Sample Questions Flashcards
1
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What is the psi for a non pressure tank cars?
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60 to 100 psi
2
Q
What is the capacity for a non pressure tank car?
A
4,000 to 45,000 gallons
3
Q
What can a non pressure tank car carry?
A
Flammable/combustible liquids-flammable to solids Oxidizers Organic peroxides Corrosives Poisons Molten solids
4
Q
What hazard classes does a non pressure tank car carry?
A
3, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9
5
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What is the psi for a pressure tank cars?
A
100 to 600 psi
6
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What is the capacity for a pressure tank car?
A
4,000 to 45,000 gallons
7
Q
What can a non pressure tank car carry?
A
Flammable/nonflammable gases
8
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What hazard classes does a pressure tank car carry?
A
2 & 3
9
Q
Name one physical characteristic about the pressure tank car that differentiates it from the non pressure tank car.
A
Gauging is located inside a protective housing
10
Q
What is the psi for a cryogenic tank car?
A
25 psi or less
11
Q
What can a cryogenic liquid tank car carry? argon
A
Ethylene
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen
12
Q
What is the temperature that a cryogenic liquid tank car need to be?
A
-150 Degrees or colder
13
Q
Name one physical characteristic about the cryogenic liquid tank car that differentiates it from the non pressure tank car.
A
Tank within a tank
Space filled with insulation and under a vacuum
Control valves are located in a compartment along side
14
Q
What hazard classes does a cryogenic liquid tank car carry?
A
2.2
15
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What is a bulk container consisting of a single metal tank mounted inside a metal supporting structure and can be used interchangeably on different modes of transport?
A
Intermodal Tank Container
16
Q
What are the three types of tank cars?
A
Non pressure
Pressure
Cryogenic Liquid
17
Q
What are the two types of non pressure intermodal tanks?
A
IM-101
IM-102
18
Q
What is the psi for the IM-101 intermodal tank?
A
25.4 to 100 psi
19
Q
What is the capacity of the IM-101 intermodal tank?
A
6,300 Gallons
20
Q
What hazard classes does an IM-101 intermodal tank carry?
A
3, 4, 5, 6, 8
21
Q
What are examples of what the IM-101 intermodal tank carry?
A
Food grade commodities Liquid fertilizers Resins Sodium cyanide Water treatment chemicals Whiskey
22
Q
What is the psi for the IM-102 intermodal tank?
A
14.5 to 25.4 psi
23
Q
What hazard classes does an IM-102 intermodal tank carry?
A
3, 6, 8
24
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What are examples of what the IM-102 intermodal tank carry?
A
Wine
Whiskey
25
What is the psi for the pressure intermodal tank?
100 to 500 psi
26
What are examples of what the pressure intermodal tank carry?
Liquified gases
27
What hazard classes does an pressure intermodal tank carry?
2, 3
28
What are the two types of specialized intermodal tanks?
Cryogenic
| Tube modules
29
What is the pressure range for the cryogenic intermodal tanks?
25 psig or less
30
What is the capacity of a pressure intermodal tank?
5,500 gallons
31
What is the capacity of a cryogenic intermodal tank?
4,500 to 5,000 gallons
32
What hazard class does the cryogenic intermodal tank carry?
2.2
33
What is the international designation of a cryogenic intermodal tank?
IMO Type 7
34
What is the pressure range for tube modules specialized intermodal tanks?
3,000 to 5,000 psi
35
What hazard class does the tube modules specialized intermodal tanks carry?
2
36
What is the capacity of the tube modules specialized intermodal tanks?
Varies according to container
37
Name one physical characteristic about the tube modules specialized intermodal tank that differentiates it from the pressure intermodal tank.
High pressure cylinders permanently mounted within an ISO frame
38
What are the types of cargo tanks?
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Non pressure liquid
Low pressure chemical
Corrosive liquid
High pressure
Cryogenic liquid
Dry bulk
Compressed gas tube trailers
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39
What are cargo tanks used for?
