HAZWOPER 40 - LESSON 1:
REGULATION OVERVIEW EXAM
GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ASNWERS
The Hazard Communication Standard:
• A. Is a broad general guideline suggesting how companies should handle chemicals
• B. Was created in response to the need to protect workers from chemicals in the
workplace
• C. Requires employers to evaluate chemical hazards in their facilities and to
communicate the hazard information to employees
• D. B and C - ANSWER -D. B and C
True how which one of these statements is NOT true?
• OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• The OSHA act resulted in the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration or OSHA
• Employers take all responsibility under the OSH Act
• OSHA went into effect in 1971 - ANSWER -OSHA went into effect in 1971
The HazCom program must be written and available to employees.
• True
• False - ANSWER -True
What sec. of OSHA covers hazardous waste operations and emergency response?
• 49 CFR 1910. 120
• 29 CFR 1910.120
• 50 CFR 2020.13
• 17 CFR 1910.130 - ANSWER -29 CFR 1910.120
Who is NOT covered under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response section of OSHA?
• A worker cleaning up hazardous waste sites
• A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house
• Anyone working with hazardous waste at TDS's
• Someone responding to emergencies involving hazardous material releases -
ANSWER -A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house
When did hazardous waste legislation first start to go into effect? - ANSWER -1970s
(October 21, 1976 - The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA))
REGULATION OVERVIEW EXAM
GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ASNWERS
The Hazard Communication Standard:
• A. Is a broad general guideline suggesting how companies should handle chemicals
• B. Was created in response to the need to protect workers from chemicals in the
workplace
• C. Requires employers to evaluate chemical hazards in their facilities and to
communicate the hazard information to employees
• D. B and C - ANSWER -D. B and C
True how which one of these statements is NOT true?
• OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• The OSHA act resulted in the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration or OSHA
• Employers take all responsibility under the OSH Act
• OSHA went into effect in 1971 - ANSWER -OSHA went into effect in 1971
The HazCom program must be written and available to employees.
• True
• False - ANSWER -True
What sec. of OSHA covers hazardous waste operations and emergency response?
• 49 CFR 1910. 120
• 29 CFR 1910.120
• 50 CFR 2020.13
• 17 CFR 1910.130 - ANSWER -29 CFR 1910.120
Who is NOT covered under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response section of OSHA?
• A worker cleaning up hazardous waste sites
• A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house
• Anyone working with hazardous waste at TDS's
• Someone responding to emergencies involving hazardous material releases -
ANSWER -A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house
When did hazardous waste legislation first start to go into effect? - ANSWER -1970s
(October 21, 1976 - The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA))
