Hazmat Chapter 32

Question 1

____________ is an infectious disease spread by bacteria that is typically found around farms, infecting livestock.

Answer 1

ANTHRAX

Question 2

What are biological materials that are capable of causing acute disease or long-term damage to the human body?

Answer 2

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS

Question 3

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)

Answer 3

BULK PACKAGING

Question 4

What does the acronym “CANUTEC” mean?

Answer 4

CANADIAN TRANSPORT EMERGENCY CENTRE

Question 5

What is a container that is used for carrying fuels and mounted permanently or otherwise secured on a tank vehicle?

Answer 5

CARGO TANK

Question 6

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.

Answer 6

CRYOGENIC LIQUID CARGO TANK

Question 7

What type of cargo tank may be classified as an “MC-338”?

Answer 7

CRYOGENIC LIQUID CARGO TANK

Question 8

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.

Answer 8

DRY BULK CARGO TRAILERS

Question 9

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.

Answer 9

EXCEPTED PACKAGING

Question 10

Who are personnel that are trained to detect, identify, evaluate, render safe, recover, and dispose of unexploded explosive devices?

Answer 10

EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) PERSONNEL

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

HIGH-PRESSURE CARGO TANK (MS-331)

Question 12

What is the time period between the initial infection by an organism and the development of symptoms by a victim?

Answer 12

INCUBATION PERIOD

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

INDUSTRIALPACKAGING

Question 14

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.

Answer 14

INTERMODAL TANKS

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

MC-306/DOT 406 CARGO TANK

Question 16

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.”

Answer 16

MC-307/DOT 407 CHEMICAL HAULER

Question 17

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.

Answer 17

MC-312/DOT 412

Question 18

What are effects such as runny nose, salivation, sweating, bronchoconstriction, bronchial secretions, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea?

Answer 18

MUSCARINIC EFFECTS

Question 19

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.

Answer 19

NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (NRC)

Question 20

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.

Answer 20

NON-BULK PACKAGING

Question 21

What is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium “Yersinia pestis”, which is commonly found on rodents.

Answer 21

PLAGUE

Question 22

What are railcars used to transport materials such as propane, ammonia, ethylene oxide, and chlorine.

Answer 22

PRESSURE TANK CARS

Question 23

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.”?

Answer 23

RADIATION DISPERSAL DEVICE (RDD)

Question 24

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?

Answer 24

RADIOLOGICAL AGENTS

Question 25

What is considered as any device or structure that prevents environmental contamination when the primary container or its appurtenances fail?

Answer 25

SECONDARY CONTAINMENT

Question 26

What are examples of secondary containment mechanisms?

Answer 26

DIKES, CURBING, AND DOUBLE-WALLED TANKS

Question 27

What is an explosive or incendiary device that is designed to harm emergency responders who have responded to an initial event?

Answer 27

SECONDARY DEVICE

Question 28

What is a highly infectious disease caused by the variola virus?

Answer 28

SMALLPOX

Question 29

What is a nerve gas that is both a contact and a vapor hazard; it has the odor of camphor?

Answer 29

SOMAN

Question 30

What are boxcars, flat cars, cryogenic tank cars, or corrosive tank cars classified as?

Answer 30

SPECIAL-USE RAILCARS

Question 31

What is a nerve agent that disables the chemical connections between nerves and targets organs?

Answer 31

TABUN

Question 32

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?

Answer 32

TUBE TRAILERS

Question 33

What type of packaging that is designed to protect its internal radiological contents during normal transportation and in the event of a minor accident?

Answer 33

TYPE A PACKAGING

Question 34

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?

Answer 34

TYPE B PACKAGING

Question 35

What type of packaging is used when radioactive substances must be transported by air?

Answer 35

TYPE C PACKAGING

Question 36

What kind of nerve agent that is principally a contact hazard; and is an oily liquid that can persist for several weeks?

Answer 36

V-AGENT (VX)

Question 37

What does the acronym “SLUDGEM” stand for?

Answer 37

S – SALIVATION (DROOLING)
L – LACRIMATIONG (TEARING)
U – URINATION
D – DEFECATION
G – GASTRIC UPSET (UPSET STOMACH, VOMITING)
E – EMESIS (VOMITING)
M – MIOSIS (PINPOINT PUPILS)