ERG Classifications Questions Flashcards

1
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  1. How do you extinguish a large fire involving a substance from this container at night and moderate winds?

Non Pressure/ Low pressure

a. You don’t, you run
b. Use water spray
c. You don’t, you evacuate to the appropriate isolation distance
d. Use dry chem

A

b. Use water spray

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  1. A fire during the day with low wind has engulfed this container, what is the best water source to use?

MC331,TC331, SCT331

a. 45mm pre-connect
b. 65mm pre-connect
c. Master Stream
d. Bumper Line

A

c. Master Stream

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  1. What’s the initial isolation for a leak coming out of this container during the day and high winds?

TC423

a. 100m
b. 800m
c. 1600m
d. 500m

A

d. 500m

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  1. What is the DOT hazard class number for Tetranitromethane?
    a. 9
    b. 5
    c. 1
    d. 8
A

b. 5

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5
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  1. What is the DOT hazard class for Difluoromethane?
    a. 7
    b. 6
    c. 3
    d. 2
A

d. 2

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  1. What is the DOT hazard class for UN# 1621?
    a. 6
    b. 4
    c. 8
    d. 1
A

a. 6

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7
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  1. What is the DOT Hazard Class for Hexanes?
    a. Corrosive
    b. Flammable Liquid
    c. Miscellaneous
    d. Flammable Gas
A

b. Flammable Liquid

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8
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  1. What do you use to control this product if spilled on the ground?

Corrosive 1789

a. dry sand
b. General purpose (all wick) absorbent pads
c. Oil (oil wick) absorbent pads
d. earth

A

a. dry sand

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9
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  1. Best choice to extinguish large fire involving a water reactive substance is to use?
    a. Water
    b. Aqueous Film-forming Foam (AFFF)
    c. Alcohol Resistance Film-Forming Foam (ARFFF)
    d. Let it burn
A

d. Let it burn

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  1. What do you do for a chemical burn if someone is contaminated with the product propylene tetramer?
    a. spray effected area with water for 3 mins
    b. spray effected area with water for 20mins
    c. don’t do anything, wait for paramedics
    d. spray effected area with water for as long as possible
A

d. spray effected area with water for as long as possible

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  1. It’s 0300 hours and you have a small spill of Sulfur Dioxide with moderate winds, how far down wind do you need to protect everyone?
    a. 2.6km
    b. 100m
    c. 1.6km
    d. 0.6km
A

a. 2.6km

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12
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  1. What does hazard identification code 368 mean?

a. Flammable or self-heating solid, toxic
b. Flammable liquid, toxic, corrosive
c. Toxic substance, corrosive
d. Corrosive or slightly corrosive substance, toxic

A

b. Flammable liquid, toxic, corrosive

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13
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  1. What can happen when a container with UN ID number 1991 is involved in a fire?
    a. Produce Toxic Inhalation Hazard
    b. Fire becomes larger
    c. Polymerize
    d. None of the above
A

c. Polymerize

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14
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  1. For Hazard Identification Numbers, if a number is prefixed by the letter ‘X’, means?
    a. Substance is highly unstable
    b. Substance is an explosive
    c. Substance has an unknown hazard
    d. Substance will react dangerously with water
A

d. Substance will react dangerously with water

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15
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  1. What is considered a large spill according to the Green Tables in ERG?
    a. More than 208 liters or 55 gallons
    b. Road Trailer and Rail Car containers
    c. More than 20 liters or 5 gallon
    d. All the above
A

a. More than 208 liters or 55 gallons

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16
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  1. What are the four types of decontamination?
    a. Immediate, Mass, Technical, Reduce
    b. Gross, Mass, Immediate, Technical
    c. Immediate, Emergency, Mass, Complete
    d. Gross, Technical, Mass, Emergency
A

