Hazmat Operations Exam Questions
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What is an Operations Level Responder? - correct answer Person who respond to
HazMat/WMD incidents for the purpose of implementing or supporting actions to
protect nearby persons, the environment, or property from the effects. Are NOT
used in offensive tactics, but on defensive.
What tasks will an operational level responder be expected to perform? - correct
answer Analyze, plan, implement, evaluate
Analyze: to determine the scope and potential outcomes by surveying, collecting
info, predicting behavior
Plan: describing the response objective, options, emergency decontamination
procedure, developing a plan of action including safety considerations
Implement: preservation of evidence, initiating an incident command system.
Evaluate: by evaluation and communicating the status of the response.
The operations level responder would work under who? - correct answer HazMat
Technician
Written guidance or stander operating procedure will state what? - correct
answer The rules of engagement
Under What CFR is DOT? - correct answer 49CFR170.199
Under What CFR is OSHA? - correct answer 29CFR 1910.1209
Under what CFR is EPA? - correct answer 40CFR 311
What are the two primary types of containers? - correct answer the ones used
for transport and those used for storage
What conditions need to be assessed for a thorough survey of the scene? -
correct answer Topography
land use-commercial, residential
accessibility - roads, bridges, wooded areas
weather conditions
,Hazmat Operations Exam Questions
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bodies of water
public exposure potential
over head and underground wires and pipe lines
storm and sewer drains
possible ignition sources
adjacent land use - rail lines, highways and airports
nature and extent of injuries
building information - floor drains and ventilation
Ways to verify information obtained from the Survey Hazardous Material Incident
- correct answer ERG
contact Chemtrec
contact shippers
where can you find additional references to obtain information already received -
correct answer shipper/owner
electronic database
other references
incident involving criminal or terrorist activity - correct answer Secondary events
intended to incapacitate or delay emergency responders
armed resistance
use of weapons
booby traps
secondary contamination from handling patients
possible indicators: vegetation discoloration, sudden onset of casualties,
unexplained vapors and odors
,Hazmat Operations Exam Questions
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In the fire protection handbook, the information to be collected is divided into six
basic group - correct answer material ID info
physical property
chemical property
physical hazards
health hazards
response information
What does collecting the information allows the operations level responder? -
correct answer determine the defensive options that can be performed safely,
given the personnel and equipment available
how are haz mat classified? - correct answer According to their primary danger
and assigned standardized symbols to ID the class/division
Class 1 - correct answer Explosive
Class 1 Major Hazard - correct answer Explosion
Class 1 Definition - correct answer any substance or article, including a device
that is designed to function by explosion or that by chemical reaction within itself,
is able to function by explosion
Division 1.1 - correct answer Mass Explosion hazard - mass explosion is one that
affects almost the entire load instantly
example - black powder, dynamite, TNT
Division 1.2 - correct answer Projection hazard - but not mass explosion
example - aerial flares, detonation cord, power device cartridges
Division 1.3 - correct answer Fire hazard, minor blast hazard , minor projection
hazard, NO mass explosion
example - liquid fueled rocket motors, propellant explosive
, Hazmat Operations Exam Questions
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Division 1.4 - correct answer Minor explosion hazard (no more than 25 grams of
detonating material)
example - practice ammo, signal cartridges
Division 1.5 - correct answer Very insensitive explosive with mass explosion
hazard - under normal conditions
example - prilled ammonium nitrate fertilizers, fuel oil mix
Division 1.6 - correct answer Extremely insensitive no mass explosive hazard
example: squib device ( small explosive with considerably less explosive power
Class 1 placard - correct answer orange placard with bursting ball
Class 2 - correct answer Compressed gas
Class 2 Major Hazard - correct answer BLEVE
What is BLEVE - correct answer Boiling Liquid expanding vapor explosion
Division 2.1 - correct answer Flammable Gas - boiling point of 68F or less and
that is ignitable when a mixture of 13% or less by volume with air
ex - propane, methyl chloride
Division 2.1 placard - correct answer red background with white flame
Division 2.2 - correct answer non flammable, non poisonous gas -
ex - carbon dioxide, compressed nitrogen, anhydrous ammonia
Division 2.2 placard - correct answer Green Bakground, white cilinder
what is a cryogenic and what division - correct answer refrigerated liquefied gas
having a boiling point colder than -130F
division 2.2
Division 2.3 - correct answer Poisonous Gas - gasses that vaporized easily and
that are very dangerous to life, even in small amounts. Is known to be so toxic to
humans as to pose a hazard to health during transportation
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