Hazmat Awareness Exam Questions and Answers
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Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) - ✔✔An organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing
the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a
procedure. (NFPA 470)
Awareness level personnel - ✔✔Personnel who, in the course of their normal duties, could encounter an
emergency involving hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and who are expected
to recognize the presence of the hazardous materials/WMD, protect themselves, call for trained
personnel, and secure the scene. (NFPA 470)
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - ✔✔A collection of permanent rules published in the Federal Register
by the executive departments and agencies of the U.S. federal government. Its 50 titles represent broad
areas of interest that are governed by federal regulation. Each volume is updated annually.
Defensive Mode - ✔✔The mode of operation in which direct contact with the material or container is
avoided and responders' efforts focus on controlling or limiting the effects of the release.
Department of Transportation (DOT) - ✔✔U.S. federal government body with primary responsibility for
transportation safety regulations for many hazardous materials.
Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) - ✔✔Legislation that requires a
business that handles chemicals to report on those chemicals' type, quantity, and storage methods to the
fire department and the local emergency planning committee.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - ✔✔The US federal agency that ensures safe manufacturing,
use, transportation, and disposal of hazardous substances.
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, Hazardous Material - ✔✔matter (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy that when released is capable of creating
harm to people, the environment, and property, including weapons of mass destruction (WMD). (NFPA
470)
Hazardous materials specialist - ✔✔Defined in the OSHA HAZWOPER regulation only, a hazardous
materials specialist who responds with, and provides support to, hazardous materials technicians and
acts as the incident-site liaison with federal, state, local, and other government authorities regarding site
activities.
Hazardous materials technician - ✔✔A person who responds to hazardous materials/weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) incidents using a risk-based response process by which they analyze the problem at
hand, select applicable decontamination procedures, and control a release while using specialized
protective clothing and control equipment. (NFPA 470)
Hazardous waste - ✔✔a substance that remains after a process or manufacturing plant has used some of
the material and the substance is no longer pure.
HAZWOPER (HAZardous Waste OPerations and Emergency Response) - ✔✔the federal OSHA
regulation that governs hazardous materials waste site and response training
Incident Commander (IC) - ✔✔The individual who has overall command of the incident in the field.
(NFPA 470)
Job performance requirement (JPR) - ✔✔A written statement that describes a specific job task, list the
items necessary to complete the task, and defines measurable or observable outcomes and evaluation
areas for the specific task.
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) - ✔✔A committee comprising members of industry,
transportation, the public at large, media, and fire and police agencies that gathers and disseminates
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Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) - ✔✔An organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing
the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a
procedure. (NFPA 470)
Awareness level personnel - ✔✔Personnel who, in the course of their normal duties, could encounter an
emergency involving hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and who are expected
to recognize the presence of the hazardous materials/WMD, protect themselves, call for trained
personnel, and secure the scene. (NFPA 470)
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - ✔✔A collection of permanent rules published in the Federal Register
by the executive departments and agencies of the U.S. federal government. Its 50 titles represent broad
areas of interest that are governed by federal regulation. Each volume is updated annually.
Defensive Mode - ✔✔The mode of operation in which direct contact with the material or container is
avoided and responders' efforts focus on controlling or limiting the effects of the release.
Department of Transportation (DOT) - ✔✔U.S. federal government body with primary responsibility for
transportation safety regulations for many hazardous materials.
Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) - ✔✔Legislation that requires a
business that handles chemicals to report on those chemicals' type, quantity, and storage methods to the
fire department and the local emergency planning committee.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - ✔✔The US federal agency that ensures safe manufacturing,
use, transportation, and disposal of hazardous substances.
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, Hazardous Material - ✔✔matter (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy that when released is capable of creating
harm to people, the environment, and property, including weapons of mass destruction (WMD). (NFPA
470)
Hazardous materials specialist - ✔✔Defined in the OSHA HAZWOPER regulation only, a hazardous
materials specialist who responds with, and provides support to, hazardous materials technicians and
acts as the incident-site liaison with federal, state, local, and other government authorities regarding site
activities.
Hazardous materials technician - ✔✔A person who responds to hazardous materials/weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) incidents using a risk-based response process by which they analyze the problem at
hand, select applicable decontamination procedures, and control a release while using specialized
protective clothing and control equipment. (NFPA 470)
Hazardous waste - ✔✔a substance that remains after a process or manufacturing plant has used some of
the material and the substance is no longer pure.
HAZWOPER (HAZardous Waste OPerations and Emergency Response) - ✔✔the federal OSHA
regulation that governs hazardous materials waste site and response training
Incident Commander (IC) - ✔✔The individual who has overall command of the incident in the field.
(NFPA 470)
Job performance requirement (JPR) - ✔✔A written statement that describes a specific job task, list the
items necessary to complete the task, and defines measurable or observable outcomes and evaluation
areas for the specific task.
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) - ✔✔A committee comprising members of industry,
transportation, the public at large, media, and fire and police agencies that gathers and disseminates
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