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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OPERATIONS EXAM||
ACCURATE AND FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES||
LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE WITH EXPERT
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|| SURE PASS!!
What does the acronym CBRNE relate to? - ANSWER: Weapons of Mass
Destruction (WMD) types
What does CBRNE stand for? - ANSWER: Chemical
Biological
Radiological
Nuclear
Explosive
What does NFPA stand for? - ANSWER: National Fire Protection Association
What standards are important for governing hazardous materials responses? -
ANSWER: NFPA 472
NFPA 473
NFPA 1072
What NFPA standard governs the Standard for Competence of Responders to
Hazardous Materials/WMD Incidents? - ANSWER: NFPA 472
What NFPA standard governs the Standard for Competence for EMS Personnel
Responding to Hazardous Materials/WMD Incidents? - ANSWER: NFPA 473
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What NFPA standard governs the Standard for Hazardous Materials/WMD
Emergency Response Personnel Professional Qualifications? - ANSWER: NFPA
1072
What does DOT stand for? - ANSWER: Department of Transportation
What does EPA stand for? - ANSWER: Environmental Protection Agency
What does OSHA stand for? - ANSWER: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
What does OSHA's HAZWOPER stand for? - ANSWER: HAZardous Waste
OPerations and Emergency Response
What is the difference between a REGULATION and a STANDARD? -
ANSWER: REGULATIONS are issues and enforced by governmental bodies.
STANDARDS are issued by nongovernmental entities and are generally consensus
based.
Per OSHA's HAZWOPER regulations, what are the responder levels (in order of
increasing responsibility)? - ANSWER: Awareness Level
Operations Level
Technician Level
Incident Commander
What does you call a substance that remains after a process or manufacturing plant
has used some of the material and the substance is no longer pure? - ANSWER:
Hazardous waste
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Substances or materials in quantities or forms that may pose an unreasonable risk
to health, safety, or property when transported, stored, or used in commerce is the
definition of a: - ANSWER: hazardous material
Federal OSHA CFR 1910.120 and several states have required that local
establishments keep on file a Material Safety Data Sheet when: - ANSWER:
hazardous materials are used or stored on site
The information paper developed by the manufacturer listing hazards of a product
is called: - ANSWER: Materials Safety Data Sheet
A major difference between a hazardous materials incident and other types of
emergencies is the fact that hazmat incidents: - ANSWER: can be more complex
The DOT Hazard Class 8 consists of: - ANSWER: corrosives
The primary hazard of a DOT Hazard Class 5 material is - ANSWER: Oxidation
A cylinder should be considered dangerous regardless of what type of hazardous
marterial it contains because the contents are: - ANSWER: Pressurized
The four-digit number appearing on a placard or an orange panel of a tank car is
the: - ANSWER: UN product identification number
The NFPA 704 system for identifying hazardous materials gives: - ANSWER:
General hazard and degree of severity
A number 4 in the blue quadrant of the NFPA 704 system indicates that there is
________ risk in this category from the chemical involved. - ANSWER: Great
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The white quadrant of the NFPA 704 system is used to indicate: - ANSWER:
Additional information
The fact that a product is water reactive would be indicated in the ______ quadrant
of the NFPA 704 system. - ANSWER: White
The type of hazardous material identification method required for shipping some
products over 1001 pounds is the: - ANSWER: DOT system
Placards or labels indicate general hazard recognition by: - ANSWER: Giving the
UN hazard class number
A Bill Of Lading contains valuable information about the origin of the product and
is the type of shipping paper used when transporting product via: - ANSWER:
Truck
Care and control of the Waybill/Consist is the responsibility of the: - ANSWER:
Train conductor/engineer
The normal location for the Bill of Lading is in the: - ANSWER: Cab of the truck
During an incident involving a train, you should look for the shipping papers in
any of the following except: - ANSWER: rail cars carrying the products
Using the human sences of smell or taste to determine the presence of a hazardous
material is: - ANSWER: unreliable, unacceptable, and unsafe
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OPERATIONS EXAM||
ACCURATE AND FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES||
LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE WITH EXPERT
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|| SURE PASS!!