Transport by highway flammable/combustible liquids, corrosives and flammable/nonflammable compressed gases
40
What is the DOT identification for a non pressure liquid cargo tank?
406
41
What is the DOT identification for a low pressure chemical tank?
407
42
What is the DOT identification for a corrosive liquid cargo tank?
412
43
What is the numerical identification for a high pressure cargo tank?
331
44
What is the numerical identification for a cryogenic liquid cargo tank?
338
45
What is the non pressure liquid cargo tank typically made of?
aluminum
46
What is the allowable working pressure of a non pressure liquid cargo tank?
3 to 5 psi
47
What is the capacity of a non pressure liquid cargo tank?
10,000 gallons
48
What is the non pressure liquid cargo tank used to transport?
Fuel oil
Gasoline
Alcohol
Flammable/combustible liquids
49
What hazard class can the non pressure liquid cargo tank transport?
3
50
Name one physical characteristic about the low pressure chemical tank that differentiates it from the non pressure liquid cargo tank.
Horseshoe shape ends
51
What is the capacity of a low pressure chemical tank?
2,000 to 7,000 gallons
52
What hazard class can the low pressure chemical tank transport?
3, 8
53
What is the internal vapor pressure of the low pressure chemical tank?
18 psi at 100 degrees
54
What is the low pressure of the low pressure chemical tank?
40 psi at 170 degrees
55
Name one physical characteristic about the corrosive liquid cargo tank that differentiates it from the low pressure chemical tank.
Reinforcement ribs
Longer and thinner
Coated with a black, tar like material
56
What is the tank pressure of the corrosive liquid cargo tank?
35 to 50 psi
57
What is the capacity of the corrosive liquid cargo tank?
5,000 to 6,000 gallons
58
Name one physical characteristic about the high pressure cargo tank that differentiates it from the low pressure chemical tank.
Hemispherical or ellipsoidal ends
59
What is the service pressure of the high pressure cargo tank?
More than 100 psi
60
What is the capacity of the high pressure cargo tank?
2,500 to 11,500 gallons
61
What hazard class can the high pressure cargo tank transport?
2
62
Name one physical characteristic about the cryogenic liquid cargo tank that differentiates it from the low pressure chemical tank.
Tank within a tank
| Ends are dished
63
What is the design pressure of the cryogenic liquid cargo tank?
23.5 to 500 psi
64
What is the capacity of the cryogenic liquid cargo tank?
5,000 to 14,000 gallons
65
What hazard class can the cryogenic liquid cargo tank transport?
2.2
66
What is the capacity of a dry bulk cargo tank?
up to 1,500 cu ft
67
What is the pressure of a dry bulk cargo tank?
80 psi
68
What hazard class can the dry bulk cargo tank transport?
5.1, 9
69
Name one physical characteristic about the dry bulk cargo tank that differentiates it from the low pressure chemical tank.
One or more cone shaped bins
70
What is the pressure change of the compressed gas tube trailers?
3,000 to 5,000 psi
71
What is the minimum water cap of the compressed gas tube trailers?
1,000 lbs
72
T/F All cylinders in a compressed gas tube trailer contain different material, independently piped.
False
73
How is the product of compressed gas tube trailers filled and discharged?
Manifold header
74
What are the three primary types of fixed storage tanks?
Pressure
Non pressure
Cryogenic
75
What are the installed locations of fixed storage tanks?
Above ground
Below ground
Inside of buildings
76
What are the types of non pressure facility tanks?
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Cone roof
Floating roof with geodesic dome
Floating (open) roof
Lifter (covered) roof
Vapor dome roof
Horizontal (atmospheric)
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77
What is the pressure of the non pressure facility tanks?
0 to 0.5 psig
78
What are the shipping papers called on highway transport vehicles?
Bill of lading
79
What kind of markings are used for fixed facilities?
