Certified Environmental and Safety Compliance
Officer UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
1. RCRA stands for ____. - CORRECT ANSWER d) Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act
2. RCRA focuses on regulating hazardous waste at active facilities, whereas abandoned or
historical sites are addressed by _____________. - CORRECT ANSWER c)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
3. Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is dedicated to ____. -
CORRECT ANSWER b) Non-hazardous Solid Waste
4. Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is dedicated to ____ -
CORRECT ANSWER c) Hazardous Solid Waste
5. Used oil management standards are covered under 40 CFR Part _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER b) Part 279
6. Agricultural producers who generate an average of _______ per month from vehicles or
machinery per calendar year are exempt from Used Oil Management regulations. -
CORRECT ANSWER b) 25 gallons or less
7. Of the following ways to manage hazardous waste, which would the EPA emphasize
first through its waste management hierarchy? - CORRECT ANSWER b) Source
Reduction
8. Hazardous wastes are regulated in the United States under which environmental
regulatory act? - CORRECT ANSWER d) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA)
, 9. ________ are any solid, semisolid, or liquid wastes generated from a wastewater
treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control device. - CORRECT
ANSWER a) Sludges
10. Domestic sewage or sanitary waste is regulated under _________. - CORRECT
ANSWER c) CWA
11. The ______ includes wastes from certain common industrial and manufacturing
processes. - CORRECT ANSWER a) The F list
12. The _______ includes wastes from specific industries. - CORRECT ANSWER c)
The K list
13. EPA has assigned ______ as the waste code for reactive hazardous wastes. - CORRECT
ANSWER a) D003
14.Select the incorrect statement related to EPA ID number. - CORRECT ANSWER c)
US EPA ID Number is also known as a CERCLA ID Number
15. Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act's (RCRA's) __________
program,
generators of hazardous waste must maintain records that list the amount and type of
all hazardous waste produced, how it is to be transported, and how it will ultimately be
disposed - CORRECT ANSWER b) Manifest
16.Small Quantity Generators can generate how much hazardous waste. - CORRECT
ANSWER c) More than 100 kilograms, but less than 1,000 kilograms
17. Hazardous Material Transportation Act (HMTA) was published in _______. - CORRECT
ANSWER a) 1975
Officer UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
1. RCRA stands for ____. - CORRECT ANSWER d) Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act
2. RCRA focuses on regulating hazardous waste at active facilities, whereas abandoned or
historical sites are addressed by _____________. - CORRECT ANSWER c)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
3. Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is dedicated to ____. -
CORRECT ANSWER b) Non-hazardous Solid Waste
4. Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is dedicated to ____ -
CORRECT ANSWER c) Hazardous Solid Waste
5. Used oil management standards are covered under 40 CFR Part _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER b) Part 279
6. Agricultural producers who generate an average of _______ per month from vehicles or
machinery per calendar year are exempt from Used Oil Management regulations. -
CORRECT ANSWER b) 25 gallons or less
7. Of the following ways to manage hazardous waste, which would the EPA emphasize
first through its waste management hierarchy? - CORRECT ANSWER b) Source
Reduction
8. Hazardous wastes are regulated in the United States under which environmental
regulatory act? - CORRECT ANSWER d) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA)
, 9. ________ are any solid, semisolid, or liquid wastes generated from a wastewater
treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control device. - CORRECT
ANSWER a) Sludges
10. Domestic sewage or sanitary waste is regulated under _________. - CORRECT
ANSWER c) CWA
11. The ______ includes wastes from certain common industrial and manufacturing
processes. - CORRECT ANSWER a) The F list
12. The _______ includes wastes from specific industries. - CORRECT ANSWER c)
The K list
13. EPA has assigned ______ as the waste code for reactive hazardous wastes. - CORRECT
ANSWER a) D003
14.Select the incorrect statement related to EPA ID number. - CORRECT ANSWER c)
US EPA ID Number is also known as a CERCLA ID Number
15. Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act's (RCRA's) __________
program,
generators of hazardous waste must maintain records that list the amount and type of
all hazardous waste produced, how it is to be transported, and how it will ultimately be
disposed - CORRECT ANSWER b) Manifest
16.Small Quantity Generators can generate how much hazardous waste. - CORRECT
ANSWER c) More than 100 kilograms, but less than 1,000 kilograms
17. Hazardous Material Transportation Act (HMTA) was published in _______. - CORRECT
ANSWER a) 1975
