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Substances or materials in quantities or forms that may pose an unreasonable risk to health
safety, or property when transported, stored, or used in commerce is the definition of a:
-Hazard Class
-Hazardous Chemical
-Hazardous Material
-Hazardous Substance - Precise Answer ✔✔Hazardous Material
Federal OSHA (#'s crossed out) and several states have required that local establishments
keep on file a Material Safety Data Sheet when:
-Wood products are used
-Personnel have not received specialized hazmat training
-Hazardous materials are used or stored on site
-Backup emergency power is not available - Precise Answer ✔✔Hazardous materials are used
or stored on site
The information paper developed by the manufacturer listing specific hazards of a product is
called:
-The Emergency Response Guidebook
-CHEMTREK
-The NFPA 704 System
-Materials Safety Data Sheet - Precise Answer ✔✔Material Safety Data Sheet
,A major difference between a hazardous materials incident and other types of emergencies is
the fact that hazmat incidents:
-can be more complex
-occur less frequently
-occur more frequently
-occur in specific locations - Precise Answer ✔✔Can be more complex
The DOT hazard Class 8 consists of:
-Flammable liquids
-Explosives
-Corrosives
-Poisons - Precise Answer ✔✔Corrosives
The primary hazard of a DOT hazard class 5 material is:
-Radiation
-Oxidation
-Spontaneously combustible
-Poison - Precise Answer ✔✔Oxidation
A cylinder should be considered dangerous regardless of what type of hazardous material it
contains because the contents are:
-Flammable
-Pressurized
-Toxic
-Asphyxiating - Precise Answer ✔✔Pressurized
The four digit number appearing on a placard or an orange panel of a tank car is the:
,-UN product identification number
-Capacity of the tank car
-Last date the tank car was pressure tested
-Tank car registration number - Precise Answer ✔✔UN product Identification number
The NFPA 704 system for identifying hazardous materials gives:
-General hazard and degree of severity
-Specific product identification
-The DOT hazard class
-The UN hazard class - Precise Answer ✔✔General hazard and degree of severity
A number 4 in the blue quadrant of the NFPA 704 system indicates that there is _______ ris in
this caregory from the chemical involved:
-Great
-A slight
-No
-Moderate - Precise Answer ✔✔Great
The white quadrant of the NFPA 704 system is used to indicate:
-Health Hazards
-Flammability
-Additional Information
-Reactivity - Precise Answer ✔✔Additional Information
The fact that a product is water reactive would be indicated in the ______ quadrant of the
NFPA 704 system:
-Blue
, -Red
-White
-Yellow - Precise Answer ✔✔White
The type of hazardous material identification method required for shipping some products
over 1001 pounds is the:
-DOT system
-Labeling method
-NFPA 704 Method
-Stamping method - Precise Answer ✔✔DOT system
Placards or labels indicate general hazard recognition by:
-The numbers 0-4 indicating relative risk
-Always indicating the product by name
-Giving the UN hazard class number
-the number in the bottom quadrant on the diamond - Precise Answer ✔✔Giving the UN
hazard class number
A Bill of Lading contains valuable information about the origin of the product and is the type
of shipping paper used when transporting product via:
-Truck
-Railway Car
-Barge
-Aircraft - Precise Answer ✔✔Truck
Care and Control of the Waybill/consist is the responsibility of the:
-Truck driver