Hazmat Ops/Awareness Final Exam
1. What is the primary purpose of laws related to hazardous materials?
A. To provide guidelines for compliance
B. To establish standards for safety protocols
C. To delegate responsibilities to specific agencies
D. To regulate labeling and shipping of hazard...
1. What is the primary purpose of laws related to hazardous materials?
A. To provide guidelines for compliance
B. To establish standards for safety protocols
C. To delegate responsibilities to specific agencies
D. To regulate labeling and shipping of hazardous materials
**Correct answer: C. To delegate responsibilities to specific agencies**
2. What is the main goal of the 5-step process for hazardous materials incidents?
A. To contain the spill immediately
B. To identify the source of the leak
C. To isolate, identify, notify, mitigate, and terminate the incident
D. To decontaminate all responders
**Correct answer: C. To isolate, identify, notify, mitigate, and terminate the incident**
Of the 5 Primary ICS/IMS functions, which group tracks all of the costs related to the incident, handles
procurement issues, records the time that responders are on the incident for billing purposes, and keeps
a running cost of the incident? ✔️Finance
What is it called when a senior member relieves IC, and initial command receives new assignment from
new IC? ✔️Transfer of Command
Which control zone is set up where the hazardous material gives off a reading? ✔️Hot Zone
, Which control zone is set up as a decontamination gateway? ✔️Warm Zone
Which control zone is set up far from the hazardous material and Command post and all other people
outside of the incident are set up? ✔️Cold Zone
What is it called when threatened people are moved to a safer are? ✔️Evacuation
Which group of people are evacuated first? ✔️People outside and in direct view of the scene?
Which group of people are evacuated second? ✔️People downwind and crosswind of the incident
What is used for disabled people, ill people, prisoners, and critical service personnel, that requires them
to stay and secure structures and have monitoring? ✔️Shelter in place
What is used when a plume is passing over a structure and it is probably safer to stay inside, then when
the plume passes people are allowed to leave? ✔️Combination
What informs responders of symptoms of exposures, identifies equipment that must be
decontaminated or disposed, identifies unsafe conditions, and assigns someone to follow up and
conduct post incident analysis and critique? ✔️Debriefing
What is done by the administrative personnel and has the purpose to reconstruct the incident and
establish a timeline of actions taken to mitigate a situation? ✔️Post Incident Analysis
What should be attended by all responders, helps find problems with planning, training hazard
identification, and safety concerns, and also develops recommendations for improving emergency
response? ✔️Critique
Site safety plan, all local state and federal forms, and final reports being completed is called what?
✔️Documentation
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