d. Gross, Technical, Mass, Emergency

17
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  1. If the outdoor temperature exceeds 30 C, the protective action distance may be?
    a. Smaller
    b. Larger
    c. Temperature has no influence on the protective action distance
    d. none of the above
18
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  1. Protective action distance are larger at night because?
    a. More difficult to determine distance at night
    b. At night, airborne contaminants settle to the ground faster
    c. At night, airborne contaminants travel much farther downwind
    d. At night, you always factor 10% more to your downwind distance
A

c. At night, airborne contaminants travel much farther downwind

19
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  1. If the product includes the reference (when spilled in water) the protective action distance is the grater of Table 1 or Table 2 generated gases.
    a. True
    b. False
20
Q
  1. Choose spill control methods?
    a. Diking
    b. Damming
    c. Absorption
    d. All of the above
A

d. All of the above

21
Q
  1. Water spray cools batteries and helps suppress and slow the release of toxic gases and stops the chemical reaction (thermal runaway)?
    a. True
    b. False
22
Q
  1. LPGs does not include which gas?
    a. Gasoline
    b. Propane
    c. Butane
    d. Isobutane
A

a. Gasoline

23
Q
  1. Main hazards from a LPG BLEVE are?
    a. Radiation, Burn, Toxic Fumes, Explosion
    b. Fire, Thermal Radiation, Blast, Projectiles
    c. Vapour Cloud, Debris, Flash, Heat
    d. Fire, Toxic Fumes, Shock Wave, Loud Noise
A

b. Fire, Thermal Radiation, Blast, Projectiles

24
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  1. Which Types of buried pipeline are marked?
    a. Distribution
    b. Gathering
    c. Transmission
    d. All of the above
A

c. Transmission

25
Q
  1. The product Trifluoroacetyl chloride is on fire. What’s the isolation distance?
    a. 100m
    b. 800m
    c. 30m
    d. 1600m
26
Q
  1. What’s the Mandatory Evacuation Distance for a suspected IED in a briefcase?
    a. 46m
    b. 564m
    c. 100m
    d. 300m
27
Q
  1. Where are shipping papers found if Dangerous Goods are travelled by Rail?
    a. In a holder on the outside of the engine
    b. Possession of a crew member
    c. In the caboose
    d. All of the above
A

b. Possession of a crew member

28
Q
  1. Which one is not an indication of pipeline leaks and rupture?
    a. An area of frozen ground in the summer
    b. Liquids bubbling in water
    c. An audible alarm
    d. Distinctive unusual odor of rotten eggs
A

c. An audible alarm

29
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  1. What’s the downwind distance of this product leaking out of 5gallon pail at night?
    a. 100m
    b. 1000m
    c. 30m
    d. 1100m
30
Q
  1. what gas is produced when this chemical is spilled in water?

X80
3456

a. NO2
b. PH3
c. HCl
d. HF

31
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  1. What’s the immediate precautionary measure for this product if spilled during the day in high wind?

X80
3456

a. Isolate spill or leak in all direction for at least 50m
b. Isolate spill or leak in all direction for at least 25m
c. Isolate spill or leak in all directions for 30m
d. Isolate spill or leak in all directions for 200m

A

c. Isolate spill or leak in all directions for 30m

32
Q
  1. What Class is this chemical?

X80
3456
a. Class 1 Explosive
b. Class 8 Corrosive
c. Class 6 Infectious Substance
d. Class 9 Miscellaneous

A

b. Class 8 Corrosive

33
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  1. What’s the downwind distance of the product Ethylene Oxide spilling from a rail car at night with high wind?
    a. 200m
    b. 700m
    c. 100m
    d. 800m
34
Q
  1. What’s the emergency response distance for a possible BLEVE with a 2000 litre propane container?
    a. 111m
    b. 100m
    c. 800m
    d. 1600m
35
Q
  1. A Nerve Agent is: Substances that interfere with cell respiration (the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between blood and tissues).
    a. True
    b. False
36
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  1. A Chocking Agent is: Substances that cause physical injury to the lungs. Exposure is through inhalation.
    a. True
    b. False
37
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  1. What’s the protective action distances from a release of a small canister of Tear gas?
    a. 25m
    b. 100m
    c. 200m
    d. 50m