HAZWOPER 40 UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● A TSD facility emergency response plant is a major provision of
Hazwoper for TIme-Sensitive Disposal operations
Answer: False
●● The requirement for a safety and health program is a major provision
of Hazwoper for cleanup operations
Answer: True
●● Which of the following does Hazwoper cover?
Answer: Hazardous waste cleanup operations, hazardous waste
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, hazardous waste emergency
response operations
●● Which of the following is a Hazwoper standard that covers
employees involved with hazardous waste operations and emergency
response?
Answer: OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.120
OSHA standard 29 CFR 1926.165
,●● Approximately how many major provisions does Hazwoper have for
cleanup operations?
Answer: 15
●● What does this icon represent?
Answer: Biohazard
●● A generator of hazardous waste who in a calendar month generates
no more than 1,000 kilos of waste?
Answer: Small quantity generator
●● Where can the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
responds standard be found?
Answer: OSHA's Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations
●● The individual responsible to the employer and with authority and
knowledge necessary to implement the site safety and health plan and
verify compliance with safety and health requirements?
Answer: Site safety supervisor
●● What are the three elements of confined space?
Answer: It has limited or restricted means for entry or exit
It is not designed for continuous human occupancy
,Large enough/configured to enter and preform assigned work
●● Approximately how many drums were removed from the Valley of
the Drums waste site?
Answer: 17,000
●● When were Hazwoper regulations put into effect?
Answer: 1989
●● OSHA
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
●● What is OSHA's mission?
Answer: To save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of
America's workers.
●● How does OSHA carry out their mission?
Answer: Developing job safety and health standards and enforcing them
Maintaining a reporting and recordkeeping system
Providing training programs
●● OSHA State Plans
Answer: programs operated by individual states that are OSHA approved
, Covers: private sector employees, state and local government workers
●● Which groups do NOT come under OSHA's coverage?
Answer: Public workers who are employed by state agencies and self
employed workers
●● Employers covered by OSHA's standards must display an "It's the
Law" poster. What does this poster address?
Answer: Safety and health information
●● OSHA Standards
Answer: General Industry, Construction, Maritime, and Agriculture
●● Where to OSHA standards appear?
Answer: Title 29 in the Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR)
Part 1910: General Industry
Part 1926: Construction
Part 1915, 1917, and 1918: Maritime
These are also divided into subparts
●● General Duty Clause
Answer: Section 5(a)(1) of the OSHA Act.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● A TSD facility emergency response plant is a major provision of
Hazwoper for TIme-Sensitive Disposal operations
Answer: False
●● The requirement for a safety and health program is a major provision
of Hazwoper for cleanup operations
Answer: True
●● Which of the following does Hazwoper cover?
Answer: Hazardous waste cleanup operations, hazardous waste
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, hazardous waste emergency
response operations
●● Which of the following is a Hazwoper standard that covers
employees involved with hazardous waste operations and emergency
response?
Answer: OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.120
OSHA standard 29 CFR 1926.165
,●● Approximately how many major provisions does Hazwoper have for
cleanup operations?
Answer: 15
●● What does this icon represent?
Answer: Biohazard
●● A generator of hazardous waste who in a calendar month generates
no more than 1,000 kilos of waste?
Answer: Small quantity generator
●● Where can the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
responds standard be found?
Answer: OSHA's Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations
●● The individual responsible to the employer and with authority and
knowledge necessary to implement the site safety and health plan and
verify compliance with safety and health requirements?
Answer: Site safety supervisor
●● What are the three elements of confined space?
Answer: It has limited or restricted means for entry or exit
It is not designed for continuous human occupancy
,Large enough/configured to enter and preform assigned work
●● Approximately how many drums were removed from the Valley of
the Drums waste site?
Answer: 17,000
●● When were Hazwoper regulations put into effect?
Answer: 1989
●● OSHA
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
●● What is OSHA's mission?
Answer: To save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of
America's workers.
●● How does OSHA carry out their mission?
Answer: Developing job safety and health standards and enforcing them
Maintaining a reporting and recordkeeping system
Providing training programs
●● OSHA State Plans
Answer: programs operated by individual states that are OSHA approved
, Covers: private sector employees, state and local government workers
●● Which groups do NOT come under OSHA's coverage?
Answer: Public workers who are employed by state agencies and self
employed workers
●● Employers covered by OSHA's standards must display an "It's the
Law" poster. What does this poster address?
Answer: Safety and health information
●● OSHA Standards
Answer: General Industry, Construction, Maritime, and Agriculture
●● Where to OSHA standards appear?
Answer: Title 29 in the Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR)
Part 1910: General Industry
Part 1926: Construction
Part 1915, 1917, and 1918: Maritime
These are also divided into subparts
●● General Duty Clause
Answer: Section 5(a)(1) of the OSHA Act.
