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The strategic mode that is often the best strategy in certain types of incidents when mitigation is failing or otherwise impossive is:
A. Offensive 
B. Defensive 
C. Nonintervention 
D. Combination
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C. Nonintervention

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If the risks of an established mission outweigh the benefits, the responder should:
A. Turn the mission over to a mutual aid partner
B. Look for ways to reduce the risk
C. Immediately abort the mission
D. Proceed with the mission using caution

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B. Look for ways to reduce the risk

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The depth and detail of a site-specific health and safety plan may change based on the:
A. Personal preferences of employees
B. Number of historical indicents at the site
C. Level of liability the management is willing to accept
D. Size and scope of the incident and the products involved

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D. Size and scope of the incident and the products involved

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The incident action plan is an organized course of events that addressed:
A. Procedures for incidents of a similar nature
B. Phases of an incident involving mutual aid
C. All phases of an incident within a given time frame
D. Key phases of an incident within cost constraints

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C. All phases of an incident within a given time frame

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Which response model focuses on hazmat/WMD incident safe operrating practives and includes the steps “site management and control” and “information management and resource coordination”?
A. Eight step incident management process
B. GEDAPER
C. HazMatIQ
D. D.E.C.I.D.E.

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A. Eight step incident management process

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What is the first priority at any incident
A. Life safety
B. Protection of property and the environment
C. Incident stabilization
D. Societal restoration

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A. Life safety

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Idealy, when should gathering information about a specific incident begin?
A. Before the potential becomes a reallity
B. As soon as dispatch takes the call
C. Once on scene and initial assessment takes place
D. While en route to the incident

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A. Before the potential becomes a reality

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Which response model is a four-step decision-making response model that is used by major fire and law enforcement agencies across the U.S.?
A. HazMatIQ
B. D.E.C.I.D.E.
C. GEDAPER
D. Eight steop incident management process

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A. HazMatIQ

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What component of a site-specific health and safety plan should list all known or suspected hazardous substances and concentrations?
A. Site security, control, and communications
B. Decontamination plan outline
C. Hazardous materials data sheet
D. Incident objectives

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C. Hazardous materials data sheet

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A risk-based response to hazmat incidents involves:
A. Developing plans as hazards arise
B. Creating a primary and secondary incident approach
C. Developing a multi-tier as-needed incident approach
D. Creating a planned, systematic approach to the incident

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D. Creating a planned, systematic approach to the incident

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The overall goal of ensuring the safety of responders and the public is referred to as:
A. Notification 
B. Preservation 
C. Rescue 
D. Protection
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D. Protection

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The response to a hazardous materials incident should:
A. Be changed a maximum of two times
B. Be assessed after stabilization
C. Be continually assessed
D. Continue with the same tactics from the onset

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C. Be continually assessed

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The IFSTA principles of risk management state when there is no possibility to save lives or property that:
A. No risk to the safety of members shall be acceptable
B. Any risk taken must be equivalent to risks taken during training
C. Members can cantinue but must accept the risk
D. Minimal risk to teh safety of members shall be acceptable

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A. No risk to the safety of members shall be acceptable

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Operations in which responders seek to confine the emergency to a given area without directly contacting the hazardous materials involved are:
A. Nonintervention operations 
B. Defensive operations 
C. Combination operations
D. Offensive operations
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B. Defensive operations

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The IFSTA principles of risk management state that activities that present a significant risk to teh safety of members shall be limited to situations where there is a potential to:
A. Protect valuable property
B. Protect valuable property or save endangered lives
C. Create a sense of teamwork and good will
D. Save endangered lives

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D. Save endangered lives

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What component of a site specific health and safety plan uses ICS form 205 and ICS Form 216?
A. Communications
B. Medical plan
C. Roles, responsibilities, and authority
D. Site security, control, and communications

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A. Communications

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Which action would technicians take to assess jurisdictional risks when planning for haardous materials incidents?
A. Determine staffing models 
B. Conduct preincident surveys 
C. Develop staff promotion guidelines 
D. Establish budgets for capital items
A

