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1
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The 3 major objectives used to meet the HMT are?

A
  • Analyze
  • Plan
  • Implement
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What are the 8 components of a site map:

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  • Control Zone
  • Work area
  • Decon area
  • Access Control points
  • Safe Refuge area
  • Hazard areas identified
  • Topography
  • Incident Facilities
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Name the federal law responsible for defining the terms solid and hazardous waste, regulates the generation, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste, and establishes a permitting program for TSD facilities?

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RCRA

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What does RCRA stand for?

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

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Name the federal law that established the Superfund hazardous substances clean-up program, requires the clean-up of releases of hazardous substances, authorizes the federal govt. to respond to spills and other releases, and defines the term responsible party?

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CERCLA

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What does CERCLA stand for?

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

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7
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Safety requirements found in the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response regulations are established by what federal agency

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OSHA

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8
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What act requires OSHA to establish health and safety standards for workers who handle and respond to chemical emergencies, and deal with emergency planing and the community right to know

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SARA

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What does SARA stand for?

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Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986

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10
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What are the 10 points of the HazMat safety and tactical plan?

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Site Map
Hazard Analysis
Safety and Health Considerations
Tactical objectives
Scene Control Zones
Tactical command structure
Communications
Hazard Monitoring
PPE
Decon
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11
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With respect to site safety considerations, the analysis of hazards present at a hazmat incident are divided into the following categories:

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Physical

Chemcial

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12
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49 CFR

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Hazardous Material

DOT

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13
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29 CFR

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Hazardous Substance

OSHA

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14
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40 CFR

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Extremely Hazardous Substance

EPA

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15
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On a PH Scale what is a base?

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7-14

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16
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On a PH scale what is an Acid?

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0-7

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17
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What are limitations to O2 sensors?

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  • altitude dependent
  • limited shelf life
  • low temps may freeze the sensor
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18
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What are O2 Action levels?

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< 19.5% O2 depleted - Need SCBA or SAR

> 23.5% O2 enriched - highly flammable and/or explosion

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19
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What are limitations of Combustible Gas Indicators?

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  • minimum of 10% O2 to operate
  • > than 23.5% may give false readings
  • Cannot be used with silicon, sulfur and leaded gas compounds
  • will not detect flammable mist or dust
  • Do not read above LEL%
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20
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What are the flammable environmental action levels?

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< 10% LEL - continue with caution
10%-20% - continue working with caution and continuous motioning
> 25% LEL - withdraw from area

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21
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An instrument used to detect toxic gas and volatile organic gases is:

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PID

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22
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This is defined as the energy required to remove the outermost electrons from a molecule being tested

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Ionizing Potential

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23
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This monitoring device is used to detect and measure the present of gases such as Hydrogen sulfide, CO, Chlorine, and a broad range of other chemicals.

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Toxic sensors

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24
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what is the purpose of colormetric tubes?

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the detection of specific vapors and also for aiding in the identification of unknowns

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25
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When interpreting data from a CGI, in what unit of measurement is the data displayed?

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% of LEL

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26
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This measuring device provides a permanent record of the total dose accumulated during a radiological event

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OSLD - Optically-Stimulated Luminescent Dosimeter

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27
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This measuring device are used to measure total exposure to individuals over a given period of time

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Dosimeters

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28
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This device can be used to determine the presence of flammable vapors of hydrocarbon products?

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CGI - Combustible Gas Indicator

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29
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The best test to use for detecting corrosive liquids in the field would be?

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Ph Paper

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30
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Radiological survey and dosimeter devices are used to detect what type of radiation?

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Alpha
Beta
Gamma

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31
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What is the action level for a Radiological hazard

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Greater than or equal to 2mR/hr - consult a rad specialist

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32
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Temp, material thickness, chemical concentration, and mixing of different chemicals all influence what?

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Permeation

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33
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This is defined as the elapsed time from initial contact on the outside surface of the chemical protective equipment to the first detection of chemical on the inside surface.

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Breakthrough Time

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34
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This is defined as the amount of chemical which passes through a given area of clothing per unit of time

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Permeation Rate

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35
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This is defined as the deleterious change in one or more physical properties of a protective clothing material due to contact with a chemical.

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Deteriation

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36
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This is defined as the transferring of a hazardous material from is source to people, equipment, or the environment.

