Ch. 6: Identifying the Problem

Question 1

What basic elements is the identification process built on?

Answer 1

1. recognition
2. identification
3. classification

Question 2

What starts with a survey of the incident site and surrounding conditions?

Answer 2

identification process

Question 3

What are the four basic areas in which can be potential locations of hazmats?

Answer 3

Production, transportation, storage, and use.

Question 4

What is the initial objective that should be done in a hazmat incident?

Answer 4

Learn as much as possible about the problem from as far away as possible.

Question 5

What are the second clue to the standard hazmat identification process and can be used as a clue for both hazmat recognition and classification?

Answer 5

The size, shape, and construction features of a container/packaging.

Question 6

What is a receptacle, which may require an outer packaging and any other components or materials necessary for the receptacle to perform its containment function and to ensure compliance with minimum packaging requirements?

Answer 6

packaging

Question 7

What are the three general groups that packaging is divided into?

Answer 7

nonbulk and bulk packaging, and facility containment systems

Question 8

What may consist of single packaging or combination packaging - one or more inner packages inside of an outer packaging?

Answer 8

nonbulk packaging

Question 9

What refers to packaging, containers, and containment systems that are part of a fixed facility’s operations?

Answer 9

facility containment systems

Question 10

What is constructed to performance or specifications standards mandated by DOT?

Answer 10

Nonbulk packaging

Question 11

What are the five basic types of radioactive material packaging?

Answer 11

1) Excepted Packaging
2) Industrial Packaging
3) Type A Packaging
4) Type B Packaging
5) Type C Packaging

Question 12

What packaging is used to transport material with low levels of radioactivity?

Answer 12

Excepted Packaging

Question 13

What type of packaging is used in certain shipments of LSA material and COs, which are typically categorize as radioactive waste?

Answer 13

Industrial Packaging

Question 14

What packaging is used to transport small quantities of radioactive material with higher concentrations of radioactivity than those shipped in Industrial Packaging?

Answer 14

Type A Packaging

Question 15

What type of packaging is used to transport radioactive materials with the highest levels of radioactivity, including potentially life-endangering amounts that could pose a significant risk if released during an accident?

Answer 15

Type B Packaging

Question 16

What type of packaging is used to transport by aircraft high-activity radioactive materials that have not been certified as “low dispersible radioactive material?”

Answer 16

Type C Packaging

Question 17

What are packaging, containers, and/or associated systems that are part of a fixed facility’s operations?

Answer 17

facility containment systems

Question 18

What is one of the most important label markings that is located in the center of the front label panel?

Answer 18

The signal word indicating the relative degree of acute toxicity.

Question 19

What is assigned in order to be used to determine the name of the material and to obtain hazard and response information from emergency response guidebooks?

Answer 19

Four-digit identification numbers

Question 20

What must bulk containers transporting molten aluminum or molten sulfur be marked on each side and each end with?

Answer 20

The word “HOT” in black or white lettering on a contrasting background.

Question 21

What are the safest and second largest hazmat transportation mode in the United States?

Answer 21

Pipelines and piping systems

Question 22

Most gas pipelines are dedicated to one product.

Answer 22

However, liquid petroleum transmission pipelines may carry several different petroleum products simultaneously.

Question 23

NFPA 704 is intended for emergency response, while hazard communication marking systems are intended for

Answer 23

facility employees and personnel.

Question 24

What are PCB transformers and equipment required to be marked with?

Answer 24

black-on-yellow warning labels

Question 25

The NFPA 704 Marking System

Answer 25

Health (Blue), Flammability (Red), Reactivity (Yellow), Special Information (White)

Question 26

What are applied to both ends and each side of freight containers, cargo tanks, and portable tank containers?

Answer 26

Placards ~10.75-inch square

Question 27

What can often provide data concerning the overall nature of the problem you face as well as the specific materials involved?

Answer 27

Monitoring and detection equipment

Question 28

What is essential for identifying, verifying, or classifying the hazmat(s) involved?

Answer 28

Monitoring and detection equipment

Question 29

What are not a primary identification tool?

Answer 29

senses

Question 30

What are among the most critical tasks in managing a hazmat incident?

Answer 30

• Surveying the incident scene to detect the presence of hazmats
• Identifying the nature of the problem & the materials involved
• Identifying the type of hazmat container and the nature of its release