State Flashcards
Which of the following statements best describes the standards set by OSHA?
OSHA standards apply to work places
Which of the following statements, best describes regulations set by the EPA?
EPA regulations apply primarily to hazardous waste
Which of the following organizations issues mandatory standards
OSHA
The OSHA standard that protects workers and hazardous waste operations, an emergency response
29 CFR 1910.120
OSHA’s hazard communication standard
A worker right to know law
Which of the following organization issues hazard classes in division?
DOT
UN identification numbers indicate that a chemical maybe shipped
Internationally
Hazardous materials that may be placard, regardless of quantity
Table one materials
Title 49 in the Code of Federal Regulations
DOT regulations
The super fun amendment and reauthorization act as administered
EPA
How can DOT subsidiary placard be distinguished from primary placard
Subsidiary placard’s do not carry hazard class or UN numbers
Boat containers for liquid, hold a maximum capacity of more
118.9 gallons.
An MC 331 is a
Pressure cargo tank
Nonpressure cargo tanks have
Elliptical cross, sections, and flat heads
Caustic soda is frequently transported in
Covered hopper cars
Nonpressure cargo tanks primarily Cary
Petroleum products 
Which of the following is not true regarding shipping papers
DOT requires that MSDS a Company shipping papers
Non-pressure tank, containers, transport liquid, and solid materials that at pressures up
100 psi G
Tube trailers
Cary
Pressurize gases 
Which of the following best describes the most common type of tank container
Single compartment stainless steel tank in metal frame
Medical surveillance is for emergency responders is part of which federal regulation
29 CFR 1910.120.
The primary route of chemical exposure is for fire fighter is
Inhalation
Secondary contamination refers to
Contamination from someone who has already been contaminated
Which of the following statements is not true of the skin?
Water, soluble substances are more easily absorbed by the skin
Which of the following items will provide a minimum shielding from gamma radiation?
Several inches of lead
Under federal regulations, medical surveillance is required for
Members of hazardous material teams only
Biological monitoring measures
The amount of agent in your body
Simple, asphyxiates displace oxygen in the air. Chemical is Fixions.
Prevent the body from using inhaled oxygen
Ideologic means that an agent is
Infectious
Which type of following organs is considered the primary transfer point for chemicals in your body
The lungs
Which of the following statements is true regarding the hazardous identification phase of free incident planning
Transport routes as well as fix sites should be identified
What influence does topography have on the spread of a poisonous gas that is heavier than air
It may either increase or prevent the spread of the gas
Which of the following is not true regarding weather
Cold temperatures have a little affect because of the physical demands in firefighting
A hazard, identification phase of pre-incident planning program primarily
Gathering information
Facilities that use only very small quantities of hazardous materials
May not need to follow government reporting procedures
What is the next step and pre-incident planning once you have collected all pertinent information
Develop a comprehensive plan of action
If after pre-planning a facility, you find you would not have some mesh sufficient resources to respond to an incident. Your department should
Take preventative measures
Generic pre-incident plans can be developed
Each pre-incident plan must be site specific
Which of the following statements is not true of pre-Internet planning?
A site visit may not be necessary if previous pre-incident plans are available
The right response to an incident is two
Work within limitation of resources in training
Air is assigned a vapor density
One
If a material is water, miscible it
Infinitely soluble in water
Substances with high vapor pressure is our
More likely to evaporate
A rate of chemical reaction can usually be increased by
Increasing temperature, concentration and pressure
Vapors and gases with molecular weight greater than 29 tend to
Sync an air
All those specific gravity has no unit of measure it does have a value relative to
The weight of water
Ignition temperature refers to
The temperature at which a material burns without a flame 
A pyrophoric material describes a material that spontaneously ignites in the air or at below
130°F
All gases have vapor pressure is higher than
716 mmHg
Chemicals, explosive limit depends on its
Concentration
Which of the following is the best definition of response time as it applies to detection devices?
