HazMat Awareness and Operations Exam REVIEW
2026/2027 MOST RECENT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
• What does ERG stand for? -✓✓ Emergency Response Guidebook
• Where do manufacturer's notate dangers of their products on what document? -✓✓
Materials Safety Data Sheet
• Shipping containers will have a ______ to show their hazardous contents. -✓✓ Placard
• International shipping containers may have a ______ instead of a placard? -✓✓
orange sign with a hazard class number and identification number
• What is your first responsibility in a hazmat emergency? -✓✓ Keeping yourself and the
public safe
• How and when to use the ERG information is found in the ERG under what color
pages? -✓✓ White
• Dangerous goods organized in numerical order by ID number is found in the ERG
under what color pages? -✓✓ Yellow
• Dangerous goods organized in alphabetic order by material name is found in the ERG
under what color pages? -✓✓ Blue
• Initial isolation distances and protective action distances are found in the ERG under
what color pages? -✓✓ Green
• Safety recommendations are found in the ERG under what color pages? -✓✓ Orange
• Blank placards will have a number at the bottom. This number is ______. -✓✓ the
hazard class
• What are clues to the presence of hazmat materials? -✓✓ Shape of the container,
colored smoke, unconscious victims, placards, etc.
• What is a hazard class? -✓✓ A group of hazardous materials that share dangerous
characteristics.
• What document will transporters typically have that may tell you the contents of their
cargo? -✓✓ Shipping paper
, • What is a TIH? -✓✓ Toxic Inhalation Hazard
• When arriving at the scene of a hazmat emergency where should you park? -✓✓
Uphill and upwind
• How many hazard classes are there? -✓✓ 9
• What are the hazard classes? -✓✓ Explosives
Gases
Flammable liquids
Flammable solids
Oxidizing substances and Organic peroxides
Toxic and Infectious substances
Radioactive materials
Corrosive Substances
Misc
Every Good Firefighter Ogles The Really Curvy Moms
• A pipeline marker should always dictate what information? -✓✓ Provider, phone
number, and generic product name.
• What is an initial isolation distance? -✓✓ Minimum starting distance away from a
hazardous material
• What is the initial isolation distance for a solid? -✓✓ 75 ft
• What is the initial isolation distance for a liquid? -✓✓ 150 ft
• What is the initial isolation distance for a gas? -✓✓ 330 ft
• For a liquid, less than a 55 gallon spill is considered ______. -✓✓ a small spill
• For a liquid, greater than a 55 gallon spill is considered ______. -✓✓ a large spill
• What does P mean next to a guide number? -✓✓ The potential for polymerization
(chemical reaction that produces heat and pressure)
• What are the 3 types of possible breeches in a container spill? -✓✓ Mechanical,
thermal, and chemical.
• What is an authority having jurisdiction? -✓✓ Governing body that sets operational
policy and procedures for your jurisdiction
2026/2027 MOST RECENT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
• What does ERG stand for? -✓✓ Emergency Response Guidebook
• Where do manufacturer's notate dangers of their products on what document? -✓✓
Materials Safety Data Sheet
• Shipping containers will have a ______ to show their hazardous contents. -✓✓ Placard
• International shipping containers may have a ______ instead of a placard? -✓✓
orange sign with a hazard class number and identification number
• What is your first responsibility in a hazmat emergency? -✓✓ Keeping yourself and the
public safe
• How and when to use the ERG information is found in the ERG under what color
pages? -✓✓ White
• Dangerous goods organized in numerical order by ID number is found in the ERG
under what color pages? -✓✓ Yellow
• Dangerous goods organized in alphabetic order by material name is found in the ERG
under what color pages? -✓✓ Blue
• Initial isolation distances and protective action distances are found in the ERG under
what color pages? -✓✓ Green
• Safety recommendations are found in the ERG under what color pages? -✓✓ Orange
• Blank placards will have a number at the bottom. This number is ______. -✓✓ the
hazard class
• What are clues to the presence of hazmat materials? -✓✓ Shape of the container,
colored smoke, unconscious victims, placards, etc.
• What is a hazard class? -✓✓ A group of hazardous materials that share dangerous
characteristics.
• What document will transporters typically have that may tell you the contents of their
cargo? -✓✓ Shipping paper
, • What is a TIH? -✓✓ Toxic Inhalation Hazard
• When arriving at the scene of a hazmat emergency where should you park? -✓✓
Uphill and upwind
• How many hazard classes are there? -✓✓ 9
• What are the hazard classes? -✓✓ Explosives
Gases
Flammable liquids
Flammable solids
Oxidizing substances and Organic peroxides
Toxic and Infectious substances
Radioactive materials
Corrosive Substances
Misc
Every Good Firefighter Ogles The Really Curvy Moms
• A pipeline marker should always dictate what information? -✓✓ Provider, phone
number, and generic product name.
• What is an initial isolation distance? -✓✓ Minimum starting distance away from a
hazardous material
• What is the initial isolation distance for a solid? -✓✓ 75 ft
• What is the initial isolation distance for a liquid? -✓✓ 150 ft
• What is the initial isolation distance for a gas? -✓✓ 330 ft
• For a liquid, less than a 55 gallon spill is considered ______. -✓✓ a small spill
• For a liquid, greater than a 55 gallon spill is considered ______. -✓✓ a large spill
• What does P mean next to a guide number? -✓✓ The potential for polymerization
(chemical reaction that produces heat and pressure)
• What are the 3 types of possible breeches in a container spill? -✓✓ Mechanical,
thermal, and chemical.
• What is an authority having jurisdiction? -✓✓ Governing body that sets operational
policy and procedures for your jurisdiction
