Hazmat Awareness and Operations Questions With
Complete Solutions
2 NFPA standards for hazardous materials Correct Answers
NFPA 472 and 473
4 D's of making foam Correct Answers Dirty Devices Don't
Deliver
5 major functions in the IMS Correct Answers -Command
-Finance
-Logistics
-Operations
-Planning
Absorption vs adsorption Correct Answers -Absorption:
Process by which one substance, such as a liquid, combines with
another substance, such as a solid by becoming part of that
substance
-Adsorption: Material bonds to outside of adsorption medium
Activities fit into defensive operations Correct Answers -
Containment
-Confinement
Acute Correct Answers Single exposure to "High"
concentrations
Advantages of Dry decon Correct Answers -Quick, <30min
-Low cost
-Minimal footprint
, -Convenient teardown
Application Techniques Correct Answers -Lob
-Bank
-Roll
-Subsurface injection
APR Correct Answers Air-Purifying Respirators, light weight,
doesn't supply breathing air
Aqueous Film Forming Foam AFFF Correct Answers -
Knockdown 2-4 times greater than protein based foams
-Self healing
Asphyxiant Correct Answers -Substance that prevent oxygen
from combining with the blood in sufficient quantities or from
being used by body tissue
-2 types
--Simple: displace or dilute oxygen
--Chemical: react to keep body from using oxygen
Auto ignition temperature Correct Answers Minimum
temperature required to cause self sustained combustion in
absence of any source of ignition
Carcinogen Correct Answers Cancer causing, known and
suspected
CBRNE Correct Answers -Chemical
-Biological
-Radiological
Complete Solutions
2 NFPA standards for hazardous materials Correct Answers
NFPA 472 and 473
4 D's of making foam Correct Answers Dirty Devices Don't
Deliver
5 major functions in the IMS Correct Answers -Command
-Finance
-Logistics
-Operations
-Planning
Absorption vs adsorption Correct Answers -Absorption:
Process by which one substance, such as a liquid, combines with
another substance, such as a solid by becoming part of that
substance
-Adsorption: Material bonds to outside of adsorption medium
Activities fit into defensive operations Correct Answers -
Containment
-Confinement
Acute Correct Answers Single exposure to "High"
concentrations
Advantages of Dry decon Correct Answers -Quick, <30min
-Low cost
-Minimal footprint
, -Convenient teardown
Application Techniques Correct Answers -Lob
-Bank
-Roll
-Subsurface injection
APR Correct Answers Air-Purifying Respirators, light weight,
doesn't supply breathing air
Aqueous Film Forming Foam AFFF Correct Answers -
Knockdown 2-4 times greater than protein based foams
-Self healing
Asphyxiant Correct Answers -Substance that prevent oxygen
from combining with the blood in sufficient quantities or from
being used by body tissue
-2 types
--Simple: displace or dilute oxygen
--Chemical: react to keep body from using oxygen
Auto ignition temperature Correct Answers Minimum
temperature required to cause self sustained combustion in
absence of any source of ignition
Carcinogen Correct Answers Cancer causing, known and
suspected
CBRNE Correct Answers -Chemical
-Biological
-Radiological
