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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
Q

______ _______ personnel and first responders must be able to analyze all incidents in order to detect and identify the presence of hazardous materials

A

Awareness level

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2
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First responder’s ______ to ________ hazardous materials at accidents, fires, spills, and other emergencies has caused unnecessary injuries and deaths

A

failure to recognize

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3
Q

_______ often equates to safety when hazmat is involved

A

distance

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4
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hazardous materials may be found ______

A

anywhere

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5
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___________ and a structure’s ________ _______ may provide the first clue that hazmat may be involved in an incident.

A

pre-incident surveys, occupancy type

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6
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Assessment of a facility or location made before an emergency occurs

A

pre-incident survey

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7
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general fire and emergency service term for a building, structure, or residency

A

occupancy

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8
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Once a hazardous material meets an outside water source, it becomes a __________ incident and is extremely difficult to contain, confine, or mitigate

A

moving

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9
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shipping containers and their markings, labels, and/or placards

A

packaging

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10
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packaging in which materials are loaded with no intermediate form of containment

A

bulk packaging

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11
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to be considered bulk packaging, Maximum capacity is greater than _______ gallons as a receptacle for a liquid

A

119

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12
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to be considered bulk packaging, maximum net mass is greater than ________ pounds or maximum capacity is greater than ________ gallons as a receptacle for a solid

A

882, 119

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13
Q

to be considered bulk packaging, water capacity is ________ pounds or greater as a receptacle for gas

A

1001

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14
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multiple packages grouped together in a single outer container such as bottles of acid packed inside a cardboard box

A

combination packages

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15
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packages with an outer packaging and an inner receptacle

A

composite packages

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16
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pressure containers designed to hold product under pressure

A

compressed gas cylinders

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17
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opening through which a person may go to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure

A

manway

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18
Q

gas that turns into a liquid at or below -130 degrees F at 14.7 psi

A

cryogen

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19
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with cryogens, a spill or leak will boil into a much larger ________ ________

A

vapor cloud

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20
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dusts, powders, or small particles may be _________ _________

A

hazardous solids

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21
Q

radioactive packaging only used to transport materials with extremely low levels of radioactivity that present no risk to the public or environment

A

Excepted

22
Q

radioactive container that retains and protects the contents during normal transportation activities

A

Industrial

23
Q

radioactive package that must demonstrate their ability to withstand a series of tests without releasing their contents

A

Type A

24
Q

radioactive package that must demonstrate their ability to withstand tests simulating normal shipping conditions, and they must also withstand severe accident conditions without releasing their contents

A

Type B

25
Q

radioactive package used for high activity materials

A

Type C

26
Q

marine vessels transport over ______ of the world’s cargo

A

90%

27
Q

3 types of tanker vessels

A
  1. petroleum carriers
  2. chemical carriers
  3. Liquified flammable gas carriers (LNG, LPG)
28
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4 cargo vessel types

A
  1. bulk carriers
  2. break bulk carriers
  3. container vessels
  4. roll on/roll off vessels
29
Q

containers and aircraft pallets used to consolidate air cargo into a single, transportable unit

A

Unit Loading Devices (ULD)

30
Q

US, Mexico, and Canada all use the same source for transporting dangerous materials

A

Transport of Dangerous Goods - Model Regulations, published by the United Nations

31
Q

designed to mark non bulk packages

A

labels (under 640 cubic feet)

32
Q

designed to mark bulk packages

A

placards (640 cubic feet and over)

33
Q

___________ labels must always contain text

A

Class 7 Radioactive

34
Q

NFPA _______, Standard system for the identification of the Hazards of materials for emergency response, method for indicating the presence of hazardous materials at commercial, manufacturing, institutional, and other fixed-storage facilities.

A

704

35
Q

704 identification system, blue represents

A

Health

36
Q

704 identification system, red represents

A

flammability

37
Q

704 identification system, yellow represents

A

instability

38
Q

_______ regulates the manufacturing and labeling of pesticides

A

EPA

39
Q

The EPA requires a warning label on any containers, transformers, or capacitors that contain ___________ which is considered hazardous because it may cause cancer

A

polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)

40
Q

identifying mark on a railcar that marks as a serial number to identify the car independently of every other

A

reporting mark

41
Q

STCC numbers

A

Standard Transportation Commodity Code

42
Q

_______ is the safest of the 5 senses to detect hazardous materials

A

vision

43
Q

gradual inability of a person to detect odors

A

olfactory fatigue

44
Q

the smell of natural gas is caused by the additive

A

mercaptan

45
Q

Liquified Natural Gas might be found in a

A

cryogenic container

46
Q

Packaging with no intermediate for containment

A

bulk packaging

47
Q

Type of packaging used for laboratory samples and smoke detectors

A

industrial

48
Q

unique numerical identifiers assigned to individual chemicals and chemical compounds, polymers, mixtures, and alloys

A

CAS numbers

49
Q

9 hazard classes are used to categorize hazardous materials under the ___________ system

A

United Nations

50
Q

which marking system promotes common, consistent criteria for classifying chemicals according to their health, physical and environmental hazards?

A

Globally Harmonized System

51
Q

what kind of labels use hazard statements like “harmful if swallowed”

A

pesticide labels

52
Q

Excepted, Industrial, Type A, B, & C packaging are all examples of…

A

Radioactive materials containers

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