NFPA 704
80
What kind of markings are used on individual packages?
Labels
81
What kind of markings are used on vehicles?
DOT placards
82
What identification is required on cargo tanks?
Metal certification plate with serial number
Shipper's ID
Placard
83
What are shipping papers called for tank cars?
Waybill
84
What identification is required on intermodal tanks?
Metal certification plate with serial number
Shipper's ID
Placard
85
What identification is on tank cars?
Placards
Leased or owned by shipper
Shippers identification number
86
What identification is on facility containers?
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Product name
Container/tank size
NFPA 704
Planning docs
Tank ID
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87
What identification can be found on a pipeline marker?
Product
Owner
Emergency telephone number
88
Where will you find a pipeline marker?
Where Intersects with a street or railroad
89
What information is provided on pesticide labels?
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Complete product name
Correct spelling
Signal words
Precautionary statement
Hazard statement
EPA registration number and active agreement
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90
What are the signal words for pesticide labels?
Caution
Warning
Poison/danger
91
What does caution mean on a pesticide label?
Might make you sick
92
What does warning mean on a pesticide label?
Will make you sick
93
What does poison/danger mean on a pesticide label?
Will kill you
94
How are active ingredients identified on a pesticide label?
Name
| Percentage
95
What are the parts of a EPA registration number?
1. Manufacturer
2. Specific product
3. Distributors name
96
What are the fissile classes?
Radioactive White I
Radioactive Yellow II
Radioactive Yellow III
97
What is the rate of decay as it pertains to radioactivity?
Content activity
98
What fissile class indicates highest levels of radiation on the external surface of the package?
Radioactive Yellow III
99
What fissile class indicates medium levels of radiation on the external surface of the package?
Radioactive Yellow II
100
What fissile class indicates low external radiation levels?
Radioactive White I
101
What is the starting point for determining if the integrity of the package has been breached?
Transport index
102
What surounding conditions should be noted by responders when surveying hazardous material incidents?
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Topography
Land use
Accessibility
Weather conditions
Bodies of water
Public exposure potential
Overhead and underground wires and pipelines
Storm and sewer drains
Possible ignition sources
Adjacent land use
Nature and extent of injuries
Building information
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103
What are ways to verify information obtained from surveying an incident?
ERG
CHEMTREC
Shippers
Electronic databases
104
What are 3 additional hazards that could be associated with an incident involving terrorist activity?
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Secondary events intended to incapacitate or delay
Armed resistance
Use of weapons
Booby traps
Secondary contamination
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105
What is used to predict the behavior of hazardous material?
Hazards
Behavior characteristics
Suggested response options
106
What are the six basic groups that collected information about hazardous material organized?
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Material identification information
Physical properties
Chemical properties
Physical hazards
Health hazards
Response information
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107
How are hazardous materials classified?
Primary danger
108
What class is any substance or article that is designed to function by explosion or that, by chemical reaction within itself, is able to function by explosion?
1
109
What is division 1.1?
Mass explosion
110
What are examples of division 1.1?
Black powder
Dynamite
TNT
111
What is division 1.2?
Projection
112
What are examples of division 1.2?
Aerial flares
| Detonation cord
113
What is division 1.3?
Fire
Examples: Liquid fueled rocket motors
114
What is division 1.4?
No significant blast hazard
Examples: Practice ammunition, signal cartridge
115
What is division 1.5?
Very insensitive explosives with mass explosion hazard
Examples: Blasting agents, prilled ammonium, nitrate fertilizer
116
What is division 1.6?
Extremely insensitive articles
Example: Squib devices
117
What class is compressed gases that are also flammable, oxidizers, poisonous or cryogenic?
2
118
What does BLEVE stand for?
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
119
What division is flammable gases?
2.1
120
What division is non-flammable, non-poisonous, compressed gases?
2.2
121
What division is poisonous gases?
