HAZWOPER QUIZ QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
HAZWOPER - ANSWER -Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
HAZCOM - ANSWER -Hazard Communication
CFR - ANSWER -Code of Federal Regulations
29 CFR - ANSWER -OSHA
40 CFR - ANSWER -EPA
49 CFR - ANSWER -DOT
PEL - ANSWER -Permissible Exposure Limit
OSHA - ANSWER -Occupational Safety and Health Administration
EPA - ANSWER -Environmental Protection Agency
DOT - ANSWER -Department of Transportation
LLR - ANSWER -Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
DHEC - ANSWER -Department of Health and Environmental Control
CERCLA - ANSWER -Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act
SARA - ANSWER -Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
RCRA - ANSWER -Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
CAA - ANSWER -Clean Air Act
CWA - ANSWER -Clean Water Act
OSHA 300 Log - ANSWER -- Annual log of injuries and illnesses
- Must be posted Feb 1 - APRIL 30 each year
TLV - ANSWER -Threshold Limit Value
IDLH - ANSWER -Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
, REL - ANSWER -Recommended Exposure Limit
TWA - ANSWER -Time Weighted Average
NIOSH - ANSWER -National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
ACGIH - ANSWER -American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
STEL - ANSWER -Short Term Exposure Limit
3 Hazard Controls - ANSWER -Engineering, Administrative, PPE
RGasD - ANSWER -Relative density of gas referenced to air
NFPA - ANSWER -National Fire Protection Association
UEL - ANSWER -Upper Explosive Limit
HMR - ANSWER -Hazardous Materials Regulations
NA Numbers - ANSWER -NA numbers (North America), are issued by the United States
Department of Transportation and are identical to UN numbers, except that some
substances without a UN number may have an NA number.
APR - ANSWER -Air Purifying Respirator
ICS - ANSWER -Incident Command System
FIFRA - ANSWER -Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
HMIS - ANSWER -Hazardous Material Identification System
Vapor Pressure - ANSWER -the pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid
Vapor Density - ANSWER -weight of a vapor compared to air
Flash Back - ANSWER -If this vapour trail contacts an ignition source, the fire produced
can flash back (or travel back) to the liquid.
Flash Point - ANSWER -the minimum temperature at which a liquid fuel produces
enough vapor to burn
Specific Gravity - ANSWER -ratio of a mineral's weight compared with the weight of an
equal volume of water
ANSWERS
HAZWOPER - ANSWER -Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
HAZCOM - ANSWER -Hazard Communication
CFR - ANSWER -Code of Federal Regulations
29 CFR - ANSWER -OSHA
40 CFR - ANSWER -EPA
49 CFR - ANSWER -DOT
PEL - ANSWER -Permissible Exposure Limit
OSHA - ANSWER -Occupational Safety and Health Administration
EPA - ANSWER -Environmental Protection Agency
DOT - ANSWER -Department of Transportation
LLR - ANSWER -Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
DHEC - ANSWER -Department of Health and Environmental Control
CERCLA - ANSWER -Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act
SARA - ANSWER -Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
RCRA - ANSWER -Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
CAA - ANSWER -Clean Air Act
CWA - ANSWER -Clean Water Act
OSHA 300 Log - ANSWER -- Annual log of injuries and illnesses
- Must be posted Feb 1 - APRIL 30 each year
TLV - ANSWER -Threshold Limit Value
IDLH - ANSWER -Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
, REL - ANSWER -Recommended Exposure Limit
TWA - ANSWER -Time Weighted Average
NIOSH - ANSWER -National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
ACGIH - ANSWER -American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
STEL - ANSWER -Short Term Exposure Limit
3 Hazard Controls - ANSWER -Engineering, Administrative, PPE
RGasD - ANSWER -Relative density of gas referenced to air
NFPA - ANSWER -National Fire Protection Association
UEL - ANSWER -Upper Explosive Limit
HMR - ANSWER -Hazardous Materials Regulations
NA Numbers - ANSWER -NA numbers (North America), are issued by the United States
Department of Transportation and are identical to UN numbers, except that some
substances without a UN number may have an NA number.
APR - ANSWER -Air Purifying Respirator
ICS - ANSWER -Incident Command System
FIFRA - ANSWER -Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
HMIS - ANSWER -Hazardous Material Identification System
Vapor Pressure - ANSWER -the pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid
Vapor Density - ANSWER -weight of a vapor compared to air
Flash Back - ANSWER -If this vapour trail contacts an ignition source, the fire produced
can flash back (or travel back) to the liquid.
Flash Point - ANSWER -the minimum temperature at which a liquid fuel produces
enough vapor to burn
Specific Gravity - ANSWER -ratio of a mineral's weight compared with the weight of an
equal volume of water
