OFM Hazmat Awareness and Operations
1. What type of product poses an unreasonable risk to health or property when transported, stored, or
used in commerce?
A. Hazard class.
B. Hazardous chemical.
C. **C. Hazardous material.**
D. Hazardous substance.
2. What are the two types of potent...
1. What type of product poses an unreasonable risk to health or property when transported, stored, or
used in commerce?
A. Hazard class.
B. Hazardous chemical.
C. **C. Hazardous material.**
D. Hazardous substance.
2. What are the two types of potential hazards found in the Emergency Response Guidebook?
A. Reactivity and solubility.
B. Spill and leak.
C. Corrosive and flammable.
D. **D. Health and fire or explosion.**
3. How is a hazardous materials scene approached?
A. From well-paved roads.
B. From upwind, uphill, or upstream **(Correct)**
C. From downhill, downwind, or downstream.
D. From the most direct route.
4. Where are Safety Data Sheets (SDS) located?
A. At a multi-use building.
B. With personnel who do not have specialized hazardous materials training.
C. **C. Where hazardous materials are used or stored.**
,D. Where back-up emergency power is not available.
5. What is the four-digit number appearing on a placard or an orange panel on a tank car called?
A. United Nations (UN) product identification number **(Correct)**
B. Capacity of the tank car.
C. Last date the tank car was pressure tested.
D. Tank car registration number.
6. What does the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704 System identify?
A. General hazard and degree of severity **(Correct)**
B. Specific product identification.
C. Transport Canada hazard class.
D. United Nations hazard class.
7. Which quadrant of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704 system identifies that a
product is water reactive?
A. Blue
B. Red
C. **C. White**
D. Yellow
8. How do United Nations (UN) placards identify general hazards?
A. By using the numbers 0-4 to indicate relative risk.
B. By always indicating the product name.
C. **C. By giving the hazard class number**
, D. By changing the style of the placard.
9. A bill of lading, which contains valuable information about the origin of the product, is used when
transporting a product by what mode?
A. Road **(Correct)**
B. Rail.
C. Marine.
D. Aviation.
10. Who has responsibility for the care and control of a dangerous cargo manifest?
A. Truck driver.
B. Contractor.
C. **C. Ship captain**
D. Aircraft pilot.
What does a Hazard Class 3 within the hazard classification system indicate?
A. Flammable gas.
B. Flammable solid.
C. Flammable/combustible liquid
D. Poisonous liquid.
C. Flammable/combustible liquid
What Hazard Class is used to label a substance that readily yields oxygen to support combustion of
fuels?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 8
D. 9
A. 5
What hazard classification system number indicates a container of flammable solids?
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