VA VDFP HazMat Awareness & Ops Test
Study Guide
What is the second most effective means for reducing the impact of hazmat incidents on
a community? - ✔️✔️Planning for them.
Emergency planning is required under which federal law? - ✔️✔️Superfund
amendments and reauthorization act (SARA)
What are the 3 subchapters of the SARA regulations? - ✔️✔️Title 1- emergency
planning and notification,
Title 2- reporting requirements
Title 3- general provisions
What is a gas? - ✔️✔️Any material that has a boiling point of less than 68 degrees F
What is a liquid? - ✔️✔️Any material that has a boiling point greater than 68 degrees F
What is a solid? - ✔️✔️Any natural that has a melting point above ambient temperature
What is boiling point? - ✔️✔️The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it
changes into a gas or vapor at its max rate.
What is CAS? - ✔️✔️The 2010 chemical abstract system registry that lists over 113
million chemicals
What is terrorism? - ✔️✔️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? - ✔️✔️Life, critical systems, property and the environment
What are materials with low boiling points classified as? - ✔️✔️Volatile. Which means
they give off large amounts of vapor.
What is vapor pressure? - ✔️✔️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? - ✔️✔️High vapor pressure = low boiling points
Low vapor pressure = high boiling points
, What measurements are vapor pressure usually expressed in? - ✔️✔️Millimeters of
mercury (mmHg) or pounds per square inch (psi)
What is specific gravity? - ✔️✔️the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of
water. Water = 1
What is vapor density? - ✔️✔️Its the density of a gas in relations to air. Air
What is solubility? - ✔️✔️A materials ability to dissolve into water or another specific
solvent.
Describe irritants - ✔️✔️A substance that causes a localized inflammatory reaction on
contact
Describe sensitizers/allergens - ✔️✔️A substance that causes an allergic reaction
What is a convulsant? - ✔️✔️A substance that causes convulsions or involuntary
muscle contractions
What are carcinogens? - ✔️✔️a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.
What are mutagens? - ✔️✔️Substance that cause changes in the DNA structure of
living organisms, causing mutations
Describe teratogens - ✔️✔️A substance that can cause developmental abnormalities in
fetuses
What are pathogenic materials? - ✔️✔️A substance that can cause illness or death by
bacterial agents, viral agents, toxins
Inhalation route? - ✔️✔️Respiratory system
Absorption route - ✔️✔️Permeable tissue such as skin and eyes
Ingestion route - ✔️✔️By way of the mouth and the digestive system
Injection route - ✔️✔️Directly into the body and bloodstream by mechanical means
Factors that vary the degree of toxicity - ✔️✔️Heath, body weight, age, type of material
and route of exposure
Study Guide
What is the second most effective means for reducing the impact of hazmat incidents on
a community? - ✔️✔️Planning for them.
Emergency planning is required under which federal law? - ✔️✔️Superfund
amendments and reauthorization act (SARA)
What are the 3 subchapters of the SARA regulations? - ✔️✔️Title 1- emergency
planning and notification,
Title 2- reporting requirements
Title 3- general provisions
What is a gas? - ✔️✔️Any material that has a boiling point of less than 68 degrees F
What is a liquid? - ✔️✔️Any material that has a boiling point greater than 68 degrees F
What is a solid? - ✔️✔️Any natural that has a melting point above ambient temperature
What is boiling point? - ✔️✔️The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it
changes into a gas or vapor at its max rate.
What is CAS? - ✔️✔️The 2010 chemical abstract system registry that lists over 113
million chemicals
What is terrorism? - ✔️✔️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? - ✔️✔️Life, critical systems, property and the environment
What are materials with low boiling points classified as? - ✔️✔️Volatile. Which means
they give off large amounts of vapor.
What is vapor pressure? - ✔️✔️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? - ✔️✔️High vapor pressure = low boiling points
Low vapor pressure = high boiling points
, What measurements are vapor pressure usually expressed in? - ✔️✔️Millimeters of
mercury (mmHg) or pounds per square inch (psi)
What is specific gravity? - ✔️✔️the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of
water. Water = 1
What is vapor density? - ✔️✔️Its the density of a gas in relations to air. Air
What is solubility? - ✔️✔️A materials ability to dissolve into water or another specific
solvent.
Describe irritants - ✔️✔️A substance that causes a localized inflammatory reaction on
contact
Describe sensitizers/allergens - ✔️✔️A substance that causes an allergic reaction
What is a convulsant? - ✔️✔️A substance that causes convulsions or involuntary
muscle contractions
What are carcinogens? - ✔️✔️a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.
What are mutagens? - ✔️✔️Substance that cause changes in the DNA structure of
living organisms, causing mutations
Describe teratogens - ✔️✔️A substance that can cause developmental abnormalities in
fetuses
What are pathogenic materials? - ✔️✔️A substance that can cause illness or death by
bacterial agents, viral agents, toxins
Inhalation route? - ✔️✔️Respiratory system
Absorption route - ✔️✔️Permeable tissue such as skin and eyes
Ingestion route - ✔️✔️By way of the mouth and the digestive system
Injection route - ✔️✔️Directly into the body and bloodstream by mechanical means
Factors that vary the degree of toxicity - ✔️✔️Heath, body weight, age, type of material
and route of exposure
