VA VDFP HazMat Awareness & Ops Test Study Guide
With 127 ques!ons and answers new!! 2025/2026
NEW!!
What is CAS? - Correct Answers The 2010 chemical abstract system registry that lists over 113
million chemicals
What is terrorism? - Correct Answers The systema c use of terror to coerce groups of people
or governments.
What is damaged caused to when hazmats are released uncontrolled from their containers? -
Correct Answers Life, cri cal systems, property and the environment
What is the second most effec ve means for reducing the impact of hazmat incidents on a
community? - Correct Answers Planning for them.
Emergency planning is required under which federal law? - Correct Answers Superfund
amendments and reauthoriza on act (SARA)
What are the 3 subchapters of the SARA regula ons? - Correct Answers Title 1- emergency
planning and no fica on,
Title 2- repor ng requirements
Title 3- general provisions
What is a gas? - Correct Answers Any material that has a boiling point of less than 68 degrees
F
What is a liquid? - Correct Answers Any material that has a boiling point greater than 68
degrees F
, What is a solid? - Correct Answers Any natural that has a mel ng point above ambient
temperature
What is boiling point? - Correct Answers 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? - Correct Answers Vola le. Which
means they give off large amounts of vapor.
What is vapor pressure? - Correct Answers 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? - Correct Answers High vapor pressure = low boiling points
Low vapor pressure = high boiling points
What measurements are vapor pressure usually expressed in? - Correct Answers Millimeters
of mercury (mmHg) or pounds per square inch (psi)
What is specific gravity? - Correct Answers the ra o of the density of a substance to the
density of water. Water = 1
What is vapor density? - Correct Answers Its the density of a gas in rela ons to air. Air
What is solubility? - Correct Answers A materials ability to dissolve into water or another
specific solvent.
With 127 ques!ons and answers new!! 2025/2026
NEW!!
What is CAS? - Correct Answers The 2010 chemical abstract system registry that lists over 113
million chemicals
What is terrorism? - Correct Answers The systema c use of terror to coerce groups of people
or governments.
What is damaged caused to when hazmats are released uncontrolled from their containers? -
Correct Answers Life, cri cal systems, property and the environment
What is the second most effec ve means for reducing the impact of hazmat incidents on a
community? - Correct Answers Planning for them.
Emergency planning is required under which federal law? - Correct Answers Superfund
amendments and reauthoriza on act (SARA)
What are the 3 subchapters of the SARA regula ons? - Correct Answers Title 1- emergency
planning and no fica on,
Title 2- repor ng requirements
Title 3- general provisions
What is a gas? - Correct Answers Any material that has a boiling point of less than 68 degrees
F
What is a liquid? - Correct Answers Any material that has a boiling point greater than 68
degrees F
, What is a solid? - Correct Answers Any natural that has a mel ng point above ambient
temperature
What is boiling point? - Correct Answers 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? - Correct Answers Vola le. Which
means they give off large amounts of vapor.
What is vapor pressure? - Correct Answers 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? - Correct Answers High vapor pressure = low boiling points
Low vapor pressure = high boiling points
What measurements are vapor pressure usually expressed in? - Correct Answers Millimeters
of mercury (mmHg) or pounds per square inch (psi)
What is specific gravity? - Correct Answers the ra o of the density of a substance to the
density of water. Water = 1
What is vapor density? - Correct Answers Its the density of a gas in rela ons to air. Air
What is solubility? - Correct Answers A materials ability to dissolve into water or another
specific solvent.
