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Advanced hazmat life support UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What makes ocular decontamination easier?
A. Aspirin administration B. Decontamination of the rest of the body C. Topical ocular
anesthesia D. Topical ocular antibiotic ointment instillation - CORRECT ANSWER - C.
Topical ocular anesthesia
2. What is the best fluid for skin decontamination for skin contaminated with liquid or solid
hazardous materials ? A. Acetone B. Hydrogen peroxide C. Saline D. Water - CORRECT
ANSWER - D. Water
3. What is the most common route of exposure at a hazmat incident A. Ingestion B. Inhalation C.
Injection D. Skin - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Inhalation
4. Secondary contamination is virtually impossible for hazardous materials that are in which
physical state ? A. Gas B. Liquid C. Solid D. Plasma - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Gas
5. Which term describes hazardous materials for which water is sufficient for skin
decontamination ? A. Immiscible in water B. Impossible C. Miscible in water D. Possible -
CORRECT ANSWER - C. Miscible in water
6. Which physical property best determines whether a substance will exist as a gas at ambient
temperature and pressure ? A. Boiling point B. Freezing point C. Melting point D. Triple point -
CORRECT ANSWER - A. Boiling point
7. Which cyanide antidote is indicated as the sole antidote for significant cyanide poisoning ? A.
Amyl nitrite B. Hydroxocobalamin C. Sodium nitrite D. Sodium thiosulfate - CORRECT
ANSWER - B. Hydroxocobalamin
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8. Where does the largest proportion of hazmat incidents occur ? A. Airports B. Fixed facilities
C. Highways D. Railways - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Fixed facilities
9. Which generates most patients at hazmat incidents ? A. Airborne toxicants B. Food
contaminants C. Soil contaminants D. Water pollutants - CORRECT ANSWER - A.
Airborne toxicants
10. What case fatality rate was reported by the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
( ATSDR ) ? A. 1 % B. 5 % C. 10 % D. 15 % - CORRECT ANSWER - A. 1 %
11. Which irritant gases predominantly affect the upper airway ? A. Highly water - soluble B.
Moderately water - soluble C. Slightly water - soluble D. Insoluble - CORRECT
ANSWER - A. Highly water - soluble
12. Which irritant gases predominantly affect the alveoli ? A. Highly water - soluble B.
Moderately water - soluble C. Slight water - soluble D. Insoluble - CORRECT ANSWER -
C. Slight water soluble
13. Which treatment is most important for victims with irritant gas inhalations ? A.
Cricothyroidotomy B. Oxygen C. Tracheostomy D. Ventilation - CORRECT ANSWER -
D. Ventilation
14. What is the usual pulse oximetry reading from victims with carbon monoxide poisoning ? A.
100 % B. Truly normal C. No reading D. Falsely normal - CORRECT ANSWER - D.
Falsely normal
15. What is the main site of action of the azides ? A. Cytochrome - c oxidase B. Cytochrome
P450 C. Hemoglobin D. Methemoglobin - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Cytochrome c
oxidase
16. What is the main site of action of carbon monoxide ? A. Cytochrome - c oxidase B.
Cytochrome P450 C. Hemoglobin D. Methemoglobin - CORRECT ANSWER - C.
Hemoglobin
Advanced hazmat life support UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What makes ocular decontamination easier?
A. Aspirin administration B. Decontamination of the rest of the body C. Topical ocular
anesthesia D. Topical ocular antibiotic ointment instillation - CORRECT ANSWER - C.
Topical ocular anesthesia
2. What is the best fluid for skin decontamination for skin contaminated with liquid or solid
hazardous materials ? A. Acetone B. Hydrogen peroxide C. Saline D. Water - CORRECT
ANSWER - D. Water
3. What is the most common route of exposure at a hazmat incident A. Ingestion B. Inhalation C.
Injection D. Skin - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Inhalation
4. Secondary contamination is virtually impossible for hazardous materials that are in which
physical state ? A. Gas B. Liquid C. Solid D. Plasma - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Gas
5. Which term describes hazardous materials for which water is sufficient for skin
decontamination ? A. Immiscible in water B. Impossible C. Miscible in water D. Possible -
CORRECT ANSWER - C. Miscible in water
6. Which physical property best determines whether a substance will exist as a gas at ambient
temperature and pressure ? A. Boiling point B. Freezing point C. Melting point D. Triple point -
CORRECT ANSWER - A. Boiling point
7. Which cyanide antidote is indicated as the sole antidote for significant cyanide poisoning ? A.
Amyl nitrite B. Hydroxocobalamin C. Sodium nitrite D. Sodium thiosulfate - CORRECT
ANSWER - B. Hydroxocobalamin
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8. Where does the largest proportion of hazmat incidents occur ? A. Airports B. Fixed facilities
C. Highways D. Railways - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Fixed facilities
9. Which generates most patients at hazmat incidents ? A. Airborne toxicants B. Food
contaminants C. Soil contaminants D. Water pollutants - CORRECT ANSWER - A.
Airborne toxicants
10. What case fatality rate was reported by the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
( ATSDR ) ? A. 1 % B. 5 % C. 10 % D. 15 % - CORRECT ANSWER - A. 1 %
11. Which irritant gases predominantly affect the upper airway ? A. Highly water - soluble B.
Moderately water - soluble C. Slightly water - soluble D. Insoluble - CORRECT
ANSWER - A. Highly water - soluble
12. Which irritant gases predominantly affect the alveoli ? A. Highly water - soluble B.
Moderately water - soluble C. Slight water - soluble D. Insoluble - CORRECT ANSWER -
C. Slight water soluble
13. Which treatment is most important for victims with irritant gas inhalations ? A.
Cricothyroidotomy B. Oxygen C. Tracheostomy D. Ventilation - CORRECT ANSWER -
D. Ventilation
14. What is the usual pulse oximetry reading from victims with carbon monoxide poisoning ? A.
100 % B. Truly normal C. No reading D. Falsely normal - CORRECT ANSWER - D.
Falsely normal
15. What is the main site of action of the azides ? A. Cytochrome - c oxidase B. Cytochrome
P450 C. Hemoglobin D. Methemoglobin - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Cytochrome c
oxidase
16. What is the main site of action of carbon monoxide ? A. Cytochrome - c oxidase B.
Cytochrome P450 C. Hemoglobin D. Methemoglobin - CORRECT ANSWER - C.
Hemoglobin
