NFPA 472 HAZMAT AWARENESS EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The two types go potential hazards found in each guide of the Emergency Response Guidebook
are:
- reactivity and solubility
- spill and leak
- corrosive and flammable
- health and fire/explosion - ANS health and fire/explosion
Federal law requires that local establishments keep a Material Safety Data Sheet on file when:
- at a multi-use building
- personnel have not received specialized hazmat training
- hazardous materials are used or stored on site
- backup emergency power is not available - ANS hazardous materials are used or stored on
site
The four-digit number appearing on a placard or an orange panel of a tank car is the:
- United Nations (UN) product identification number
- capacity of the tank car
- last date the tank car was pressure tested
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,- tank car registration number - ANS United Nations (UN) product identification number
The National Fire Protection Association 704 System for identifying hazardous Materials gives:
- general hazard and degree of severity
- specific product identification
- the Department of Transportation (DOT) hazard class
- the United Nations (UN) hazard class - ANS general hazard and degree of severity
The fact that a product is water reactive would be indicated in the __________ quadrant of the
National Fire Protection Association 704 System.
- blue
- red
- white
- yellow - ANS white
For materials in Hazard Class 8 (corrosive), a Department of Transportation (DOT) placard is
required of the gross weight is in excess of:
- 500 lbs.
- 100 lbs.
- 1001 lbs.
- 5000 lbs. - ANS 1001 lbs.
A bill of lading contains valuable information about the origin of the product and is the type of
shipping paper used when transporting a product via:
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, - highway truck
- railway
- water
- air - ANS highway truck
During an incident involving a train, where should you look for the shipping papers?
- With the train safety officer
- The home office of the train company
- Rail cars carrying the products
- The conductor's possession - ANS The conductor's possession
Using the human senses of a smell or taste to determine the presence of a hazardous material
is:
- the best first step
- not reliable if the product is heavier than air
- unreliable, unacceptable, and unsafe
- used only as a last resort - ANS unreliable, unacceptable, and unsafe
Hazardous occupancies should be identified and evaluated:
- en route to an emergency
- during preincident planning
- during training sessions
- at least once a year - ANS during preincident planning
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The two types go potential hazards found in each guide of the Emergency Response Guidebook
are:
- reactivity and solubility
- spill and leak
- corrosive and flammable
- health and fire/explosion - ANS health and fire/explosion
Federal law requires that local establishments keep a Material Safety Data Sheet on file when:
- at a multi-use building
- personnel have not received specialized hazmat training
- hazardous materials are used or stored on site
- backup emergency power is not available - ANS hazardous materials are used or stored on
site
The four-digit number appearing on a placard or an orange panel of a tank car is the:
- United Nations (UN) product identification number
- capacity of the tank car
- last date the tank car was pressure tested
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,- tank car registration number - ANS United Nations (UN) product identification number
The National Fire Protection Association 704 System for identifying hazardous Materials gives:
- general hazard and degree of severity
- specific product identification
- the Department of Transportation (DOT) hazard class
- the United Nations (UN) hazard class - ANS general hazard and degree of severity
The fact that a product is water reactive would be indicated in the __________ quadrant of the
National Fire Protection Association 704 System.
- blue
- red
- white
- yellow - ANS white
For materials in Hazard Class 8 (corrosive), a Department of Transportation (DOT) placard is
required of the gross weight is in excess of:
- 500 lbs.
- 100 lbs.
- 1001 lbs.
- 5000 lbs. - ANS 1001 lbs.
A bill of lading contains valuable information about the origin of the product and is the type of
shipping paper used when transporting a product via:
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, - highway truck
- railway
- water
- air - ANS highway truck
During an incident involving a train, where should you look for the shipping papers?
- With the train safety officer
- The home office of the train company
- Rail cars carrying the products
- The conductor's possession - ANS The conductor's possession
Using the human senses of a smell or taste to determine the presence of a hazardous material
is:
- the best first step
- not reliable if the product is heavier than air
- unreliable, unacceptable, and unsafe
- used only as a last resort - ANS unreliable, unacceptable, and unsafe
Hazardous occupancies should be identified and evaluated:
- en route to an emergency
- during preincident planning
- during training sessions
- at least once a year - ANS during preincident planning
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