard

Question 8

DOT Class 7 materials are radioactive.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

When approaching a hazardous materials incident, you would want to approach it

Answer 9

Upwind, uphill, and upstream

Question 10

Documents that contain mandatory requirements in a form suitable for reference by another code or for adoption into law and are issued by nongovernmental entities are

Answer 10

Consensus standards or codes

Question 11

Extremely hazardous materials will be listed in what section of the ERG?

Answer 11

Green section

Question 12

The incident action plan (IAP) is an oral or written plan approved by the incident commander containing the incident objectives and reflecting the overall strategy for managing the incident.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

A bill of lading is shipping papers for

Answer 13

Road and rail transportation

Question 14

A ______ has a lid secured by a bolted clasp-type ring that circles the entire head of the drum and is intended for solids.

Answer 14

Closed-head drum

Question 15

On a HazMat awareness level, the IAP should be in the defensive mode.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

A limitation of using your senses to identify a substance is

Answer 16

It can expose you to potentially harmful substances

Question 17

If you know the name of the hazardous material, you would use the ______ section of the ERG to find the guide number.

Answer 17

Blue section

Question 18

A weapon of mass destruction is any weapon or material that is designed to cause death or serious injury or damage to buildings or the environment.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

The first thing you should always do before donning a Level B suit is inspecting the PPE.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

PPE that should only be decontaminated to the point that it is safe for the user to remove but not so extensively that the garment is completely free of contaminants is called

Answer 20

Gross decontamination

Question 21

All completion of documentation for records of the incident occurs in the recovery phase.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Hazardous materials are classified by the EPA under the Levels of

Answer 22

Hazardous waste and its regulatory categories

Question 23

Vapor-protective ensembles consist of multiple elements of compliant protective clothing and equipment that when worn together provide protection for some, but not all, risks of vapor, liquid-splash, and particulate environments during hazardous materials/WMD incident operations.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

After an SCBA bottle is refilled, the user does not have to document it.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Capable of causing infection by entry of a pathogenic microorganism is called

Answer 25

Infection

Question 26

Who is responsible for evaluating the status of the current response, which may lead to a withdrawal from the hot zone?

Answer 26

Safety Officer

Question 27

Part of the U.S. Department of Labor that regulates worker safety and, in some cases, responder safety is

Answer 27

OSHA

Question 28

The NRC is a federal agency maintained and staffed by the US Coast Guard.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

A substance with a vapor density less than 1 would be

Answer 29

Hydrogen

Question 30

Polymerization is not the process of reacting monomers into polymers.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

Donning is the process of putting on PPE.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

The ICS (Incident Command System) was originally designed for

Answer 32

Firefighting

Question 33

Decontamination on large numbers of people with the same goal as emergency decontamination is called

Answer 33

Mass decontamination

Question 34

Pyrolysis is the process of decomposing, or breaking down, material into simpler molecular compounds through the effects of heat alone.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

________ provides information provided by the manufacturer about a chemical’s composition, physical and chemical properties, health, and safety.

Answer 35

Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

Question 36

A container that holds approximately 2000 pounds of a compressed liquified gas material is typically referred to as a

Answer 36

Ton container

Question 37

After conducting a pressure test on a Level A suit, it would be assumed that it has a leak if the psi reading at the end was

Answer 37

Lower than the starting psi

Question 38

Less than 55 gallons is considered a small spill in the ERG.

Answer 38

True