HAZMAT EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH THE BEST
ANSWERS.
1) At a hazardous materials incident, what are the hot, warm, and cold zones? -- Answer
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✔✔ Control zones
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2) For hazardous materials responders, what is the most important element of personal
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protective equipment? -- Answer ✔✔ Respiratory protection
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3) Which term refers to assessing what is happening at the scene and then using that
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information to devise a plan of action? -- Answer ✔✔ Size-up
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4) What is the purpose of an isolation perimeter? -- Answer ✔✔ To prevent access by
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unauthorized personnel into the emergency scene
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5) A gasoline tanker has overturned in a tunnel and is spilling gasoline onto the highway.
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What level of hazardous materials incident is this? -- Answer ✔✔ Level II
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6) Which control zone immediately surrounds the contaminated area? -- Answer ✔✔
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7) In general, a hazardous material in which state of matter will usually require the
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largest hot zone? -- Answer ✔✔ Gas
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8) Which function should occur in the warm zone? -- Answer ✔✔ Decontamination
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9) Which function should occur in the cold zone? -- Answer ✔✔ personnel staging
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,10) Which of the following refers to when a responder protects people from a hazardous
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materials incident by keeping them in a safe atmosphere without evacuating them? --
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Answer ✔✔ Shelter-in-place
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11) When people are being sheltered-in-place, what should be done with the ventilation
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system? -- Answer ✔✔ It should be turned off
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12) Weakness, dizziness, and sweating are typical of heat: -- Answer ✔✔ exhaustion
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13) Which of the following is a recommended treatment for heat exhaustion? -- Answer
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✔✔ Remove the patient from the heat source
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14) What term refers to when a person's internal body temperature falls below 95ºF? --
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Answer ✔✔ hypothermia
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15) What is the first priority on any hazardous material incident? -- Answer ✔✔ Life
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safety
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16) Part of the definition of terrorism requires that such activity: -- Answer ✔✔ be in
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furtherance of political or social objectives.
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17) Terrorists have used explosive devices in thousands of attacks, but in recent years
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there has been a new trend in their use. What is this trend? -- Answer ✔✔ Suicide
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bombings
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18) What is the term for terrorism that electronically targets computers or the Internet?
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-- Answer ✔✔ Cyberterrorism
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19) When responding to a terrorist event, you should be particularly alert for the
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possibility of: -- Answer ✔✔ secondary events designed to harm or hamper
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emergency responders.
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20) Under what circumstances are alpha particles the most harmful to the human body? -
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- Answer ✔✔ When they are ingested or inhaled
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, 21) What are two symptoms of low-level exposure to radiation? -- Answer ✔✔ Nausea
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and vomiting
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22) Of the following actions, what is the best way to limit exposure to radioactivity? --
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Answer ✔✔ Stay as far away from the source of the radiation as possible.
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23) If fire fighters notice dead or dying animals as they approach the scene of a known or
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24) What is the lead agency for crisis management during a terrorist incident? -- Answer
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✔✔ The FBI
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25) What kit did the U.S. military develop as an antidote to nerve agent exposure? --
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Answer ✔✔ Mark 1
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26) The majority of chemical-protective clothing is: -- Answer ✔✔ designed to be
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disposed of after a single use.
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27) Which statement about decontamination of disposable chemical-protective
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equipment is correct? -- Answer ✔✔ It should be decontaminated sufficiently so that
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removal is safe for the wearer.
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28) The level of protection that structural firefighting protective clothing provides first
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responders at a hazardous materials incident is best described as: -- Answer ✔✔
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29) What does the A stand for in TRACEMP? -- Answer ✔✔ Airborne
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30) A Level B protective ensemble consists of: -- Answer ✔✔ liquid splash protection and
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SCBA.
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31) Chemicals pass into and through a material on a molecular level by which process? --
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Answer ✔✔ Permeation
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ANSWERS.
