OSFM HAZMAT STATE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Acute Exposure - Answers - Short Contact with chemical, it may last seconds or few
hours (Single occurrence)
Chronic Exposure - Answers - Long term exposure
Name of Contamination Zones - Answers - Cold Zone - No contamination (Awareness)
Warm Zone - Decon Zone (Operations)
Hot Zone - Contaminated Area (Technician)
Level A Suit - Answers - Hot Zone, Fully encapsulated with w/ SCBA. High Hazards with
respiratory, skin, and eyes
Level B Suit - Answers - Hazmat identify but not require a high level of skin protection.
Protects against liquid splash protection but no protection against vapors, same
respiratory protection, but not same skin protection
Level C Suit - Answers - Same as B but lower-level respiratory protection. Suit offers
liquid splash protection but not to chemical vapors or gasses. Most common use in
workers today. Wear in a site where chemical(s) will not affect skin and when air
contaminants and the site hazards have been characterized. C is not allowed by OSHA
for Chem Emergency Response.
Level D Suits - Answers - No respiratory protection. Used when an atmosphere contains
no known hazards. Bunker gear is Level D
Types of tankers and what they carry (what carries chlorine, name of tanker with rings,
which one has vents out the top, what type carries propane) - Answers - MC 331:
Carries Chlorine and Propane
MC312/DOT412 has the heavy reinforcement Rings
MC306/DOT406 is a low pressure that has vents
What level of O2 is dangers - Answers - 19.5%
Know direct contact compared to contamination - Answers - Contamination is
hazardous material that physically remains on a person, animal or object.
Direct contamination results from direct contact with a contaminant or through cross
contamination
, What tanker carries 6,300 gallons and works between 14 and 25 psi (IM-something) -
Answers - IM-102 [IMO Type 2] carries 6300 and works between 14 to 25 psi
The physical changes to the material caused by the chemical, which can include
swelling, stiffening, wrinkling, changes in color, and other physical deterioration -
Answers - Degradation
What level do you wear in the decon zone in the warm zone - Answers - One below
than the Hot Zone (level B)
What's it called when you have to go a fast decon - Answers - Emergency Decon
Name for cancer causing stuff - Answers - Carcinogen
If there is no operations chief, who do you respond to - Answers - Incident Commander
If you don't have the right materials to stop contamination what do you do? - Answers -
Retreat to safe distance
If a guy is diking, damming, etc. he taking what type of measures - Answers - Defensive
3 types of dams. Complete Dam, Underflow dam and ____ dam - Answers - Overflow
What senses is safe that can you use to spot a hazard - Answers - Sight and sound
What book do you use for BLEVE - Answers - ERG
4-5 ERG question - Answers - White: Intro, Instruction, Guidance, Placards, and more
Yellow: Materials order by 4-digit UN/NA number
Blue: Materials ordered by dangerous good name
Orange: Safety procedure and direction. Initial response phase
Green: Evacuation and protective action distance
What do you do first when putting on Level A - Answers - Medical examination,.
checking gear, and having a safety debrief
What's another name for a "fully encapsulated suit" - Answers - Level A
How to approach a scene - Answers - uphill and upwind
Minimum suit for an unknown substance by OSHA - Answers - Level A
Material that attacks breathing - Answers - asphyxiation
Debriefing, what can you use in case radio does not work - Answers - Hand Signals
ANSWERS
Acute Exposure - Answers - Short Contact with chemical, it may last seconds or few
hours (Single occurrence)
Chronic Exposure - Answers - Long term exposure
Name of Contamination Zones - Answers - Cold Zone - No contamination (Awareness)
Warm Zone - Decon Zone (Operations)
Hot Zone - Contaminated Area (Technician)
Level A Suit - Answers - Hot Zone, Fully encapsulated with w/ SCBA. High Hazards with
respiratory, skin, and eyes
Level B Suit - Answers - Hazmat identify but not require a high level of skin protection.
Protects against liquid splash protection but no protection against vapors, same
respiratory protection, but not same skin protection
Level C Suit - Answers - Same as B but lower-level respiratory protection. Suit offers
liquid splash protection but not to chemical vapors or gasses. Most common use in
workers today. Wear in a site where chemical(s) will not affect skin and when air
contaminants and the site hazards have been characterized. C is not allowed by OSHA
for Chem Emergency Response.
Level D Suits - Answers - No respiratory protection. Used when an atmosphere contains
no known hazards. Bunker gear is Level D
Types of tankers and what they carry (what carries chlorine, name of tanker with rings,
which one has vents out the top, what type carries propane) - Answers - MC 331:
Carries Chlorine and Propane
MC312/DOT412 has the heavy reinforcement Rings
MC306/DOT406 is a low pressure that has vents
What level of O2 is dangers - Answers - 19.5%
Know direct contact compared to contamination - Answers - Contamination is
hazardous material that physically remains on a person, animal or object.
Direct contamination results from direct contact with a contaminant or through cross
contamination
, What tanker carries 6,300 gallons and works between 14 and 25 psi (IM-something) -
Answers - IM-102 [IMO Type 2] carries 6300 and works between 14 to 25 psi
The physical changes to the material caused by the chemical, which can include
swelling, stiffening, wrinkling, changes in color, and other physical deterioration -
Answers - Degradation
What level do you wear in the decon zone in the warm zone - Answers - One below
than the Hot Zone (level B)
What's it called when you have to go a fast decon - Answers - Emergency Decon
Name for cancer causing stuff - Answers - Carcinogen
If there is no operations chief, who do you respond to - Answers - Incident Commander
If you don't have the right materials to stop contamination what do you do? - Answers -
Retreat to safe distance
If a guy is diking, damming, etc. he taking what type of measures - Answers - Defensive
3 types of dams. Complete Dam, Underflow dam and ____ dam - Answers - Overflow
What senses is safe that can you use to spot a hazard - Answers - Sight and sound
What book do you use for BLEVE - Answers - ERG
4-5 ERG question - Answers - White: Intro, Instruction, Guidance, Placards, and more
Yellow: Materials order by 4-digit UN/NA number
Blue: Materials ordered by dangerous good name
Orange: Safety procedure and direction. Initial response phase
Green: Evacuation and protective action distance
What do you do first when putting on Level A - Answers - Medical examination,.
checking gear, and having a safety debrief
What's another name for a "fully encapsulated suit" - Answers - Level A
How to approach a scene - Answers - uphill and upwind
Minimum suit for an unknown substance by OSHA - Answers - Level A
Material that attacks breathing - Answers - asphyxiation
Debriefing, what can you use in case radio does not work - Answers - Hand Signals