2.3
122
What is an example of division 2.1?
Propane
123
What is an example of division 2.2?
Anhydrous ammonia
| Compressed nitrogen
124
What is an example of division 2.3?
Arsine
| Chlorine
125
What is any material that is a gas at 68 degrees or less and has a 14.7 psi of pressure?
flammable gas
126
What is any material that exerts in the packaging an absolute pressure of 41 psi at 68 degrees?
Nonflammable, Nonpoisonous compressed gas
127
What is a gas that vaporizes easily, very dangerous to life, even in small amounts, and is known to be so toxic to humans as to pose a hazard to health during transportation?
Poisonous gas
128
T/F Canadian placards are in the shape of circles.
False
129
What division is a placard with red background and white flame (flammable gas)? 2.1 Flammable
2.1 Flammable
130
What division is a placard with green background and white cylinder?
2.2 nonflammable
131
What division is a placard with yellow background and flaming "O"?
2.2 oxidizer
132
What placard is a white background with skull and crossbones?
2.3 poison gas
133
What division is any liquid having a flash point of not more than 140 degrees?
3.1 flammable liquid
134
What division is any liquid that does not meet the definition of any other hazard class and has a flash point between 140 and 200 degrees?
3.2, Combustable liquid
135
What is an example of division 3.1?
Acetone
| Gasoline
136
What is an example of division 3.2?
mineral oil
137
What division is flammable solids?
4.1
138
What are the types of flammable solids?
Desensitized explosives
Self-reactive materials
Readily combustible solids
139
What is an explosive wetted down with sufficient water, alcohol, or plasticizer to suppress explosive properties?
Desensitized explosives
140
What is a material that is thermally unstable and can undergo a strongly exothermic decomposition even with participation of oxygen?
Self-reactive materials
141
what are solids that may cause a fire through friction and any metal powders that can be ignited?
Readily combustible solids
142
What is division 4.2?
Spontaneously combustible material
143
What are the types of division 4.2?
Pyrophoric material
| Self-heating material
144
What is division 4.3?
Dangerous when wet materials
145
What is an example of 4.1?
Magnesium
146
What is an example of 4.2?
Charcoal
| Phosphorous
147
What is class 5?
Oxidizers
| Organic peroxides
148
What division is a material that may, by yielding oxygen, cause or enhance the combustion of other materials?
5.1 oxidizer
149
What division is any organic compound containing oxygen in the bivalent structure that may be considered a derivative of hydrogen peroxide?
5.2 organic peroxide
150
What type of organic peroxide is forbidden for transportation?
Type A
151
What type of organic peroxide can undergo a thermal explosion?
Type B
152
What type of organic peroxide cannot undergo a thermal explosion?
Type C
153
What type of organic peroxide detonates only partially with medium to no effect when heated under confinement?
Type D
154
What is an example of Class 5?
Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide
155
What division is a material, other than gas, that is either known to be so toxic to humans as to afford a a hazard to health during transport?
6.1
156
What division comprises materials known to contain a pathogen (known to cause disease in humans or animals)?
6.2
157
What are examples of Class 6?
Anthrax
Botulism
Rabies
158
What is class 7?
Radioactive
159
Radioactive material is any material having a specific activity greater than what?
0.002 microcuries per gram
160
What is an example of class 7?
Uranium
161
What is class 8?
Corrosives
162
What is a liquid or solid that causes visible destruction in human skin tissue at the site of contact?
Corrosive
163
What are examples of class 8?
Nitric acid
| Sulfuric acid
164
What is class 9?
Miscellaneous hazard material
165
What class is any material that has an anesthetic, noxious or other similar property that could cause extreme annoyance or discomfort to a flight crew member during transport?
9
Examples: PCBs, Molten Sulfur
166
What is a material that presents a limited hazard during transportation due to its form, quantity and packaging?
Other regulated material
167
Where can a MSDS be found on post?
