Hazmat Operations, Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: What is an Operations Level Responder?
Answer: Person who respond to HazMat/WMD incidents for the purpose of implementing or supporting
actions to protect nearby persons, the environment, or property from the effects. Are NOT used in offensive
tactics, but on defensive.
Question 2: What tasks will an operational level responder be expected to perform?
Answer: Analyze, plan, implement, evaluate Analyze: to determine the scope and potential outcomes by
surveying, collecting info, predicting behavior Plan: describing the response objective, options, emergency
decontamination procedure, developing a plan of action including safety considerations Implement:
preservation of evidence, initiating an incident command system. Evaluate: by evaluation and
communicating the status of the response.
Question 3: The operations level responder would work under who?
Answer: HazMat Technician
Question 4: Written guidance or stander operating procedure will state what?
Answer: The rules of engagement
Question 5: Under What CFR is DOT?
Answer: 49CFR170.199
Question 6: Under What CFR is OSHA?
Answer: 29CFR 1910.1209
Question 7: Under what CFR is EPA?
Answer: 40CFR 311
Question 8: What are the two primary types of containers?
Answer: the ones used for transport and those used for storage
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,Question 9: What conditions need to be assessed for a thorough survey of the scene?
Answer: Topography land use-commercial, residential accessibility - roads, bridges, wooded areas weather
conditions bodies of water public exposure potential over head and underground wires and pipe lines storm
and sewer drains possible ignition sources adjacent land use - rail lines, highways and airports nature and
extent of injuries building information - floor drains and ventilation
Question 10: Ways to verify information obtained from the Survey Hazardous Material Incident
Answer: ERG contact Chemtrec contact shippers
Question 11: where can you find additional references to obtain information already received
Answer: shipper/owner electronic database other references
Question 12: incident involving criminal or terrorist activity
Answer: Secondary events intended to incapacitate or delay emergency responders armed resistance use of
weapons booby traps secondary contamination from handling patients possible indicators: vegetation
discoloration, sudden onset of casualties, unexplained vapors and odors
Question 13: In the fire protection handbook, the information to be collected is divided into six basic
group
Answer: material ID info physical property chemical property physical hazards health hazards response
information
Question 14: What does collecting the information allows the operations level responder?
Answer: determine the defensive options that can be performed safely, given the personnel and equipment
available
Question 15: how are haz mat classified?
Answer: According to their primary danger and assigned standardized symbols to ID the class/division
Question 16: Class 1
Answer: Explosive
Question 17: Class 1 Major Hazard
Answer: Explosion
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,Question 18: Class 1 Definition
Answer: any substance or article, including a device that is designed to function by explosion or that by
chemical reaction within itself, is able to function by explosion
Question 19: Division 1.1
Answer: Mass Explosion hazard - mass explosion is one that affects almost the entire load instantly example
- black powder, dynamite, TNT
Question 20: Division 1.2
Answer: Projection hazard - but not mass explosion example - aerial flares, detonation cord, power device
cartridges
Question 21: Division 1.3
Answer: Fire hazard, minor blast hazard , minor projection hazard, NO mass explosion example - liquid
fueled rocket motors, propellant explosive
Question 22: Division 1.4
Answer: Minor explosion hazard (no more than 25 grams of detonating material) example - practice ammo,
signal cartridges
Question 23: Division 1.5
Answer: Very insensitive explosive with mass explosion hazard - under normal conditions example - prilled
ammonium nitrate fertilizers, fuel oil mix
Question 24: Division 1.6
Answer: Extremely insensitive no mass explosive hazard example: squib device ( small explosive with
considerably less explosive power
Question 25: Class 1 placard
Answer: orange placard with bursting ball
Question 26: Class 2
Answer: Compressed gas
Question 27: Class 2 Major Hazard
Answer: BLEVE
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, Question 28: What is BLEVE
Answer: Boiling Liquid expanding vapor explosion
Question 29: Division 2.1
Answer: Flammable Gas - boiling point of 68F or less and that is ignitable when a mixture of 13% or less by
volume with air ex - propane, methyl chloride
Question 30: Division 2.1 placard
Answer: red background with white flame
Question 31: Division 2.2
Answer: non flammable, non poisonous gas ex - carbon dioxide, compressed nitrogen, anhydrous ammonia
Question 32: Division 2.2 placard
Answer: Green Bakground, white cilinder
Question 33: what is a cryogenic and what division
Answer: refrigerated liquefied gas having a boiling point colder than -130F division 2.2
Question 34: Division 2.3
Answer: Poisonous Gas - gasses that vaporized easily and that are very dangerous to life, even in small
amounts. Is known to be so toxic to humans as to pose a hazard to health during transportation ex - chlorine,
methyl bromide, arsine
Question 35: division 2.3 placard
Answer: with background, skull and crossbones
Question 36: Class 3
Answer: flammable / combustible liquids
Question 37: Flammable liquid
Answer: burns readily, have a flash point of not more than 140F ex - acetone, gasoline, methyl alcohol,
toluene
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Question 1: What is an Operations Level Responder?
