HAZMAT

Question 1

1. Lead agency at HAZMAT incidents

Answer 1

QFD

Question 2

2. Other emergency information/marking systems

Answer 2

Coloured diamond - America
Yellow rectangle - Europe
Diamond - Australia

Question 3

3. Where do we find information on how to manage HAZMAT incidents?

Answer 3

Doctrine

Question 4

4. How can hazardous substances enter the body?

Answer 4

Absorption
Injection
Inhalation
Ingestion

Question 5

5. Match the following

Answer 5

Reactive properties - chemical
Viral or bacterial - microbiology
Radioactivity
Temperature
Pressure

Question 6

6. What is not a primary source of information at a HAZMAT incident?

Answer 6

SDS

Question 7

7. Answer to question

Answer 7

Substance characteristics properties

Question 8

8. What is a BLEVE

Answer 8

Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion

Question 9

9. What is the incorrect statement?

Answer 9

PPE never required in warm zone

Question 10

10. Which PPE provides highest protection against gas and liquids?

Answer 10

Level 3A

Question 11

11. Which risk could you encounter?

Answer 11

All of the above

Question 12

12. Link strategy (isolate; confine; contain) with objective (deny entry, restrict spread, stop release):

Answer 12

Deny entry - isolate
Restrict spread - confine
Stop release - contain

Question 13

13. Select most correct statement

Answer 13

The rescue and decon of persons is carried out by QFES

Question 14

14. Important principles when attending an incident?

Answer 14

All of the above

Question 15

15. Although initial emergency response guide says one thing, when would it be different?

Answer 15

All of the above

Question 16

16. To safely manage an incident, what is stored at entry to a facility?

Answer 16

Emergency manifest cabinet

Question 17

17. Three protective strategies to limit radiation exposure?

Answer 17

Time
Distance
Shielding

Question 18

18. Which of the following other agencies may be notified to attend a HAZMAT incident?

Answer 18

All of the above

Question 19

19. Which of the following is not appropriate for identifying Hazardous materials?

Answer 19

Sniff and taste

Question 20

20. You attend a petrol spill incident where the vapour is heavier than air. Which of following is true?

Answer 20

Vapour accumulating in low lying areas like drains

Question 21

21. You attend a petrol spill incident and are assigned to monitor it with the 4gas. What is true?

Answer 21

Full firefighting structural PPE

Question 22

22. You attend a petrol spill incident and are required to neutralize it. Which of the following is not true?

Answer 22

Citric acid is needed.

Question 23

23. Link issue (leak from pipework; damaged container; container leaking through loose cap) with the appropriate strategy:
    - check and tighten cap
    - locate and activate emergency stop
    - place container in salvage drum

Answer 23

Locate and activate emergency stop - leak from pipework
Place container in salvage drum - damaged container
Check and tighten cap - container leaking through loose cap.

Question 24

24. Link these terms (dose; acute toxicity; exposure standard; chronic toxicity) with the following definitions:
    - Airborne concentration that must not be exceeded
    - Amount of substance person exposed to
    - Occurs over short period from single large dose
    - Occurs over long period through frequent exposure

Answer 24

Airborne concentration that must not be exceeded - exposure standard
Amount of substance person exposed to - dose
Occurs over short period from single large dose - acute toxicity
Occurs over long period through frequent exposure - chronic toxicity

Question 25

25. When a HAZMAT incident may impact public safety, what two strategies can be used to reduce exposure?

Answer 25

Shelter in place
Evacuation