D. Conduct preincident surveys

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An increase in the intensity of sounds or fire issuing from a relief valve indicates:
A. Pressure within the container is variable
B. Pressure witin the container is decreasing
C. Pressure within the container is increasing
D. The valve is malfunctioning

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C. Pressure within the container is increasing

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The first resource responders should turn to if they need to request outside assistance for an incident is:
A. NIOSH
B. OSHA
C. NFPA
D. LERP
A

D. LERP

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Which response model was developed by Ludwig Benner and includes the action of “estimating likely harm without invention”?
A. HazMatIQ
B. eight step incident mangament process
C. GEDAPER
D. D.E.C.I.D.E.
A

D. D.E.C.I.D.E.

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Which step would come first in the eight step incident managment process?
A. Select protective clothing and equipment
B. Incident action plan update
C. Postincident planning analyses
D. Critical incident stress debriefing

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B. Incident action plan update

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What component of a site specific health and safety plan lists the person responsible for each job function?
A. Roles, responsibilities, and authority
B. Site security, control, and communications
C. Incident objectives
D. Decontamination plan outline

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A. Roles, responsibilities, and authority

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The selection and use of PPE and the selection and use of decon procedures:
A. Should have a written managment process
B. Are determined prior to incident objectives
C. Are determined by individual technicians
D. Do not need a written management process

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A. Should have a written management process

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What component of a site specific health and safety plan manes assignments for each team that is assigned?
A. Decontamination plan outline
B. Roles, responsibilities, and authority
C. Site security, control, and communications
D. Incident objectives

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D. Incident objectives

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When the situation is clearly beyond the capabilities of responders or explosions are imminent, the best strategy is often:
A. Nonintervention 
B. Offensive
C. Defensive 
D. Combination
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A. Nonintervention

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The isolation perimeter may be comprised of an inner and outer perimeter, and it:
A. Cannot be changed once set
B. May be reduced but not expanded in size
C. May be expanded by not reduced in size
D. May be expanded or reduced in size as needed

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D. May be expanded or reduced in size as needed

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What is conducted in the form of a group discussion and gathers information from all operating personnel, including law enforcement, public works, and EMS responders?
A. Postincident analysis 
B. On-scene debriefing 
C. Postincident critiques
D. Staff evaluations
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B. On-scene debriefing

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What component of a site specific health and safety plan should include the command post location and access control points?
A. Site security, control, and communications
B. Decontaimination plan outline
C. Roles, responsibilities, and authority
D. Incident objectives

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A. Site security, control, and communications

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Staff should gather preincident information through district familiarization and:
A. Law enforcement records
B. Proprietary business records 
C. Building inspections 
D. Personnel files
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C. Building inspections

30
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During nonintervention operations, technicians should:
A. Continue up close monitoring of the hazard
B. Be prepared to initiate offensive or defensive actions
C. Perform defensive actions outside of the hazard zone
D. Withdraw to a safe distance

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D. Withdraw to a safe distance

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Who developed the site specific health and safety plan (HASP) template that includes 15 chapters and should be considered for various emergency incidents (e-HASP)?
A. NFPA
B. NIOSH
C. OSHA
D. EPA
A

C. OSHA

32
Q 
Operations that are predominately conducted by hazardous materials technicians with personnel trained to lower levels of hazmat response serving in support roles are:
A. Defensive operations 
B. Nonintervention operations 
C. Offensive operations 
D. Combination operations
A

C. Offensive operations

33
Q

When assessing vulnerability, technicians should consider:
A. Proximity to the hazard
B. The container and the different stresses that may affect it
C. How exposure could occur
D. The chemical and physical properties of the product

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C. How exposuire could occur

34
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Who is responsible for identifying response objectives and options?
A. Battalion chief 
B. Hazmat team supervisor
C. Senior firefighter 
D. Incident commander
A