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Contamination

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37
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The process by which is carried outside of the control zone and is transferred from one object to another is called

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Secondary contamination

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38
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This is defined as the process of removing or neutralizing contaminants that have accumulated on personnel and/or equipment

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Decontamination

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39
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List the Va. Nine Step Decon

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  • Tool Drop
  • Gross Wash
  • Wash and Rinse
  • Doff Outer PPE
  • Doff Inner PPE
  • Remove personal Clothing
  • Personal Hygiene
  • Medical Eval
  • Bookkeeping
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40
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What are they types of physical decontamination for personnel?

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  • Brushing
  • Dilution
  • Scrubbing / Scraping
  • Sorption
  • Absorption
  • Adsorption
  • Vacuuming
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41
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What is the most common way used to determine chemical clothing/material resistance is the use of:

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Comparability Chart

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42
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Contact with the material or energy causing damage

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Harm

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43
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The material or energy travels away from the point of release, forming predictable patterns

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Engulf

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44
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An unexpected and unwanted force acts up the container

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Stress

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45
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The material or energy contact exposures

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Impinge

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46
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Container is stressed beyond recoverable limits

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Breach

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47
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The contents escape from the container

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Release

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48
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What are the 4 steps of the Incident analysis process

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Chemical Profile
Incident profile
behavior model
risk assessment

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49
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What re the 3 basic components of a hazardous materials incident

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Product
Container
environment

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50
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The ability to control the generation or conduction of static electricity

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Grounding and bonding

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51
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150 lb Chlorine kit:

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A Kit

52
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1 ton Chlorine Kit

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B kit

53
Q

Rail car chlorine kit

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C kit

54
Q

Emergency Decon

A

Flush - Strip - Flush

55
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Mass Decon

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Strip - Flush - Cover

56
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Stage 1 Decon Steps

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Gross wash
Doff PPE
Personal Hygiene

57
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Stage 2 Decon Steps

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Tool drop
Gross wash
Soap and solution wash
Water rinse
Doff personnel protective equipment
personal hygiene
58
Q

Liquid non-bulk

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Less than or equal to 119 gallons

59
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Liquid Bulk

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> 119 gallons

60
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Liquid Intermediate Bulk

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119-793 gallons

61
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Gas Non Bulk

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Less than or equal to 1000 lbs of water capacity

62
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Gas Bulk

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> 1000 lbs of water capacity

63
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Solid non bulk

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Less than or equal to 882 lbs

64
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Solid bulk

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> 882 lbs

65
Q

What are the two basic supporting frames

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Box types

Beam Type

66
Q

This encloses the tank in a cage like framework

A

Box type

67
Q

This uses frame structures only a the ends of the tank

A

Beam type

68
Q

What are the 3 general classes of tank containers

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Non pressure
Pressure
Specialized ( Cryogenic and tube modules)

69
Q

These allow the containers to be secured in stacks and lifted by cargo handling equipment.

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Corner Castings

70
Q

This has rigid bulk packaging of several horizontal seamless steel cylinders, permanently mounted inside an open frame with a box like compartment at one end.

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Tube Modules (inermodal)

71
Q

TOFC

A

Trailer on Flat Car

72
Q

COFC

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Container on Flat Car

73
Q

This is the process of connecting various pieces of conductive equipment together to keep them at the same electrical potnential

A

Bonding

74
Q

This is a special form of bonding in which conductive equipment is connected to the ground through and earth electrode

A

Grounding

75
Q

The difficulty an electrical current encounters in passing through an electrical circuit

A

Resistance

76
Q

What are the General Hazardous Materials Behavior Model Classifications

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Stress
Breach
Release
Engulf
Impinge
Harm
77
Q

This is the probability of harm or loss with a given set of conditions

A

Risk

78
Q

What are the categories of Exposures

A

Life
Critical systems
Environment
Property

79
Q

DECIDE

A 
Detect Hazardous material presence
Estimate likely harm without intervention
Choose response objectives
Identify action options
Do best option
Evaluate progress
80
Q

TLV

A

Threshold limit value
expresses the airborne concentrations of material to which nearly all workers can be exposed to day after day without adverse effects

81
Q

The max concentration averaged over 8 hrs to which a healthy adult can be repeatedly exposed for 8 hrs /day, 40 hrs/week

A

TWA

Time Weighted Average

82
Q

The max average concentration, averaged over a 15 min period to which healthy adults can safely be exposed to up to 15 min continuously.

