HAZWOPER 40-Exam 1 With All Questions and
Answers
Which federal conservation act was passed in response to
catastropic environmental events like the Love Canal, and Times
Beach Missouri incidents? - ANSWER RCRA
What does RCRA stand for? - ANSWER Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act
What does HSWA stand for? - ANSWER Hazardous and Solid
Waste Ammendments
What does TSD stand for? - ANSWER Treatment, storage, and
disposal
What does MSWLF stand for? - ANSWER Municipal Solid Waste
Landfill
What does CERCLA stand for? - ANSWER Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
What does FRAL stand for? - ANSWER First Responder
Awareness Level
What does FROL stand for? - ANSWER First Responder
Operations Level
What does ISO stand for? - ANSWER International Standards
Organization
What does API stand for? - ANSWER American Petroleum Institute
What does ClI stand for? - ANSWER Chlorine Institute
What does CMA stand for? - ANSWER Chemical Manufactures
Association
What does ACGIH stand for? - ANSWER American Coucil of
, Government Industrial Hygienists
What does NTP stand for? - ANSWER National Toxicology
Program
What does IARC stand for? - ANSWER International Agency for
Research on Cancer
What does RTECS stand for? - ANSWER Registry of Toxic Effects
of Chemical Substances
Which federal conservation program's regulations can be found at 40
CFR 240-282? - ANSWER RCRA
List the three major ammendments to RCRA. - ANSWER HSWA
Federal facilities compliance act
Land disposal program flexibility act
Which RCRA ammendment was inacted in response to citizen
concern that the existing methods of hazardous waste disposal,
particularly land disposal, were not safe? - ANSWER Hazardous
and Solid Waste Ammendments
Which RCRA ammendment strengthed the EPAs authority to enforce
RCRA regulations ad federal facilities? - ANSWER Federal
facilities compliance act
Which RCRA ammendment was enacted to provide regulatory
flexibility in the land disposal of certain wastes? - ANSWER Land
disposal program flexibility act
List the three major programs that make up RCRA. - ANSWER
Hazardous Waste (Subtitle C)
Solid Waste (Subtitle D)
Underground Storage Tanks (Subtitle I)
The _____ RCRA program was established to manage hazardous
wastes from the _____ ___ ____ ____ ____ (a phrase) - ANSWER
Answers
Which federal conservation act was passed in response to
catastropic environmental events like the Love Canal, and Times
Beach Missouri incidents? - ANSWER RCRA
What does RCRA stand for? - ANSWER Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act
What does HSWA stand for? - ANSWER Hazardous and Solid
Waste Ammendments
What does TSD stand for? - ANSWER Treatment, storage, and
disposal
What does MSWLF stand for? - ANSWER Municipal Solid Waste
Landfill
What does CERCLA stand for? - ANSWER Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
What does FRAL stand for? - ANSWER First Responder
Awareness Level
What does FROL stand for? - ANSWER First Responder
Operations Level
What does ISO stand for? - ANSWER International Standards
Organization
What does API stand for? - ANSWER American Petroleum Institute
What does ClI stand for? - ANSWER Chlorine Institute
What does CMA stand for? - ANSWER Chemical Manufactures
Association
What does ACGIH stand for? - ANSWER American Coucil of
, Government Industrial Hygienists
What does NTP stand for? - ANSWER National Toxicology
Program
What does IARC stand for? - ANSWER International Agency for
Research on Cancer
What does RTECS stand for? - ANSWER Registry of Toxic Effects
of Chemical Substances
Which federal conservation program's regulations can be found at 40
CFR 240-282? - ANSWER RCRA
List the three major ammendments to RCRA. - ANSWER HSWA
Federal facilities compliance act
Land disposal program flexibility act
Which RCRA ammendment was inacted in response to citizen
concern that the existing methods of hazardous waste disposal,
particularly land disposal, were not safe? - ANSWER Hazardous
and Solid Waste Ammendments
Which RCRA ammendment strengthed the EPAs authority to enforce
RCRA regulations ad federal facilities? - ANSWER Federal
facilities compliance act
Which RCRA ammendment was enacted to provide regulatory
flexibility in the land disposal of certain wastes? - ANSWER Land
disposal program flexibility act
List the three major programs that make up RCRA. - ANSWER
Hazardous Waste (Subtitle C)
Solid Waste (Subtitle D)
Underground Storage Tanks (Subtitle I)
The _____ RCRA program was established to manage hazardous
wastes from the _____ ___ ____ ____ ____ (a phrase) - ANSWER