D. Incident commander

35
Q

In the acronym GEDAPER, the “A” stands for:
A. Assess tactical options and resources
B. Assess the situation and environment
C. Action
D. Add resources

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A. Assess tactical options and resources

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Q 
The two procedural actions included in the termination phase are postincident critiques and:
A. Postincident analysis 
B. Staff evaluations 
C. Cost determinations 
D. On-scene debriefing
A

A. Postincident analysis

37
Q 
During an incident, incident priorities:
A. Are continually changing 
B. May change according to the situation 
C. Depend on individual priorities 
D. Do not change
A

B. May change according to the situation

38
Q

The incident action plan contains the overall strategic goals and tactival objectives along with support requirements for a:
A. Broad range of similar incidents
B. Given operational period during an incident
C. Similar hisotrical incident
D. Given cost range during an incident

A

B. Given operational period during an incident

39
Q

The safest and most effective means of planning mitigation activities involves:
A. Using the same activities at every hazmat incident
B. Positively identifying the involved product
C. Using mutual aid entities at every hazmat incidnet
D. Planning offennsive operations for every task

A

B. Positively identifying the involved product

40
Q 
Who should be notified whenever responders suspect a terrorist or criminal incident?
A. Surrounding occupancies 
B. Mutual aid entities 
C. Law enforcement 
D. OSHA
A

C. Law enforcement

41
Q

What component of a site specific health and safety plan outlines the control zones and all monitoring information along with the outlined action levels based on the reading of the monitoring equipment?
A. Site security, control, and communications
B. Decontamination plan outline
C. Hazardous materials data sheet
D. Plan annex

A

D. Plan annex

42
Q 
Returning the site to its owners after evaluation is referred to as:
A. Recovering 
B. Postincident critique 
C. Termination 
D. Postincident analyses
A

C. Termination

43
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Tactics are the operational tasks that are used to accomplish the strategies and should be:
A. Measurable in performance, but not time
B. Measured only on whether or not the outcome was successful
C. Broad enough to allow interpretation
D. Measurable in both time and performance

A

D. Measurable in both time and performance

44
Q 
Diking, damming, and diverting are examples of:
A. Isolation 
B. Confinement 
C. Recovery
D. Containment
A

B. Confinement

45
Q 
Which incident-based element most frequently drives the need to conduct protective action concurrently with incident control operations?
A. Size/complexity
B. Time
C. Value
D. Liability
A

A. Size/complexity

46
Q

What incident priority is generally considered when the first two priorities are satisfied?
A. Protection of property and the environment
B. Societal restoration
C. Life safety
D. Incident stabilization

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A. Protection of property and the environment

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The selection of the strategic mode is based on the balance between the resources required and those available, the risk to responders, and the:
A. Potential for negative press
B. Accepted level of liability
C. Level of training of the responders 
D. Cost of using mutual aid resources
A

C. Level of trainign of the responders

48
Q

What incident priority should use a risk/benefit analysis and consider variables that include the risk to rescuers and the probability of rescue?
A. Incident stabilization
B. Life safety
C. Societal restoration
D. Protection of property and the environment

A

B. Life safety

49
Q 
Which response model is used as the framework for NFPA 1072 and contains four basic problem-solving elements?
A. APIE
B. GEDAPER
C. HazMatIQ
D. D.E.C.I.D.E.
A

A. APIE

50
Q 
Why should emergency procedures include alternate communication methods?
A. So messages are heard two ways 
B. In case radio communications fail 
C. To preserve radio batteries 
D. Personal preferences
A

B. Iin case radio communications fails

51
Q

What incident priority is generally considered the second incident priority?
A. Protection of property and the environment
B. Life safety
C. Societal restoration
D. Incident stabilization

A

D. Incident stabilization

52
Q 
The goal of leak control is to stop or limit the escape or to contain the release either in its original container or by transferring it to a new one and is referred to as:
A. Containment 
B. Isolation 
C. Confinement 
D. Recovery
A

