HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Hazmat incident.
Answer: An emergency involving a substance that poses an
unreasonable risk to people, the environment, and/or property.
●● Difference between hazmat incidents and other emergency incidents.
Answer: Hazmat incidents are often more complex than other types of
emergency incidents.
●● 5 most common Hazmat Incidents.
Answer: Flammable gases, Flammable and combustible liquids,
Corrosives (Acids and/or bases), Anhydrous Ammonia, Chlorine.
●● Mechanisms of Harm (TRACEM-P).
Answer: Thermal, Radiological, Asphyxiating, Chemical,
Etiological/Biological, Mechanical, Psychological.
●● Routes of exposure.
Answer: The means through hazardous materials enter the body and
cause harm: Inhalation, Ingestion, Absorption, Injections.
,●● Inhalation.
Answer: Breathing in hazardous material through nose and mouth.
●● Ingestion.
Answer: Eating or swallowing hazardous materials through your mouth.
●● Absorption.
Answer: Process of taking in materials through your skin and eyes.
●● Injections.
Answer: Process of taking in materials through a puncture of your skin.
●● Difference between contamination and exposure.
Answer: Contamination is the transfer of hazardous material to persons,
equipment, and the environment in greater than acceptable quantities.
Exposure is when hazardous material has entered or potentially entered
your body via the route of entry.
●● Contamination.
Answer: Transfer of hazardous material to persons, equipment, and the
environment in greater than acceptable quantities.
, ●● Exposure.
Answer: Hazardous material has entered or potentially entered your
body via the route of entry.
●● Cross contamination.
Answer: Occurs when contaminants are moved from location to another.
Also known as secondary exposure.
●● Acute exposure.
Answer: Short term effects, appear within hours or days.
●● Chronic exposure.
Answer: Long-term effects, may take years to appear, such as cancer.
●● Delayed exposure.
Answer: Delayed effects can take hours to days to appear.
●● APIE-T.
Answer: Analyze, Plan, Implement the Response, Evaluate.
●● Analyze (APIE-T).
Answer: Exercise situational awareness, be aware of where you are and
what is around you, recognize clues to the presence of hazmat.
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Hazmat incident.
Answer: An emergency involving a substance that poses an
unreasonable risk to people, the environment, and/or property.
●● Difference between hazmat incidents and other emergency incidents.
Answer: Hazmat incidents are often more complex than other types of
emergency incidents.
●● 5 most common Hazmat Incidents.
Answer: Flammable gases, Flammable and combustible liquids,
Corrosives (Acids and/or bases), Anhydrous Ammonia, Chlorine.
●● Mechanisms of Harm (TRACEM-P).
Answer: Thermal, Radiological, Asphyxiating, Chemical,
Etiological/Biological, Mechanical, Psychological.
●● Routes of exposure.
Answer: The means through hazardous materials enter the body and
cause harm: Inhalation, Ingestion, Absorption, Injections.
,●● Inhalation.
Answer: Breathing in hazardous material through nose and mouth.
●● Ingestion.
Answer: Eating or swallowing hazardous materials through your mouth.
●● Absorption.
Answer: Process of taking in materials through your skin and eyes.
●● Injections.
Answer: Process of taking in materials through a puncture of your skin.
●● Difference between contamination and exposure.
Answer: Contamination is the transfer of hazardous material to persons,
equipment, and the environment in greater than acceptable quantities.
Exposure is when hazardous material has entered or potentially entered
your body via the route of entry.
●● Contamination.
Answer: Transfer of hazardous material to persons, equipment, and the
environment in greater than acceptable quantities.
, ●● Exposure.
Answer: Hazardous material has entered or potentially entered your
body via the route of entry.
●● Cross contamination.
Answer: Occurs when contaminants are moved from location to another.
Also known as secondary exposure.
●● Acute exposure.
Answer: Short term effects, appear within hours or days.
●● Chronic exposure.
Answer: Long-term effects, may take years to appear, such as cancer.
●● Delayed exposure.
Answer: Delayed effects can take hours to days to appear.
●● APIE-T.
Answer: Analyze, Plan, Implement the Response, Evaluate.
●● Analyze (APIE-T).
Answer: Exercise situational awareness, be aware of where you are and
what is around you, recognize clues to the presence of hazmat.