Fire department
| Building manager
168
Where can a MSDS be found in the civilian sector?
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Shipper
CHEMTREC
Shipping docs
Internet
LEPC
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169
T/F CHEMTREC is a public service of the Chemical Manufacturers Association.
True
170
What information needs to be furnished to CHEMTREC?
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Callers name and number
Location and nature of problem
Name and ID of material
Guide number being used
Name of shipper or manufacturer and point of origin
Rail car or truck number
Carrier's and consignee's name
Container type and size
Quantity of material transported and released
Local weather, terrain, proximity to schools, etc
Injuries and exposures
Local EM services notified
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171
T/F CHEMTREC provides prewritten information provided by the manufacturer.
True
172
What are the standard procedures used by CHEMTREC?
Confirm chemical emergency exists
Details recorded
Provide immediate technical assistance
Contacts the shipper of the material or other experts
173
What are two methods of contacting the manufacturer to obtain hazard info?
CHEMTREC
| MSDS
174
What type of assistance can local law enforcement provide?
Scene security
Crime scene preservation
Evidence collection
175
What is the temperature of a substance when the vapor pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure and the liquid turns into a gas at the surface?
Boiling point
176
What is the ability of a material to undergo a chemical change?
Chemical reactivity
177
What is a measure of a substance's tendency to deteriorate in the presence of another substance?
Corrosivity
178
What has a pH value of less than 7?
Acid
179
What has a pH value of 7?
Neutral
180
What has a pH value of greater than 7?
Base
181
What is a range between lower explosive limit and upper explosive limit?
Flammable (explosive) range
182
What is used to measure limits for flammable range?
Combustible gas indicators
183
What is the minimum concentration of vapor to air considered "too lean to burn"?
Lower explosive limit
184
What is the maximum concentration of vapor to air considered "too rich to burn"?
Upper explosive limit
185
What is the temperature at which a liquid will give off sufficient vapors that will ignite readily given an ignition source?
Flash point
186
What is the minimum temperature required to cause self-sustained combustion in the absence of any source of ignition?
Ignition temperature
187
What refers to solids and is expressed in microns?
Particle Size
188
What is the materials ability to stay within the area of release for long periods of time?
Persistence
189
What consists of particles or high-energy rays?
Radiation
190
What consists of ultraviolet and visible light sounds waves, microwaves and magnetic fields?
Non-ionizing radiation
191
What is the ratio of the weight of a liquid or solid as compared to an equal amount of water?
Specific gravity
192
What is the ratio of the weight of a vapor as compared to an equal amount of air?
Vapor density
193
What is the pressure at any given temperature at which the vapor and liquid phases of the substance is in equilibrium in a closed container?
Vapor pressure
194
What is the ability of a material to blend uniformly with another?
Water Solubility
195
What is the transfer of a hazardous material to persons, equipment and the environment in greater than acceptable quantities?
Contamination
196
Who is contaminated from direct contact with the material usually as a result of a release?
Victims
197
Who is contaminated during control operations?
Responders
198
What is the indirect transfer when contaminated personnel or equipment carries a contaminant away from the hot zone and transfers it to another person?
Secondary contamination
199
If a person is exposed to a hazardous material are they contaminated?
No
200
If a person is contaminated have they been exposed to the hazardous material?
Yes
201
What is something capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health and safety?
Hazard
202
What is the process by which people, animals and equipment come in contact with a hazardous material?
Exposure
203
What is caused by exposure to harmful microorganisms?
Infectious
204
What is capable of being transmitted from one individual to another through contact?
Contagious
205
T/F- Acute effects present symptoms immediately
True
206
T/F Acute exposures are considered small concentrations over a long period of time
False
207
What is considered to be effects that manifest at a later time?
Chronic
208
What kind of exposure is over long periods of time with repeated periods of contact at relatively low levels of concentration?
Chronic
209
What are the three types of stress that could cause a container system to release its contents?
