FIRE ACADEMY EXAMS SCRIPT ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Reproductive Toxins - ✔✔Mutagen: Damage to DNA (offspring)
Teratogens: damage to embryo/fetus
✔✔Corrosives - ✔✔acids and bases that destroy or burn living tissues & have
destructive effects by virtue of their corrosivity ability to cause corrosion, particularly to
metals
✔✔Corrosive hazards - ✔✔depend on stregth (pH) and concentration (amount of water
or acid mix)
-can cause dangerous reactions
✔✔Chemical Hazards - ✔✔irritants
convulsants
carcinogens
sensitizers (allergic reactions)
✔✔Biological/etiological hazards - ✔✔microorganisms that may cause severe disabling
disease or ilnesses
✔✔Biological/etiological hazards include: - ✔✔-Bacteria (Anthrax)
-Viruses
-rickettsias
-biological toxins
✔✔mechanical hazards - ✔✔-trauma as result of direct contact with object
-striking(result of explosion or chemical reaction)
-friction (body rubbing against abrasive surface)
✔✔Explosion Hazard - ✔✔-blast pressure wave
-shrapnel fragmentation
-seismic effect
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Reproductive Toxins - ✔✔Mutagen: Damage to DNA (offspring)
Teratogens: damage to embryo/fetus
✔✔Corrosives - ✔✔acids and bases that destroy or burn living tissues & have
destructive effects by virtue of their corrosivity ability to cause corrosion, particularly to
metals
✔✔Corrosive hazards - ✔✔depend on stregth (pH) and concentration (amount of water
or acid mix)
-can cause dangerous reactions
✔✔Chemical Hazards - ✔✔irritants
convulsants
carcinogens
sensitizers (allergic reactions)
✔✔Biological/etiological hazards - ✔✔microorganisms that may cause severe disabling
disease or ilnesses
✔✔Biological/etiological hazards include: - ✔✔-Bacteria (Anthrax)
-Viruses
-rickettsias
-biological toxins
✔✔mechanical hazards - ✔✔-trauma as result of direct contact with object
-striking(result of explosion or chemical reaction)
-friction (body rubbing against abrasive surface)
✔✔Explosion Hazard - ✔✔-blast pressure wave
-shrapnel fragmentation
-seismic effect