TR 12: END OF SEMESTER EXAM
Fire and rescue agencies responding to CSRs are required to comply with the safety procedures
mandated by... - answers✔✔OSHA
attendant - answers✔✔person assigned to monitor a confined space operation and provide
support or react as required to provide safety of the entrants and entry team.
BLINDING / BLANKING - answers✔✔Inserting a solid barrier across the open end of a pipe, or in
between two flanges, leading into or out of the confined space, and securing the barrier in such
a way to prevent leakage of material.
DOUBLE BLOCK AND BLEED - answers✔✔method used to isolate a confined space from a line,
duct or pipe by physically closing two main valves on a piping system, and opening a "vented-to-
atmosphere" valve between them.
What three factors are needed to create a "confined space?" - answers✔✔1) An enclosed area
that is large enough and configured so an employee can bodily enter
2) Primary function is something other than human occupancy
3) Restricted entry and exit.
PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE (PRCS) - answers✔✔Contains or has a potential to contain
a hazardous atmosphere.
NON-PERMIT CONFINED SPACE (NPCS) - answers✔✔is unlikely to have potential hazards or has
the hazards eliminated by engineering controls.
,Oxygen deficient atmosphere - answers✔✔19.5% (O2/vol) or less
Oxygen enriched atmosphere - answers✔✔atmosphere containing more than 23.5% oxygen by
volume
PEL - answers✔✔Permissible Exposure Limit
TLV - answers✔✔Threshold Limit Value
Leading cause of Confined Space deaths - answers✔✔Asphyxiation
2nd leading cause of Confined Space deaths? - answers✔✔Engulfment
CFR 1910.146 - answers✔✔Confined Space
CFR 1910.147 - answers✔✔Lock out/Tag out
29 CFR 1910.120 - answers✔✔Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
29 CFR 1910.134 - answers✔✔Respiratory Protection
NFPA 1670 - answers✔✔Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents
Awareness Level response- NFPA 1670 - answers✔✔Recognize, initiate contact, perform non-
entry removal
, Operations Level response -NFPA 1670 - answers✔✔Size up, identify duties for CSR, monitor
LEL, oxygen, and toxicity levels
Technician Level response -NFPA 1670 - answers✔✔Develop hazard isolation, plan response for
entry type CSR and implement it.
The OSHA regulations in 29 CFR 1910.146 apply only to general industry and exclude... -
answers✔✔shipyard employment, construction, and agriculture
The term vessel can refer to any confined space, but it usually refers to tanks involved in... -
answers✔✔transporting products on land or water.
Storage bins / Hoppers normally store... - answers✔✔dry products such as grain and gravel.
Utility Vaults / Pits may contain... - answers✔✔high voltage electrical and pumps of valves for
controlling gases or liquids in pipelines.
Aqueducts / Sewers - answers✔✔Contain treated, untreated, or wastewater
Cisterns / Wells - answers✔✔Are typically underground and abandoned
Cofferdams - answers✔✔Often used around the forms when concrete must be poured in a
deep water.
The Incident Commander... - answers✔✔is responsible for overall management of the incident.
The IC directly controls the Command Staff and the Section Chiefs.
The Safety Officer... - answers✔✔is responsible for developing and recommending measures for
assuring personnel safety and to assess or anticipate hazardous and unsafe situations.
Fire and rescue agencies responding to CSRs are required to comply with the safety procedures
mandated by... - answers✔✔OSHA
attendant - answers✔✔person assigned to monitor a confined space operation and provide
support or react as required to provide safety of the entrants and entry team.
BLINDING / BLANKING - answers✔✔Inserting a solid barrier across the open end of a pipe, or in
between two flanges, leading into or out of the confined space, and securing the barrier in such
a way to prevent leakage of material.
DOUBLE BLOCK AND BLEED - answers✔✔method used to isolate a confined space from a line,
duct or pipe by physically closing two main valves on a piping system, and opening a "vented-to-
atmosphere" valve between them.
What three factors are needed to create a "confined space?" - answers✔✔1) An enclosed area
that is large enough and configured so an employee can bodily enter
2) Primary function is something other than human occupancy
3) Restricted entry and exit.
PERMIT REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE (PRCS) - answers✔✔Contains or has a potential to contain
a hazardous atmosphere.
NON-PERMIT CONFINED SPACE (NPCS) - answers✔✔is unlikely to have potential hazards or has
the hazards eliminated by engineering controls.
,Oxygen deficient atmosphere - answers✔✔19.5% (O2/vol) or less
Oxygen enriched atmosphere - answers✔✔atmosphere containing more than 23.5% oxygen by
volume
PEL - answers✔✔Permissible Exposure Limit
TLV - answers✔✔Threshold Limit Value
Leading cause of Confined Space deaths - answers✔✔Asphyxiation
2nd leading cause of Confined Space deaths? - answers✔✔Engulfment
CFR 1910.146 - answers✔✔Confined Space
CFR 1910.147 - answers✔✔Lock out/Tag out
29 CFR 1910.120 - answers✔✔Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
29 CFR 1910.134 - answers✔✔Respiratory Protection
NFPA 1670 - answers✔✔Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents
Awareness Level response- NFPA 1670 - answers✔✔Recognize, initiate contact, perform non-
entry removal
, Operations Level response -NFPA 1670 - answers✔✔Size up, identify duties for CSR, monitor
LEL, oxygen, and toxicity levels
Technician Level response -NFPA 1670 - answers✔✔Develop hazard isolation, plan response for
entry type CSR and implement it.
The OSHA regulations in 29 CFR 1910.146 apply only to general industry and exclude... -
answers✔✔shipyard employment, construction, and agriculture
The term vessel can refer to any confined space, but it usually refers to tanks involved in... -
answers✔✔transporting products on land or water.
Storage bins / Hoppers normally store... - answers✔✔dry products such as grain and gravel.
Utility Vaults / Pits may contain... - answers✔✔high voltage electrical and pumps of valves for
controlling gases or liquids in pipelines.
Aqueducts / Sewers - answers✔✔Contain treated, untreated, or wastewater
Cisterns / Wells - answers✔✔Are typically underground and abandoned
Cofferdams - answers✔✔Often used around the forms when concrete must be poured in a
deep water.
The Incident Commander... - answers✔✔is responsible for overall management of the incident.
The IC directly controls the Command Staff and the Section Chiefs.
The Safety Officer... - answers✔✔is responsible for developing and recommending measures for
assuring personnel safety and to assess or anticipate hazardous and unsafe situations.