Answer: Person who respond to HazMat/WMD incidents for the purpose of implementing or supporting
actions to protect nearby persons, the environment, or property from the effects. Are NOT used in offensive
tactics, but on defensive.
Question 2: What tasks will an operational level responder be expected to perform?
Answer: Analyze, plan, implement, evaluate Analyze: to determine the scope and potential outcomes by
surveying, collecting info, predicting behavior Plan: describing the response objective, options, emergency
decontamination procedure, developing a plan of action including safety considerations Implement:
preservation of evidence, initiating an incident command system. Evaluate: by evaluation and
communicating the status of the response.
Question 3: The operations level responder would work under who?
Answer: HazMat Technician
Question 4: Written guidance or stander operating procedure will state what?
Answer: The rules of engagement
Question 5: Under What CFR is DOT?
Answer: 49CFR170.199
Question 6: Under What CFR is OSHA?
Answer: 29CFR 1910.1209
Question 7: Under what CFR is EPA?
Answer: 40CFR 311
Question 8: What are the two primary types of containers?
Answer: the ones used for transport and those used for storage
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,Question 9: What conditions need to be assessed for a thorough survey of the scene?
Answer: Topography land use-commercial, residential accessibility - roads, bridges, wooded areas weather
conditions bodies of water public exposure potential over head and underground wires and pipe lines storm
and sewer drains possible ignition sources adjacent land use - rail lines, highways and airports nature and
extent of injuries building information - floor drains and ventilation
Question 10: Ways to verify information obtained from the Survey Hazardous Material Incident
Answer: ERG contact Chemtrec contact shippers
Question 11: where can you find additional references to obtain information already received
Answer: shipper/owner electronic database other references
Question 12: incident involving criminal or terrorist activity
Answer: Secondary events intended to incapacitate or delay emergency responders armed resistance use of
weapons booby traps secondary contamination from handling patients possible indicators: vegetation
discoloration, sudden onset of casualties, unexplained vapors and odors
Question 13: In the fire protection handbook, the information to be collected is divided into six basic
group
Answer: material ID info physical property chemical property physical hazards health hazards response
information
Question 14: What does collecting the information allows the operations level responder?
Answer: determine the defensive options that can be performed safely, given the personnel and equipment
available
Question 15: how are haz mat classified?
Answer: According to their primary danger and assigned standardized symbols to ID the class/division
Question 16: Class 1
Answer: Explosive
Question 17: Class 1 Major Hazard
Answer: Explosion
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,Question 18: Class 1 Definition
Answer: any substance or article, including a device that is designed to function by explosion or that by
chemical reaction within itself, is able to function by explosion
Question 19: Division 1.1
Answer: Mass Explosion hazard - mass explosion is one that affects almost the entire load instantly example
- black powder, dynamite, TNT
Question 20: Division 1.2
Answer: Projection hazard - but not mass explosion example - aerial flares, detonation cord, power device
cartridges
Question 21: Division 1.3
Answer: Fire hazard, minor blast hazard , minor projection hazard, NO mass explosion example - liquid
fueled rocket motors, propellant explosive
Question 22: Division 1.4
Answer: Minor explosion hazard (no more than 25 grams of detonating material) example - practice ammo,
signal cartridges
Question 23: Division 1.5
Answer: Very insensitive explosive with mass explosion hazard - under normal conditions example - prilled
ammonium nitrate fertilizers, fuel oil mix
Question 24: Division 1.6
Answer: Extremely insensitive no mass explosive hazard example: squib device ( small explosive with
considerably less explosive power
Question 25: Class 1 placard
Answer: orange placard with bursting ball
Question 26: Class 2
Answer: Compressed gas
Question 27: Class 2 Major Hazard
Answer: BLEVE
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, Question 28: What is BLEVE
Answer: Boiling Liquid expanding vapor explosion
Question 29: Division 2.1
Answer: Flammable Gas - boiling point of 68F or less and that is ignitable when a mixture of 13% or less by
volume with air ex - propane, methyl chloride
Question 30: Division 2.1 placard
Answer: red background with white flame
Question 31: Division 2.2
Answer: non flammable, non poisonous gas ex - carbon dioxide, compressed nitrogen, anhydrous ammonia
Question 32: Division 2.2 placard
Answer: Green Bakground, white cilinder
Question 33: what is a cryogenic and what division
Answer: refrigerated liquefied gas having a boiling point colder than -130F division 2.2
Question 34: Division 2.3
Answer: Poisonous Gas - gasses that vaporized easily and that are very dangerous to life, even in small
amounts. Is known to be so toxic to humans as to pose a hazard to health during transportation ex - chlorine,
methyl bromide, arsine
Question 35: division 2.3 placard
Answer: with background, skull and crossbones
Question 36: Class 3
Answer: flammable / combustible liquids
Question 37: Flammable liquid
Answer: burns readily, have a flash point of not more than 140F ex - acetone, gasoline, methyl alcohol,
toluene
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