A. Containment

53
Q

When containers or tanks of flammable liquids or gases are exposed to flam impingement:
A. Deploy waater streams for maximum effective reach in order to prevent to BLEVE
B. Deploy foam blanketing techniques to cover the product
C. Initiate diking, damming, or diverting operations
D. Always withdraw to a safe distance

A

A. Deploy water streams for maximum effective reach in order to prevent a BLEVE

54
Q 
Which incident-based element affects the selection of the strategic mode and is stated in terms of yes or no?
A. Size/complexity 
B. Liability 
C. Value
D. Time
A

C. Value

55
Q 
In the SMART modeling for the development of strategies, the “S” stands for:
A. Safety
B. Specific
C. Strategy 
D. Secure
A

B. Specific

56
Q 
What response model works well for lower leveels of hazmat response by may not be practical for the technician-level responder?
A. GEDAPER
B. APIE
C. Emergency response guidebook
D. D.E.C.I.D.E.
A

C. Emergency response guidebook

57
Q 
Returning the incident scene and responders to a preincident level of readiness is referred to as:
A. Reset
B. Termination 
C. Recovery
D. Preincident initiation
A

C. Recovery

58
Q 
Which response model is a proprietary risk-based response system that will assist responders through a four-step process that includes selection of mission-specific PPE?
A. GEDAPER
B. D.E.C.I.D.E. 
C. Eight step management process
D. HazMatIQ
A

D. HazMatIQ

59
Q

The best course of action may be to protect exposures and let the fire burn until the fuel is consumed if the:
A. Resources to fight the fire would be costly to use
B. Products of combustion are a greater hazard than the leaking chemical
C. Products of combustion are less of a hazard than the leaking chemical
D. Structures on fire are not particularly valuable

A

C. Products of combustion are less of a hazard than the leaking chemical

60
Q 
Information that technicians would use for the initial hazard and risk assessment includes:
A. Technical expert consultation 
B. On-site sampling results 
C. Dispatch information 
D. Air monitoring results
A

C. Dispatch information

61
Q 
A detailed pre-entry medical surveillance report should include any symptoms of fever, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea within:
A. 72 hours
B. One month 
C. One week
D. 96 hours
A

A. 72 hours

62
Q 
When conducting a detailed hazard and risk assessment, evaluate technical data from relevant sources and references in conjunction with:
A. Initial size-up
B. Preincident surveys
C. Air monitoring and metering results 
D. Historical analysis
A

C. Air monitoring and metering results

63
Q 
The minimum number of personnel necessary for performing tasks in the hazardous area is:
A. Two
B. Four
C. Six
D. Three
A

B. Four

64
Q

Which response model focuses on hazmat/WMD incident safe operating practices and has the steps “implement response objectives” and “decontamination”?
A. Eight step incident management process
B. D.E.C.I.D.E.
C. GEDAPER
D. HazMatIQ

A

A. Eight step incident management process

65
Q 
A detailed post-entry medical evaluation should monitor vital signs every \_\_\_\_ until they return to a normal range.
A. 1 to 2 hours 
B. 2 to 3 days 
C. 5 to 10 minutes 
D. 30 to 60 minutes
A

C. 5 to 10 minutes

66
Q 
Which strategic response mode provides confinement of the hazard to a given area by performing diking, damming, or diverting actions?
A. Nonintervention 
B. Offensive 
C. Combination 
D. Defensive
A

D. Defensive

67
Q 
What is required by laws, regulations, and national standards including OSHA, NFPA, and EPA to protect hazmat team members and emergency responders?
A. Postincident critiques 
B. Overtime pay 
C. Medical surveillance program 
D. Incident objectives
A

C. Medical surveillance program

68
Q

What is the purpose of the buddy system in backup and rapid intervention operations?
A. Train new employees
B. Provide rapid help in the event of an emergency
C. Spread resources throughout an incident
D. Keep accurate track of personnel

A

B. Provide rapid help in the event of an emergency

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