Thermal
Mechanical
Chemical
210
What are the five ways a container can be breached?
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Disintegration
Run-away cracking
Closures opening up
Punctures
Splits/tears
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211
What are four ways in which containers can release their contents?
Detonation
Violent rupture
Rapid relief
Spills and leaks
212
What are the seven dispersion patterns that can be created upon release of hazardous materials?
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Hemisphere
Cloud
Plume
Cone
Stream
Pool
Irregular
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213
What kind of dispersion is a semicircular pattern and still in contact with the ground?
Hemisphere
214
What kind of dispersion pattern is a bell shaped pattern that has risen above the ground?
Cloud
215
What kind of dispersion pattern is irregularly shaped and the wind and/or topography influences it?
Plume
216
What kind of dispersion pattern is triangular shaped with a point source at the breach and a wide base downrange?
Cone
217
What kind of dispersion pattern is a liquid material flowing with the topography but generally consistent in width?
Stream
218
What kind of dispersion pattern is a liquid that is a equally shaped circle and accumulates in low areas?
Pool
219
What kind of dispersion pattern is an irregular shape or pattern?
Irregular
220
What factors influence dispersion patterns?
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Amount
Form
Weather
Topography
Breach
Release
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221
What are the three general time frames for predicting the length of time that exposures may be in contact with hazardous materials?
Short term
Medium term
Long term
222
What is long term exposure typically measured in?
Years
| Generations
223
What is TEAMCPRP?
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Thermal
Etiologic
Asphyxiation
Mechanical
Corrosive
Poisonous harm
Radiation
Psychological harm
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224
Excessive burns from heat or cold are called...?
Thermal injuries
225
What is contamination from bodily fluid born diseases?
Etiologic
226
What is the inability of the lungs or blood system to carry or deliver oxygen to the body's tissues?
Asphyxiation
227
What is due to explosion or fire?
Mechanical
228
What breaks down the layers of skin?
Corrosive
229
What results from materials that inhibit the body's normal biological functioning?
Poisonous harm
230
What is damaging/mutating the body through waves or particles?
Radiation
231
What is any material that causes cancerous growth in living tissue?
Carcinogen
232
What is a chemical falling within the categories of lethal dose, or lethal concentration?
Highly toxic
233
What is the median lethal dose administered orally?
50 mg or less per kg of body weight
234
What is the median lethal dose administered by continuous contact?
200 mg or less per kg of body weight
235
What is the amount of material in air that is expected to kill 50 percent of a group?
Median lethal concentration
236
What is a chemical that is not corrosive but one that causes a reversible inflammatory effect on living tissue at the site of contact?
Irritant
237
What is a chemical that causes a substantial proportion of exposed people to develop an allergic reaction?
Sensitizer
238
What are chemicals that produce liver damage?
Hepatotoxins
239
What are chemicals that produce kidney damage?
Nephrotoxins
240
What are chemicals that produce their primary toxic effects on the nervous system?
Neurotoxins
241
What decreases the function of hemoglobin in the blood and deprives tissue of oxygen?
Blood agents
242
What irritates the lung or damages the pulmonary tissue?
Pulmonary agents
243
What kind of chemicals affects the reproductive capabilities?
Reproductive toxins
244
What kind of chemicals affect the dermal layer of the body?
Cutaneous hazards
245
What is a substance that can cause unconsciousness or death by suffocation?
Asphyxiant
246
What is any material that causes cancerous growths?
Carcinogen
247
What can cause changes in the genetic systems?
Mutagen
248
What is any substance that causes growth abnormalities in embryos?
Teratogen
249
What are three things that can reduce exposure to radioactive materials?
Time
Distance
Shielding
250
Most warfare agents are what division?
6.1
251
What division is hydrogen cyanide?
6.1
252
What division is chlorine?
2.3
253
Is the operational level responder expected to engage in intricate calculations for potential harm?
No