What does the acronym CBRNE relate to? - ANSWER: Weapons of Mass
Destruction (WMD) types
What does CBRNE stand for? - ANSWER: Chemical
Biological
Radiological
Nuclear
Explosive
What does NFPA stand for? - ANSWER: National Fire Protection Association
What standards are important for governing hazardous materials responses? -
ANSWER: NFPA 472
NFPA 473
NFPA 1072
What NFPA standard governs the Standard for Competence of Responders to
Hazardous Materials/WMD Incidents? - ANSWER: NFPA 472
What NFPA standard governs the Standard for Competence for EMS Personnel
Responding to Hazardous Materials/WMD Incidents? - ANSWER: NFPA 473
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What NFPA standard governs the Standard for Hazardous Materials/WMD
Emergency Response Personnel Professional Qualifications? - ANSWER: NFPA
1072
What does DOT stand for? - ANSWER: Department of Transportation
What does EPA stand for? - ANSWER: Environmental Protection Agency
What does OSHA stand for? - ANSWER: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
What does OSHA's HAZWOPER stand for? - ANSWER: HAZardous Waste
OPerations and Emergency Response
What is the difference between a REGULATION and a STANDARD? -
ANSWER: REGULATIONS are issues and enforced by governmental bodies.
STANDARDS are issued by nongovernmental entities and are generally consensus
based.
Per OSHA's HAZWOPER regulations, what are the responder levels (in order of
increasing responsibility)? - ANSWER: Awareness Level
Operations Level
Technician Level
Incident Commander
What does you call a substance that remains after a process or manufacturing plant
has used some of the material and the substance is no longer pure? - ANSWER:
Hazardous waste
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Substances or materials in quantities or forms that may pose an unreasonable risk
to health, safety, or property when transported, stored, or used in commerce is the
definition of a: - ANSWER: hazardous material
Federal OSHA CFR 1910.120 and several states have required that local
establishments keep on file a Material Safety Data Sheet when: - ANSWER:
hazardous materials are used or stored on site
The information paper developed by the manufacturer listing hazards of a product
is called: - ANSWER: Materials Safety Data Sheet
A major difference between a hazardous materials incident and other types of
emergencies is the fact that hazmat incidents: - ANSWER: can be more complex
The DOT Hazard Class 8 consists of: - ANSWER: corrosives
The primary hazard of a DOT Hazard Class 5 material is - ANSWER: Oxidation
A cylinder should be considered dangerous regardless of what type of hazardous
marterial it contains because the contents are: - ANSWER: Pressurized
The four-digit number appearing on a placard or an orange panel of a tank car is
the: - ANSWER: UN product identification number
The NFPA 704 system for identifying hazardous materials gives: - ANSWER:
General hazard and degree of severity
A number 4 in the blue quadrant of the NFPA 704 system indicates that there is
________ risk in this category from the chemical involved. - ANSWER: Great
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The white quadrant of the NFPA 704 system is used to indicate: - ANSWER:
Additional information
The fact that a product is water reactive would be indicated in the ______ quadrant
of the NFPA 704 system. - ANSWER: White
The type of hazardous material identification method required for shipping some
products over 1001 pounds is the: - ANSWER: DOT system
Placards or labels indicate general hazard recognition by: - ANSWER: Giving the
UN hazard class number
A Bill Of Lading contains valuable information about the origin of the product and
is the type of shipping paper used when transporting product via: - ANSWER:
Truck
Care and control of the Waybill/Consist is the responsibility of the: - ANSWER:
Train conductor/engineer
The normal location for the Bill of Lading is in the: - ANSWER: Cab of the truck
During an incident involving a train, you should look for the shipping papers in
any of the following except: - ANSWER: rail cars carrying the products
Using the human sences of smell or taste to determine the presence of a hazardous
material is: - ANSWER: unreliable, unacceptable, and unsafe