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STEL

Short Term Exposure Limit

83
Q

The max concentration to which a healthy adult can be exposed without risk of injury

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TLV - C

Threshold Limit Value Ceiling

84
Q

The max amount or airborne concentration of a substance to which a worker may be legally exposed.

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PEL

Permissible Exposure Limit

85
Q

Single dose that will cause the death of 50% of a group of test animals exposed to it by any other route than inhalation

A

LD 50

86
Q

concentration of a material in air, that on the basis of lab tests (inhalation route) is expected to kill 50% of a group of test animals when administered in a specific time period

A

LC 50

87
Q

The minimum temp to which a material must be raised to allow for combustion in the presence of ignition source

A

Flash Point

88
Q

In order for sustained combustion to occur this must be reached

A

Fire Point

89
Q

the % of vapor in the air in which ignition will occur

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Flammable Range

90
Q

The min temp which a material must be heated in order to initiate self sustained combustion

A

Ignition Temp

91
Q

Another word for base is:

A

Alkaline

Caustic

92
Q

Any substance that causes the destruction of living tissue by chemical reaction

A

Corrosive Material

93
Q

This type of radiation causes atoms and their bonds to vibrate, causing friction which then causes heat.

A

Non Ionizing radiation

94
Q

This type of radiation causes changes int he atomic structure of the atom by releasing atomic particles and the release of energy form the atom

A

Ionizing Radiation

95
Q

Any substance that may enhance or support combustion of other materials generally by yielding O2

A

Oxidizers

96
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A Chemical reaction in which small molecules combine to form larger molecules. This process releases large amount of energy that may cause damage to container

A

Polymerization

97
Q

Small molecules that are the base unit for the polymerization process

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Monomers

98
Q

Large molecules formed from smaller sub units or monomers

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Polymer

99
Q

When isotopes break down they release particles and energy this is called

A

Radioactivity

100
Q

An atom or radical that has lost or gained an electron, acquiring an electrical charge is know as what?

A

Ion

101
Q

List Hazmat Classes

A
  1. Explosives
  2. Gases
  3. Flammable Liquids
  4. Flammable Solids
  5. Oxidizers / Organic Peroxides
  6. Poisons / infections materials
  7. Radiation
  8. Corrosives
  9. Miscellaneous
102
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1.1

A

Explosives having a mass explosion hazard

103
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1.2

A

Explosives that have a projectile hazard but not a mass explosion

104
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1.3

A

Have a fire hazard

105
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1.4

A

Explosives which present no significant blast hazard

106
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1.5

A

Very insensitive explosives with a mass explosion hazard

107
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1.6

A

Extremely insensitive articles which do not have a mass explosion hazard

108
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2.1

A

Flammable Gas

109
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2.2

A

Non flammable gas

110
Q

2.3

A

Toxic Gas

111
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4.1

A

Flammable solids

112
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4.2

A

Substance liable to spontaneous combust

113
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4.3

A

Substance which in contact with water emit flammable gases

114
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5.1

A

Oxidizing substance

115
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5.2

A

Organic Peroxide

116
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6.1

A

Toxic Substances

117
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6.2

A

Infectious substances

118
Q

These are used for liquids, are glass or plastic “Bottles” that may be encased in an outer packaging, and can range in capacity to over 20 gallons

A

Carboys

119
Q

These are consumer commodities that may be shipped in bags, boxes, aerosol containers and bottles

A

Bags, Bottles, boxes aerosol containers

120
Q

These consist of a form fitting expanded polystyrene box encasing one or more bottles

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Multi-Cell Packaging

121
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These are cylindrical packaging that are made of metal or plastic

A

Drums or cans

122
Q

Drums have two types of heads, and they are referred as

A

Open Head

Closed Dead

123
Q

The heads, of a drum, are joined to the body by folding the sheets together. This is called what?

A

Chime

124
Q

Drums containing certain chemcials have closures in the head designed to vent pressure. This Vent is called what?

A

Bung

125
Q

These are Rigid or flexible portable packaging which is designed for mechanical handling. The volume of 119 gallons to 793 gallons.

A

IBC

Intermediate Bulk Containers

126
Q

Multi unit tank car carries what DOT number?

A

106

127
Q

These are cylindrical on shape with rounded heads welded to the cylinder. The Liquid capacity of these range from 180 to 320 gallons

A

Pressurized one ton containers

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