VA VDFP HazMat Awareness & Ops Test
Study Guide Exam And Actual Answers.
What is CAS? - Answer The 2010 chemical abstract system registry that lists over 113 million chemicals
What is terrorism? - Answer The systematic use of terror to coerce groups of people or governments.
What is damaged caused to when hazmats are released uncontrolled from their containers? - Answer
Life, critical systems, property and the environment
What is the second most effective means for reducing the impact of hazmat incidents on a community? -
Answer Planning for them.
Emergency planning is required under which federal law? - Answer Superfund amendments and
reauthorization act (SARA)
What are the 3 subchapters of the SARA regulations? - Answer Title 1- emergency planning and
notification,
Title 2- reporting requirements
Title 3- general provisions
What is a gas? - Answer Any material that has a boiling point of less than 68 degrees F
What is a liquid? - Answer Any material that has a boiling point greater than 68 degrees F
What is a solid? - Answer Any natural that has a melting point above ambient temperature
What is boiling point? - Answer The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it changes into
a gas or vapor at its max rate.
, What are materials with low boiling points classified as? - Answer Volatile. Which means they give off
large amounts of vapor.
What is vapor pressure? - Answer The pressure the vapor of a liquid exerts on its container when the
vapor and liquid are in equilibrium
What kind of boiling points will high vapor pressure have and what kind will low vapor pressure have? -
Answer High vapor pressure = low boiling points
Low vapor pressure = high boiling points
What measurements are vapor pressure usually expressed in? - Answer Millimeters of mercury
(mmHg) or pounds per square inch (psi)
What is specific gravity? - Answer the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of water. Water
=1
What is vapor density? - Answer Its the density of a gas in relations to air. Air
What is solubility? - Answer A materials ability to dissolve into water or another specific solvent.
What is miscibility? - Answer ability to be mixed or blended with another substance
What is volatility? - Answer The tendency of a chemical to vaporize or give off fumes
What is toxicity? - Answer The ability of a substance or hazardous material to cause injury to biological
tissue.
What is a poison? - Answer A substance that is toxic at extremely low levels
What is an asphyxiant? - Answer A substance that interferes with the oxygenation of tissue
Study Guide Exam And Actual Answers.
What is CAS? - Answer The 2010 chemical abstract system registry that lists over 113 million chemicals
What is terrorism? - Answer The systematic use of terror to coerce groups of people or governments.
What is damaged caused to when hazmats are released uncontrolled from their containers? - Answer
Life, critical systems, property and the environment
What is the second most effective means for reducing the impact of hazmat incidents on a community? -
Answer Planning for them.
Emergency planning is required under which federal law? - Answer Superfund amendments and
reauthorization act (SARA)
What are the 3 subchapters of the SARA regulations? - Answer Title 1- emergency planning and
notification,
Title 2- reporting requirements
Title 3- general provisions
What is a gas? - Answer Any material that has a boiling point of less than 68 degrees F
What is a liquid? - Answer Any material that has a boiling point greater than 68 degrees F
What is a solid? - Answer Any natural that has a melting point above ambient temperature
What is boiling point? - Answer The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it changes into
a gas or vapor at its max rate.
, What are materials with low boiling points classified as? - Answer Volatile. Which means they give off
large amounts of vapor.
What is vapor pressure? - Answer The pressure the vapor of a liquid exerts on its container when the
vapor and liquid are in equilibrium
What kind of boiling points will high vapor pressure have and what kind will low vapor pressure have? -
Answer High vapor pressure = low boiling points
Low vapor pressure = high boiling points
What measurements are vapor pressure usually expressed in? - Answer Millimeters of mercury
(mmHg) or pounds per square inch (psi)
What is specific gravity? - Answer the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of water. Water
=1
What is vapor density? - Answer Its the density of a gas in relations to air. Air
What is solubility? - Answer A materials ability to dissolve into water or another specific solvent.
What is miscibility? - Answer ability to be mixed or blended with another substance
What is volatility? - Answer The tendency of a chemical to vaporize or give off fumes
What is toxicity? - Answer The ability of a substance or hazardous material to cause injury to biological
tissue.
What is a poison? - Answer A substance that is toxic at extremely low levels
What is an asphyxiant? - Answer A substance that interferes with the oxygenation of tissue
