Hazmat Chapter 32 Flashcards
____________ is an infectious disease spread by bacteria that is typically found around farms, infecting livestock.
ANTHRAX
What are biological materials that are capable of causing acute disease or long-term damage to the human body?
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
What is defined as any packaging, including transport vehicles, having a liquid capacity of more than 119 gallons (450 L), a solids capacity of more than 882 lbs (400 kg), or a compressed gas water capacity of more than 1001 lbs (454 kg)
BULK PACKAGING
What does the acronym “CANUTEC” mean?
CANADIAN TRANSPORT EMERGENCY CENTRE
What is a container that is used for carrying fuels and mounted permanently or otherwise secured on a tank vehicle?
CARGO TANK
What is a low-pressure tank designed to maintain the low temperature required by the cryogens it carries? This tank has a box-like structure containing the tank control valves and is typically attached to the rear of the tanker.
CRYOGENIC LIQUID CARGO TANK
What type of cargo tank may be classified as an “MC-338”?
CRYOGENIC LIQUID CARGO TANK
What are trailers that are designed to carry dry bulk goods such as powders, pellets, fertilizers, or grain? These tanks are generally V-shaped with rounded sides that funnel toward the bottom.
DRY BULK CARGO TRAILERS
What is defined as packaging used to transport materials that meets only general design requirements for any hazardous material? Low-level radioactive substances are commonly shipped in these packages, which may be constructed out of heavy cardboard.
EXCEPTED PACKAGING
Who are personnel that are trained to detect, identify, evaluate, render safe, recover, and dispose of unexploded explosive devices?
EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) PERSONNEL
What are tanks that carries materials such as ammonia, propane, Freon, and butane? This type of tank is commonly constructed of steel and has rounded ends and a single open compartment inside. The liquid volume inside the tank varies, ranging from a 1000-gallon delivery truck to a full size 11,000-gallon cargo tank.
HIGH-PRESSURE CARGO TANK (MS-331)
What is the time period between the initial infection by an organism and the development of symptoms by a victim?
INCUBATION PERIOD
What is defined as packaging used to transport materials that present a limited hazard to the public or the environment? Contaminated equipment is an example of such material, because it contains a non-life-endangering amount of radioactivity. It is classified into three categories, based on the strength of the packaging.
INDUSTRIALPACKAGING
What are bulk containers that serve as both a shipping and storage vessel. Such tanks hold between 5000 and 6000 gallons of product and can be either pressurized or nonpressurized. They can be shipped by all modes of transportation – air, sea, or land.
INTERMODAL TANKS
What is the MC/DOT designation for a vehicle that typically carries between 6000 and 10,000 gallons of a product such as gasoline or other flammable and combustible materials. The tank is nonpressurized; also called nonpressurized liquid cargo tank.
MC-306/DOT 406 CARGO TANK
What is the MC/DOT designation for a tank that is rounded or horse-shoe-shaped tank capable of holding 6000 and 7,000 gallons of flammable liquid, mild corrosives, and poisons. The tank has a high internal working pressure; also called “low-pressure chemical cargo tank.”
MC-307/DOT 407 CHEMICAL HAULER
What is the MC/DOT designation for a tank that often carries aggressive (highly reactive) acids such as concentrated sulfuric and nitric acid. It is characterized by several heavy-duty reinforcing rings around the tank and holds approximately 6000 gallons of product.
MC-312/DOT 412
What are effects such as runny nose, salivation, sweating, bronchoconstriction, bronchial secretions, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea?
MUSCARINIC EFFECTS
What is the agency that is maintained and staffed by the U.S. Coast Guard; and should always be notified if a hazard discharges into the environment.
NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (NRC)
What type of packaging is any packaging having a liquid capacity of 119 gal (450 L) or less, a solids capacity of 882 lbs (400 kg) or less, or a compressed gas water capacity of 1001 lbs (454 kg) or less.
NON-BULK PACKAGING
What is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium “Yersinia pestis”, which is commonly found on rodents.
PLAGUE
What are railcars used to transport materials such as propane, ammonia, ethylene oxide, and chlorine.
PRESSURE TANK CARS
What is a device designed to spread radioactive material through a detonation of conventional explosives or other (non-nuclear) means; also referred to as a “dirty bomb.”?
RADIATION DISPERSAL DEVICE (RDD)
What is radiation that associated with x-rays, alpha, beta, and gamma emissions from radioactive isotopes, or other materials in excess of normal background radiation levels?
RADIOLOGICAL AGENTS
What is considered as any device or structure that prevents environmental contamination when the primary container or its appurtenances fail?
SECONDARY CONTAINMENT
What are examples of secondary containment mechanisms?
DIKES, CURBING, AND DOUBLE-WALLED TANKS
What is an explosive or incendiary device that is designed to harm emergency responders who have responded to an initial event?
SECONDARY DEVICE
What is a highly infectious disease caused by the variola virus?
SMALLPOX
What is a nerve gas that is both a contact and a vapor hazard; it has the odor of camphor?
SOMAN
What are boxcars, flat cars, cryogenic tank cars, or corrosive tank cars classified as?
SPECIAL-USE RAILCARS
What is a nerve agent that disables the chemical connections between nerves and targets organs?
TABUN
What are trucks or semitrailers on which a number of very long compressed gas tubular cylinders that have been mounted and manifolded into a common piping system?
TUBE TRAILERS
What type of packaging that is designed to protect its internal radiological contents during normal transportation and in the event of a minor accident?
TYPE A PACKAGING
What type of packaging that is far more durable that Type A packaging and is designed to prevent a release of the radiological hazard in the case of extreme accidents during transportation?
TYPE B PACKAGING
What type of packaging is used when radioactive substances must be transported by air?
TYPE C PACKAGING
What kind of nerve agent that is principally a contact hazard; and is an oily liquid that can persist for several weeks?
V-AGENT (VX)
What does the acronym “SLUDGEM” stand for?
S – SALIVATION (DROOLING) L – LACRIMATIONG (TEARING) U – URINATION D – DEFECATION G – GASTRIC UPSET (UPSET STOMACH, VOMITING) E – EMESIS (VOMITING) M – MIOSIS (PINPOINT PUPILS)
