Intro to Haz Mat
Any substances that pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety, property, and/or the environment if not properly controlled are known as:
hazardous materials (hazmat).
If a driver gets diesel onto their skin and the diesel absorbs into their body, they have been: (12)
exposed.
What is one indicator that the contents in a container are under high pressure? (44)
The container has a spherical shape.
Class 6 materials and substances include: (49)
toxic and infectious substances.
In which section of the ERG can you find a key to the UN/NA identification numbers? (68)
The yellow-bordered section
When particularly dangerous hazardous materials are used as weapons, they are known as: (7)
weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
What type of personnel are typically at a hazmat incident when it occurs, but can only perform limited defensive actions? (14)
Awareness Level Personnel
Which fixed storage container shape stores many liquid products at atmospheric to low pressure? (45)
Circular with flat ends
Which hazard class contains oxidizers and organic peroxides?
Class 5
On an intermodal tank or container, the bottom number on the orange panel is the: (69)
UN/NA identification number
What is the most common way that a hazardous material enters the body? (10)
Inhalation
Situational awareness must always be exercised while Awareness Level Personnel: (16)
analyze the incident.
A container with a horizontal shape and flat ends at a fixed facility is an indicator of: (46)
atmospheric to low pressure liquid storage.
Under the United Nations (UN) system, Class 2 hazards are:
gases.
What does the DOT call a reusable material suspected or known to contain an infectious substance that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, immunization, or biomedical research of humans or animals? (72)
Regulated medical waste
What is the route of entry when a material passes through skin or eyes and enters the body? (10)
Absorption
Which hazmat personnel are dispatched to the scene to perform defensive actions, but are not expected to come in direct contact with the hazardous material? (14)
Operations Level Responders
Lithium batteries and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are Class ____ hazardous materials. (65)
9 (Miscellaneous)
The hazards from which Hazard Class include a blast-pressure wave, shrapnel and fragmentation, and/or an incendiary thermal effect? (50 - 52)
Class 1 - Explosives
Which hazmat marking system would you most likely find at a fixed facility? (74)
NFPA 704 system
_____ health effects are long-term effects that may take years to appear, such as cancer.
Chronic
A _____ details procedures for implementing, complying, and enforcing a law. (20)
regulation
The color and number of each placard identifies: (66)
the hazard class of the contents.
Which Hazard Class is most likely to be transported and stored in pressure or cryogenic containers? (52)
Class 2 - Gases
Who regulates the manufacture and labeling of pesticides in the U.S.? (81)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)