Volume 5 Units 5, and 6 Flashcards
Which situation is most likely to require immediate communication?
a) You have identified conditions that are immediately hazardous to life or health.
b) Routine health risk assessment (HRA).
c) Special health risk assessment.
d) All of the above.
a) You have identified conditions that are immediately hazardous to life or health
All of these are goals of risk communication except for _____
a) frightening workers into personal protective equipment (PPE) donning and doffing compliance.
b) informing and improving decision making.
c) raising awareness of potential hazards.
d) motivating action.
a) Frightening workers into personal protective equipment (PPE) donning and doffing compliance
AFI 90–821, Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) Program, describes the requirements of which federal regulation?
Title 29 CFR 1910.1200
In developing your message and determining how to deliver it, what question should you ask about the audience?
a) What is their experience with risk and scientific understanding?
b) What questions can you anticipate from them?
c) What is their reading level?
d) All of the above.
d) All of the above
To which of the following items do AFI 90–821, Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) Program, requirements not apply?
a) Hazardous wastes regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
b) Tobacco or tobacco products.
c) Biological hazards.
d) All of the above.
All of the above
Select the best option for items to which hazard communication (HAZCOM) labeling requirements do apply.
a. Any chemical substance when subject to the labeling requirements of the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA).
b. Any Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) expanded standard.
c. Any pesticide when subject to labeling requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
d. Distilled spirits.
b) Any Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) expanded standard
Which individual/office has the primary responsibility of documenting worker hazard communication (HAZCOM) training completion?
Work area/shop supervisor
How do supervisors obtain authorization for first time use of hazardous material (HAZMAT) in their area?
Submit Air Force (AF) Form 3952
Written notification of exposures exceeding the action level or occupational exposure limit (OEL) must be provided to the worker by bioenvironmental engineering (BE) within how many days of receiving analytical data?
15
Upon your arrival, the hazard communication (HAZCOM) program manager for the shop provides you with the chemical inventory. Which chemicals should be listed on this inventory?
Every chemical used in the shop
The role of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) in incident response is to ____
Establish a standardized incident management structure used by responders
Air Force Instruction (AFI) 10–2501, Emergency Management Program, describes four types of incidents that affect Air Force (AF) operations. An enemy missile with a chemical warfare agent warhead would be an example of what type of incident?
CBRN attack
During response operations, if you are donning protective equipment to enter a site to perform sampling, to what section of the response structure are you assigned?
Operations
What working group focuses primarily on analyzing threats and providing recommendations to the commander?
Installation threat working group (TWG)
What did Congress enact in response to concerns regarding the environmental and safety hazards posed by the storing and handling of toxic chemicals?
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
Which is a key provision of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)?
a) Emergency planning.
b) Toxic release inventory.
c) Emergency release notification.
d) All of the above are key provisions of EPCRA
All of the above are key provisions of EPCRA
Which agency acts as the single federal point of contact for all pollution incident reporting?
United States Coast Guard (USCG)
All these characteristics make toxic industrial chemicals (TIC) and toxic industrial materials (TIM) attractive improvised weapons except _____
a) very large quantities
b) modes of transportation
c) inability to safeguard against
d) potential to cause illness/injury
c) Inability to safeguard against
The main purpose of a toxic industrial chemical/toxic industrial materials (TIC/TIM) vulnerability assessment (VA) is it ______
Provides an indication of the types of incidents that could occur at your installation
Under shelter operations, who spearheads identifying and evaluating installation facilities that can be used as shelters?
Base civil engineer (CE)
If a toxic industrial chemical (TIC) and toxic industrial materials (TIM) vulnerability assessment (VA) final report identifies and associates a vulnerability to a specific United States (US) military site, it must receive what classification?
CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET
What are the two primary types of shelters portrayed in the Air Force Emergency Management Program?
Deliberately planned and shelter-in-place
When identifying toxic industrial chemicals (TIC) and toxic industrial materials (TIM) in the vicinity of an installation, you should collect data on and evaluate facilities within how many
miles of the installation?
20 Miles
Which of the source materials provides short-term military exposure guidelines (MEG) for HRA in military unique situations?
USAPHC Technical Guide 230, Chemical Exposure Guidelines for Deployed Military Personnel
Which of the source materials are useful for assessing hazards and estimating hazard duration during chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) incidents?
Chemical Hazard Estimation Method and Risk Assessment Tool (CHEMRAT)
