Hazmat 1

Question 1

In Step 2 of the APIE process, responders:

Answer 1

use the information gathered to determine what actions need to be taken to mitigate the incident.

Question 2

Hazardous materials or dangerous goods are:

Answer 2

substances that possess harmful characteristics.

Question 3

Acute health effects are:

Answer 3

short-term effects that appear within hours or days.

Question 4

A chronic exposure to a hazardous material is:

Answer 4

long-term or reoccurring.

Question 5

The process of taking in hazardous materials through the skin or eyes is defined as:

Answer 5

absorption.

Question 6

Chemicals or biological substances that cause sickness, illness, or injury by doing damage on the molecular scale are an example of:

Answer 6

toxicity.

Question 7

Fires and explosions are examples of:

Answer 7

energy release.

Question 8

Which statement about gases is most accurate?

Answer 8

Gases have an undefined shape and keep expanding if uncontained.

Question 9

The conversion of a liquid to vapor:

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increases the material’s mobility.

Question 10

Sublimation occurs when a material transitions directly from a:

Answer 10

solid to a gas.

Question 11

What is the pressure exerted by a saturated vapor above its own liquid in a closed container?

Answer 11

Vapor pressure

Question 12

Liquid changes to a gas at the point.

Answer 12

boiling

Question 13

A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) is caused by:

Answer 13

a heated liquid or gas expanding.

Question 14

Gases with a vapor density of____will rise quickly and spread to a wide geographical area.

Answer 14

less than one

Question 15

Most fammable liquids will float on water because they have

Answer 15

specific gravities less than one.

Question 16

The concentration (in air) at which the “average person” can smell a particular compound is the:

Answer 16

odor threshold!

Question 17

A fuel that has moved beyond its upper flammable limit will:

Answer 17

be too rich to burn.

Question 18

The most energetic and hazardous forms of radiation are:

Answer 18

visible light.

Question 19

Which type of radiation can be reduced or stopped by a layer of clothing, a thin sheet of metal, or a thick Plexiglass?

Answer 19

Beta

Question 20

The damaging effects of ionizing radiation occur at the_____ level

Answer 20

cellular

Question 21

Asphyxiants, irritants, convulsants, and carcinogens are types of:

Answer 21

toxics.

Question 22

Which type of biological/etiological hazard spreads mostly through the bite of infected arthropods?

Answer 22

Rickettsias

Question 23

Visible corrosion, or other degradation of a container, may indicate that a container is undergoing____ energy

Answer 23

chemical

Question 24

The three mechanisms or harm in a container hazardous materials incident are:

Answer 24

energy release, corrosivity, and toxicity.

Question 25

Locations such as ports, docks, railroad sidings, airplane hangars, and truck terminals:

Answer 25

are likely locations for hazmat incidents.

Question 26

Which is considered to be a nonbulk container?

Answer 26

Drum

Question 27

Liquid containers tend to have:

Answer 27

flat (or less rounded) ends on tanks.

Question 28

Materials with very little radioactivity that present no risk to the public should be shipped using what type of packaging?

Answer 28

Excepted

Question 29

In the U.N. system, hazard classes are divided into:

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nine classes that include gases, infectious substances, and miscellaneous.

Question 30

Which class of hazards is characterized by thermal and mechanical hazards in the form of blast pressure waves, shrapnel and fragmentation, and incendiary thermal effects?

Answer 30

Class 1

Question 31

In addition to burning, all flammable and combustible liquids exhibit varying degrees of.

Answer 31

toxicity.

Question 32

Biohazards such as infectious substances are part of which hazardous class?

Answer 32

Class 6

Question 33

NFPA 704, Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response gives widely recognized methods for indicating the presence of hazardous materials:

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at commercial, manufacturing, institutional, or other fixed-storage facilities.

Question 34

In the NEPA 704 System, what does a “4” in the yellow background indicate?

Answer 34

Severe instability

Question 35

Which is NOT included on pesticide labels in the U.S. and Canada?

Answer 35

U.N. four-digit identification number

Question 36

Safety data sheets:

Answer 36

are often the best source of information about a particular material to which emergency responders have access.