1) At a hazardous materials incident, what are the hot, warm, and cold zones? -- Answer
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✔✔ Control zones
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2) For hazardous materials responders, what is the most important element of personal
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protective equipment? -- Answer ✔✔ Respiratory protection
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3) Which term refers to assessing what is happening at the scene and then using that
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information to devise a plan of action? -- Answer ✔✔ Size-up
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4) What is the purpose of an isolation perimeter? -- Answer ✔✔ To prevent access by
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unauthorized personnel into the emergency scene
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5) A gasoline tanker has overturned in a tunnel and is spilling gasoline onto the highway.
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What level of hazardous materials incident is this? -- Answer ✔✔ Level II
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6) Which control zone immediately surrounds the contaminated area? -- Answer ✔✔
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Hot
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7) In general, a hazardous material in which state of matter will usually require the
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largest hot zone? -- Answer ✔✔ Gas
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8) Which function should occur in the warm zone? -- Answer ✔✔ Decontamination
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corridor
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9) Which function should occur in the cold zone? -- Answer ✔✔ personnel staging
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,10) Which of the following refers to when a responder protects people from a hazardous
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materials incident by keeping them in a safe atmosphere without evacuating them? --
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Answer ✔✔ Shelter-in-place
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11) When people are being sheltered-in-place, what should be done with the ventilation
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system? -- Answer ✔✔ It should be turned off
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12) Weakness, dizziness, and sweating are typical of heat: -- Answer ✔✔ exhaustion
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13) Which of the following is a recommended treatment for heat exhaustion? -- Answer
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✔✔ Remove the patient from the heat source
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14) What term refers to when a person's internal body temperature falls below 95ºF? --
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Answer ✔✔ hypothermia
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15) What is the first priority on any hazardous material incident? -- Answer ✔✔ Life
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safety
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16) Part of the definition of terrorism requires that such activity: -- Answer ✔✔ be in
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furtherance of political or social objectives.
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17) Terrorists have used explosive devices in thousands of attacks, but in recent years
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there has been a new trend in their use. What is this trend? -- Answer ✔✔ Suicide
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bombings
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18) What is the term for terrorism that electronically targets computers or the Internet?
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-- Answer ✔✔ Cyberterrorism
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19) When responding to a terrorist event, you should be particularly alert for the
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possibility of: -- Answer ✔✔ secondary events designed to harm or hamper
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emergency responders.
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20) Under what circumstances are alpha particles the most harmful to the human body? -
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- Answer ✔✔ When they are ingested or inhaled
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, 21) What are two symptoms of low-level exposure to radiation? -- Answer ✔✔ Nausea
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and vomiting
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22) Of the following actions, what is the best way to limit exposure to radioactivity? --
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Answer ✔✔ Stay as far away from the source of the radiation as possible.
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23) If fire fighters notice dead or dying animals as they approach the scene of a known or
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v,suspected terrorist incident, what should they suspect? -- Answer ✔✔ Possible
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24) What is the lead agency for crisis management during a terrorist incident? -- Answer
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✔✔ The FBI
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25) What kit did the U.S. military develop as an antidote to nerve agent exposure? --
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Answer ✔✔ Mark 1
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26) The majority of chemical-protective clothing is: -- Answer ✔✔ designed to be
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disposed of after a single use.
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27) Which statement about decontamination of disposable chemical-protective
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equipment is correct? -- Answer ✔✔ It should be decontaminated sufficiently so that
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removal is safe for the wearer.
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28) The level of protection that structural firefighting protective clothing provides first
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responders at a hazardous materials incident is best described as: -- Answer ✔✔
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limited
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29) What does the A stand for in TRACEMP? -- Answer ✔✔ Airborne
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30) A Level B protective ensemble consists of: -- Answer ✔✔ liquid splash protection and
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SCBA.
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31) Chemicals pass into and through a material on a molecular level by which process? --
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Answer ✔✔ Permeation
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