Operations Test Review

Question 1

What DOT class includes flammable solids, spontaneously combustible materials, & dangerous-when-wet materials or water reactive substances?

Answer 1

Class 4

Question 2

What DOT class includes explosives?

Answer 2

Class 1

Question 3

What DOT class includes gases?

Answer 3

Class 2

Question 4

What DOT class includes flammable & combustible liquids?

Answer 4

Class 3

Question 5

What DOT class includes Oxidizing substances & organic peroxides?

Answer 5

Class 5

Question 6

What DOT class includes Toxic/Poisonous substances & infectious substances?

Answer 6

Class 6

Question 7

What DOT class includes Radioactive materials?

Answer 7

Class 7

Question 8

What DOT class includes Corrosive substances?

Answer 8

Class 8

Question 9

What DOT class includes misc hazmat products, substances, or organisms?

Answer 9

Class 9

Question 10

Hazmat Diamond

Answer 10

Top (12 o’clock) Red/Flammable

3 o’clock - Yellow/Reactivity

6 o’clock - White/Specific Hazard

9 o’clock - Blue/Health

Question 11

Which zone is considered contaminated?
Only properly trained rescuers w/proper PPE is allowed in this zone.

Answer 11

HOT

Question 12

What zone surrounds the hot zone?
This zone is where decontamination occurs, should only be entered by hazmat specialists wearing appropriate PPE.

Answer 12

WARM

Question 13

This zone is considered the “clean” area. This zone is where triage & pt treatment happens. This is also where command post is located.

Answer 13

COLD

Question 14

Who sets up zones?

Answer 14

Hazmat Specialists

Question 15

Which hazmat gear has the greatest respiratory AND skin protection, fully encapsulated suit, covers the body & SCBA? GAS TIGHT.

Answer 15

A - Fully encapsulated chemical suits

Question 16

You would use this type of PPE when you need a high level of respiratory protection, but are not at risk of skin absorption. Worn w/SCBA & often worn by responders providing decontamination.

Answer 16

B - Tyvex suit, boots, gloves, hard hat, & SCBA

Question 17

This type of gear is designed to protect against a known substance. It provides minimal splash protection. IS worn with respirator. Requires filters for known agents.

Answer 17

C - Tyvex suit w/respirator/filters

Question 18

This PPE that is not usually worn in hazmat incidents, no respiratory protection, other than perhaps a dust mask.

Answer 18

D (jumpsuit, N95)

Question 19

What chemical is a pesticide used in terrorist attacks and causes blisters to moist areas?

Answer 19

Phosphogene

Question 20

What chemical is a moderately water soluble & causes higher amount of damage to mid-airway?

Answer 20

Chlorine

Question 21

Which chemicals are highly water soluble and cause higher amount of damage to the upper airway?

Answer 21

Hydrogen Chloride & Ammonia

Question 22

What type chemicals cause higher amount of damage to lower airways?

Answer 22

Less water soluble chemicals

Question 23

Which chemicals make mustard gas? And where in the airway would you see the most damage?

Answer 23

Chlorine & Ammonia

Question 24

The direct exposure of a pt to a hazmat is called what?

Answer 24

Primary Contamination

Question 25

What is is called when a hazmat is transferred to a person from another person or from contaminated objects?

Answer 25

Secondary Contamination

Question 26

This applies to liquids held inside any type of closed container. It directly correlates to the speed at which a material will evaporate once its released from its container.

Answer 26

Vapor Pressure

Question 27

This compares the hazmat density to the density of air.

Answer 27

Vapor Density

Question 28

The maximum concentration of a toxin that someone can be exposed to for a 40hr work week over a typical 30yr career.

Answer 28

Threshold limit value

Question 29

The amount of material in a single dose that causes the death of a specified number of the group of test animals exposed by any route other than inhalation. (Death by any exposure except inhalation)

Answer 29

Lethal Dose

Question 30

The concentration of the material in the air that can kill a specified number of test animals. (Inhalation death)

Answer 30

Lethal Concentration

Question 31

What are you at higher risk for from a house fire?

Answer 31

Cyanide Exposure

Question 32

What does Cyanide smell like?

Answer 32

Bitter Almonds

Question 33

Is 208L - can be made of cardboard, polyethylene, & stainless steel?

Answer 33

55 gallon drum

Question 34

Above or below ground, Can be made of aluminum, steel, or plastic.

Answer 34

Horizontal Storage Tanks

Question 35

119-703gal - plastic surrounded by a stainless steel web

Answer 35

Storage Tote

Question 36

5,000-6,000 gal - can be pressurized or non-pressurized - Can be used to ship & store gasous substances (ex: liquid nitrogen) can be shipped by air/sea/land, all modes of transportation.

Answer 36

Intermodal tank

Question 37

Can be made from plastic, paper, or plastic lines paper - Used to store Solids & powders

Answer 37

Bags

Question 38

Glass, plastic, or steel container, can hold 5-15 gal, usually in a protective wood, foam, fiberglass, or steel box to prevent breakage: nitric acid & sulphuric acids.

Answer 38

Carboy

Question 39

compressed gases, like O2 tanks

Answer 39

Cylinder

Question 40

bulk packaging that is part of motor vehicle

Answer 40

Cargo Tank

Question 41

oval shaped, 6, 000-10, 000gal - non-pressurized, made of aluminum or stainless steel

Answer 41

Flammable Liquid Tanker

Question 42

round (ununsulated) or horseshoe shaped tank (insulated), carries 6,000-7,000 gal of liquids, transports flammable liquids, corrosives or poisons

Answer 42

Chemical Hauler

Question 43

small diameter, reinforcing rings around the tank, 6,000 gal, sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, & sodium hydroxide

Answer 43

Corrosive Tanker

Question 44

1,000-11,000gal - high working pressure, 250psi, round ends, made of steel or stainless steel

Answer 44

Pressure cargo tanker

Question 45

Relies on tank insulation to keep cool temps

Answer 45

Cryogenic Tanker

Question 46

carries compressed gases, pressurized to 3,000-5,000 psi, each tube can carry a different kind of gas, hydrogen, helium, methane, and oxygen.

Answer 46

Tube Trailer

Question 47

dry bulk goods (powders, grains, etc, not pressurized, generally have a V shape with rounded sides to funnel contents towards the bottom

Answer 47

Dry, Bulk Cargo Tank

Question 48

Conventional, truck-cab chassis with a modular body that can be transferred to a newer chassis as needed. (We don’t have any of these)

Answer 48

Type 1

Question 49

Standard van, forward-control integral cab body, (Ex: 131, 132, 133)

Answer 49

Type 2

Question 50

Specialty van, forward-control integral cab-body, that can be transferred to a newer chassis as needed. (We don’t have any of these)

Answer 50

Type 3

Question 51

8 steps to special rescue

Answer 51

1.) Preperation 2.) Response 3.) Arrival & Scene Size-Up 4.) Stabilization if Scene 5.) Access 6.) Disentanglement 7.) Removal 8.) Transport

Question 52

The pillars of a vehicle that hold the roof up, are called what? Name and location of each?

Answer 52

A post - The one that runs between the windshield and the window B post - between the front & rear door/windows C post - behind the rear doors D (SUV’s) E, F, G posts can be found on the larger vehicles, large vans & buses