TCFP Hazmat Awarenss Exam |MFRI/NFPA Jones & Barlett |Questions and Answers |2026 Latest Update with complete solutions

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COURSE: MFRI/NFPA Jones and Barlett HAZMAT Awareness a
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nd Operations
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EXAM CODE: TCFP HAZMAT AWARENESS-101
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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. Awareness level personnel
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[Verified Solution]: Persons who, in the course of their normal duties, could encounter an emergency involv
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ing hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and who are expected to recognize the presenc
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e of hazardous materials/WMD, protect themselves, call for trained personnel, and secure the area. (NFPA 10
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72) "Aware" of hazards, situations, people, places, and things.
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Q2. Department of Transportation (DOT)
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[Verified Solution]: The U.S. government agency that publicizes and enforces rules and regulations that rela
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te to the transportation of many hazardous materials.
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Q3. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
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[Verified Solution]: Legislation that requires a business that handles chemicals to report on those chemicals'
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type, quantity, and storage methods to the FD and the local emergency planning committee.
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Q4. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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[Verified Solution]: Established in 1970, the US federal agency ensures safe manufacturing, use, transportat
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ion, and disposal of hazardous substances. (Environmental Safety)
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Q5. HAZWOPER (HAZardous Waste OPerations and Emergency Response)
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[Verified Solution]: The federal OSHA regulation that governs hazmat waste site and response training. Re
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gulation can be found in CFR, Title 29, 1910.120.
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,Q6. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
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[Verified Solution]: The association that develops and maintains nationally recognized minimum consensus
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standards on many areas of fire safety and specific standards on hazardous materials.
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Q7. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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[Verified Solution]: The US federal agency and regulates worker safety and, in some cases, responder safety
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. Part of Department of Labor.
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Q8. Operations level responders
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[Verified Solution]: Persons who respond to hazardous materials/(WMD) incidents for the purpose of imple
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menting or supporting actions to protect nearby persons, the environment, or property from the effects of the r
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elease. "Tasked to respond and engage."
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Q9. Specialist Level
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[Verified Solution]: (OSHA/HAZWOPER only) A hazardous materials specialist who responds with, and p
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rovides support to, hazardous materials technicians. This individual's duties parallel those of the hazardous m
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aterials technician; however, the technician's duties require a more directed or specific knowledge of the vario
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us substances he or she may be called upon to contain. The hazardous materials specialist also acts as the inci
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site liaison with federal, state, local, and other government authorities in regard to site activities. "More specia
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lized than a HAZMAT tech".
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Q10. Standards
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[Verified Solution]: Documents issued by nongovernmental entities
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Q11. NFPA 1072 NFPA 472 NFPA 473
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[Verified Solution]: 1072: Qualifications (Awareness, Operations, Technician, Specialist) 472: Standards 4
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Q12. Technician level
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[Verified Solution]: A person who responds to hazardous materials/WMD incidents using a risk-
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based response process by which he or she analyzes a problem involving hazardous materials/WMD, selects
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applicable decontamination procedures, and controls a release using specialized protective clothing and contr
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ol equipment. "Risk Management Response"
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, Q13. scene size-up basic actions
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Q14. 1. Air Bill 2. Bill of Lading/Freight Bill 3.Waybill 4. Dangerous Cargo Manifest
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[Verified Solution]: 1. Shipping papers on an airplane. Located in cockpit and is pilot's responsibility. 2. Shi
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pping papers for transport of chemicals over roads and highways. Located in the cab of vehicle. 3. Shipping p
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apers for railroad transportation. Located with conductor. 4. Shipping papers on a marine vessel. Located wit
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h the captain/wheelhouse.
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Q15. Train List/Consist
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[Verified Solution]: List of the contents in EVERY CAR on train. Located with conductor, engineer, or desi
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Q16. Military HAZMAT/WMD Markings
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[Verified Solution]: 4: The least to worry about. Orange Diamond. Moderate Fire Hazard Material. 3: Orang
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e Triangle. Mass Fire Hazard Materials. 2: Orange X. Explosion with fragment hazards. 1: MOST DANGER
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OUS! STOP!!! Orange Octagon. Mass Detonation Hazard Material
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Q17. Pipeline
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[Verified Solution]: A mode of transportation consisting of a long pipe for long distance and high volume li
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quid cargo such as gas, gasoline, diesel fuel.
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Q18. Pipeline warning signs include:
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[Verified Solution]: Warning symbol, owners name, emergency phone number. Company responsible for pl
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Q19. Container
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[Verified Solution]: Any vessel or receptacle that holds material to include cylinders, tanks, portable tanks,
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and cargo tanks.
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