A period between beginning measurement, and obtaining a reading
Detector tubes are used to
Measure the concentration of known gases, vapors and unknown hydrocarbons
Alpha and beta radiation survey meters usually display readings in
Counts, per minute
On a combustion gas indicator with a reading of percent LUL, the reading indicate 0 to 100% of
The lower explosive limit
The most common calibration gases for combustible gas indicators are
Methane in pentane
Which of the following is true of direct read out instruments
Direct read out instruments provide measures in real time
Which of the following instruments should you use in a flammable atmosphere?
Instruments marked as intrinsically safe or UL or FM
Which of the following is the best description of relative response as it applies to detection devices?
The instruments reading, compared to calibration gas
If you are monitoring a gas with an Lel of 2% and your combustible gas indicator reads 50% Helio what is the actual percentage of gas in the atmosphere?
1%
An atmosphere is assumed to be oxygen, and reached its concentration of oxygen are greater than
23.5%
Vapor protective clothing for hazardous chemical emergency response is described in
NFPA, 1991
Chemical protective clothing is specifically designed to
Prevent or limit skin exposure
The process by which a chemical moves through a material by molecular means, is called
Permeation
Which type of respirator should be worn in emergency responses
Positive pressure, self-contained, breathing apparatus
Which of the following organizations assigns protection factors to respirators
Niosh
The longest approve airline for supplied air respirator’s is
300 feet
Support function garbage should never be used for
Emergency response
Liquid splash, protective clothing for hazardous chemical emergency response is described in
NFPA, 1992
Breakthrough time refers to the time it takes for a chemical to
Permeate, protective clothing
Which type of resistance data is most valuable when using vapor protective clothing
Permeation
When must a decontamination area be set up?
Before personnel, enter a hot zone
An emergency decontamination, which is the following primarily concerned
Prevent severe injury
If contaminants are corrosive skin, and mucous membranes must be flushed with
Large amounts of water
Nonsoluble contaminants should be removed from the skin with
Liquid soap and water
Although other factors are involved, protective clothing is most likely to be permeated if
The chemical is highly concentrated
Deactivation is the use of cleaning agents, neutralizers or disinfectants for decontamination. It is generally used for.
Organic compounds
Did the decontamination process for liquid splash, protective garments the SCV a face piece is removed
After the splash suit is removed
How should you decontaminate a contaminated entry team member who experience heat stress in the hot zone?
Perform an emergency decontamination, then remove the clothing
Exposure to which type of chemical automatically prohibits the use of PPE
Carcinogens
PPE, contamination levels can only be determined by
Destructive testing
Most 55 gallon drums have openings in the top filled with plugs and cats. These openings are called.
Bungs
The best type of control technique for trapping solid materials floating on running water is
None of the above
Oxygen gas would most likely be transported in which type of tank car
High pressure tube car
Which of the following is usually built to contain releases on land
Dikes
Which of the following statements is true for overpacking?
Overpack drums must be marked
Which of the following control techniques are firefighters usually responsible for
None of the above
Which of the following control techniques involves releasing gas papers into the atmosphere to reduce tank pressure
Venting
Which of the following items is often used as an absorbent
Clay
Cargo tanks can be constructed from any of the following materials, which one is softest animal puncture most easily
Aluminum
Which type of tank car is most common
Non-pressure tank cars
An incident management system should be establish when
First responding cruise arrive
Which of the following function is not a command staff position?
Logistic
Aaron IMS, which is the following statements best describes the function of the operations function
Operation is responsible for management of the tactical operations to stabilize the control the incident
A rest and rehabilitation you did at a large scale. It said it would fall under the.
Logistic function
During a hazardous materials, incident, transfers of command should take place
As necessary
The integrated emergency management system is implemented at large scale incident by
FEMA
In addition to incident command, what are the four primary divisions at the hazardous materials incident
Operations, planning, logistic, finance
Which of the following statements is true of the incident, safety officer?
The AC safety officer can haul operations to unsafe practices occur
Coordination of communication at a hazardous materials. Incident is the responsibility of what division
Logistics
Which organization mandates the use of the incident command system as hazardous materials incident
OSHA
How should a seriously injured patient who has been contaminated with a toxic chemical be contaminated?
