Hazardous Materials(Hazmat) questions and answers

Hazardous Material: correct answer: A substance or material capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or property when transported in commerce. Hazard Class: correct answer: Is a group of hazardous materials that share dangerous characteristics. Nine hazard classes based on the dangers posed in transportation: correct answer: 1. Explosives 2. Gasses 3. Flammable Liquids 4. Flammable Solids 5. Oxidizing Substances/ Organic Peroxides 6. Toxic Substances/ Infectious Substances 7. Radioactive 8. Corrosive Material 9. Misc. hazardous material & products or substances or organisms. Acute Exposure correct answer: 1 time exposure and done!!.. Chronic Exposure correct answer: Prolonged or repeated exposures over many days, months or years. Human Pathogens: correct answer: Include anthrax, viruses, smallpox, bird flu. "Pathogen" correct answer: "Disease-causing organism". Plant and Animal Pathogens: correct answer: * Foot and Mouth Disease(FMD) * Exotic Newcastle Disease(END) * Classical Swine Fever(CSF) * Boll Rot of Cotton Types of Ionizing Radiation: correct answer: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, X-Ray, Neutron. Routes of Exposure: correct answer: Inhalation, Absorption, Ingestion, Injection. Basic Toxicology(Terminology) correct answer: * Threshold Limit Value(TLV) * Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health(IDLH) * Lethal Concentration(LC50) * Lethal Dose(LD50) * Material safety Data Sheets(MSDS) Terminology Health Impacts: correct answer: * Death * Temporary impairment * Permanent disability