AMPP C3 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY
TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● What is hazardous waste?
Answer: Hazardous waste is a substance that remains after a process or
manufacturing activity has used the material and it is no longer pure.
●● What do WMD and CBRNE mean?
Answer: WMD means weapon of mass destruction; CBRNE describes
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive types.
●● What is the role of awareness-level personnel?
Answer: Awareness-level personnel recognize a potential hazardous-
materials/WMD incident, protect themselves, call for trained personnel,
secure the scene, and initiate notification.
●● What does RAIN stand for?
Answer: RAIN means Recognize and identify, Assess from a safe area,
Isolate and initiate protective actions, and Notify.
●● What does SIN stand for?
Answer: SIN stands for Safety, Isolate, Notify.
, ●● Which human sense is typically safe to use at a hazardous-materials
incident?
Answer: Sight is generally the only sense that is safe to use regularly.
●● What are the hazardous-materials response training levels?
Answer: The main levels are awareness, operations, technician,
specialist, and incident commander.
●● What visual indicators may reveal a possible hazardous-material
release?
Answer: Indicators include labels, placards, markings, UN/NA
identification numbers, and vapor clouds.
●● What are offensive, defensive, and nonintervention modes?
Answer: Offensive mode involves direct contact with the material;
defensive mode avoids direct contact; nonintervention mode focuses on
public protection actions.
●● What is the difference between sheltering in place and evacuation?
Answer: Evacuation moves people away from a threatened area; shelter
in place keeps people inside a structure.
●● What are the four routes of entry or exposure into the body?
TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● What is hazardous waste?
Answer: Hazardous waste is a substance that remains after a process or
manufacturing activity has used the material and it is no longer pure.
●● What do WMD and CBRNE mean?
Answer: WMD means weapon of mass destruction; CBRNE describes
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive types.
●● What is the role of awareness-level personnel?
Answer: Awareness-level personnel recognize a potential hazardous-
materials/WMD incident, protect themselves, call for trained personnel,
secure the scene, and initiate notification.
●● What does RAIN stand for?
Answer: RAIN means Recognize and identify, Assess from a safe area,
Isolate and initiate protective actions, and Notify.
●● What does SIN stand for?
Answer: SIN stands for Safety, Isolate, Notify.
, ●● Which human sense is typically safe to use at a hazardous-materials
incident?
Answer: Sight is generally the only sense that is safe to use regularly.
●● What are the hazardous-materials response training levels?
Answer: The main levels are awareness, operations, technician,
specialist, and incident commander.
●● What visual indicators may reveal a possible hazardous-material
release?
Answer: Indicators include labels, placards, markings, UN/NA
identification numbers, and vapor clouds.
●● What are offensive, defensive, and nonintervention modes?
Answer: Offensive mode involves direct contact with the material;
defensive mode avoids direct contact; nonintervention mode focuses on
public protection actions.
●● What is the difference between sheltering in place and evacuation?
Answer: Evacuation moves people away from a threatened area; shelter
in place keeps people inside a structure.
●● What are the four routes of entry or exposure into the body?