The patient should undergo gross Decon prior to medical treatment
 How should burns from alkali corrosive agents be treated?
The chemical should be thoroughly flushed, and the burn covered with a dry dressing
Which type of asphyxiates carry the highest risk of secondary contamination
Cyanide
The acronym dumbbells is associated with symptoms, produced by exposure, to which of the following insecticides
Organophosphates
Victims of heat, stroke experience
Rapid, strong pulse and flushed dry skin
Exposure to hydrogen, fluoride can depletion of blood
Calcium
Carboxyhemoglobin occurs when carbon monoxide inhibits
The bloods ability to carry oxygen
Cyanide is easily absorbed through
All three routes of exposure
How should hypothermic patient be treated?
The patient should be warm slowly by placing heat packs close to the body
Which of the following chemicals can produce methane Methemoglobinemia
Nitrates
Nonsoluble contaminates should be removed from the skin with
Liquid soap and water
DOT407 is a
Low pressure cargo tank
The herb permissible exposure limit PEL is defined as
 The average air horn concentration of a substance to which an adult can be exposed for eight hour workday or 40 hour work week
An emergency gross decontamination the primary concern is to
Prevent severe injury
When used as weapons of mass destruction, biological agents could be dispersed as
All of the above solids, liquids and gases
Breakthrough time refers to the time it takes for a chemical to
Permeate, protective clothing
Chlorine a kids are designed to help handle leaks from
Cylinders
The warfare agent Seren is an example of a
Nerve agent
The persistence of a product refers to
The rate at which a product evaporates
When used as a terrorist weapon, which of the following chemicals is considered a blood Asian
Hydrogen cyanide 
Cryogenic liquids are generally stored at maximum temperature of
-130 Fahrenheit
Diazinon and malathion are examples of what type of insecticide
Organophosphate
Chlorine the kid is designed to handle leaks in
Ton containers
An MC 338 cargo tank
Cryogenic materials
Based on its molecular weight, which of the following gases will tend to rising air
Acetylene molecular weight equals 26
DOT hazard class five includes
Oxidizers
When dolphin, chemical protective clothing, the last item remove should be
SCBA
When a hazardous material contains multiple hazards, which type of labels should be used on the packaging
Labels for the primary hazards, and at least one subsidiary level for secondary hazard
Hydrocarbons containing a molecular structure in the form of a ring or known as
Aromatic hydrocarbons
Photo ionizing detectors. PID’s are generally used to detect.
Organic vapors in low ppm ranges
Nonpressure type one intermodal tank, containers, transport liquid and solid materials at pressure is up to
100 psi G
If you were exposed to hazardous material, OSHA requires that your medical records be kept for how many years after you leave your job
30 years 
Approximately how much of a displacing gas is needed to drop the oxygen concentration by 5%?
One percent
In organic peroxides act as both oxidizers, and
Corrosives
Compressed gases are defined by DOT as having an absolute pressure exceeding
40 psi at 70°F
One of the following heat related stress, which system indicates the most serious condition
 Flushed, dry skin
The types of weapon most commonly used by terrorists are
Explosives
DOT hazard class 4 includes
Flammable solids
How should you decontaminate a contaminated entry team member who has experience heat stress in a hot zone?
Perform emergency decon, then remove the clothing
Which type of respirator should be worn in emergency response
SCBA
The first step in conducting pre-incident planning for a fix site is
Conducting a site visit
MC 306 – DOT 406 cargo tanks generally carry what types of product
Fuels
In a decontamination process for liquid splash, protective garments, the SCV a face piece is removed
After the splash suit
Which of the following is not an example of a containment technique?
Dyking
Which of the following materials must be placarded regardless of the amount being transported
Table 1 materials
A chemical with a PH less than seven is alkaline a pressure with a pH greater than seven is acidic
False
Product with a class division number of 5.2 at the bottom of a placard should be considered an.
Organic peroxide
