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Virginia Hazardous Materials Operations Exam Actual
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What are the 6 HAZMAT behavior model categories? -
Answer-Stress, breach, release, engulf, impinge, and
harm
What does TRACEM mean? - Answer-Thermal, radiation,
asphyxiation, chemical, etiological, and mechanical
What is the DECIDE process? - Answer-Detect the
presence of a hazardous material, estimate likely harm,
choose incident response objectives, identify action
options, do the best option, and evaluate progress
What does the DECIDE process help the responder
develop? - Answer-Strategy and tactics
What is a gas? - Answer-Any material with no definite
shape or volume and have a boiling point less than 68
degrees F
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What is a liquid? - Answer-Any material that has definite
volume and takes shape of its container. Has a boiling
point greater than 68 degrees F
What is a cryogenic liquid? - Answer-Refrigerated liquefied
gas having a boiling point colder than -130 degrees F
What is liquefied compressed gas? - Answer-A gas
packaged under pressure is partially liquid at temperatures
above 58 degrees F
What is a solid? - Answer-Any material that has definite
volume and shape with a melting point above ambient
temperatures
What does sublime mean? - Answer-Changing from a
solid straight to a gaseous state
What is boiling point? - Answer-The temperature liquids
change into a gas or vapor at its maximum rate or the
temperature which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals
atmospheric pressure
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What does volatile mean? - Answer-Giving off large
amounts of vapor
What does LEPC stand for? - Answer-Local emergency
planning committee
What does SARA stand for? - Answer-Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act
Hazardous materials - Answer-Substances that pose a
danger to the health and safety of organisms
Hazardous substances - Answer-Any substance that can
cause harm to the health and safety of employees
What does RCRA stand for? - Answer-Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
What does CRBNE stand for? - Answer-Chemical,
radiological, biological, nuclear, and explosive
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What does SOSC mean? - Answer-State on-scene
coordinator
What does RHMO mean? - Answer-Regional hazardous
materials officer
What is vapor pressure? - Answer-The pressure the vapor
of a liquid exerts on its container when the vapor and
liquid in in equilibrium
What is considered 1 atmosphere? - Answer-760 mmHg
or 14.7 psi
What is vapor density (vapor specific gravity) ? - Answer-
The ratio of the density of a volume of gas as compared to
the same volume of air
What is specific gravity? - Answer-The ratio of the density
of a volume of a liquid as compared to the same volume
as water
What is solubility? - Answer-The ability of a material to
dissolve in water
Virginia Hazardous Materials Operations Exam Actual
Test||Verified Questions and Correct Answers With
Rationales LATEST THIS YEAR.pdf 1||NEWEST
EXAM!!!
What are the 6 HAZMAT behavior model categories? -
Answer-Stress, breach, release, engulf, impinge, and
harm
What does TRACEM mean? - Answer-Thermal, radiation,
asphyxiation, chemical, etiological, and mechanical
What is the DECIDE process? - Answer-Detect the
presence of a hazardous material, estimate likely harm,
choose incident response objectives, identify action
options, do the best option, and evaluate progress
What does the DECIDE process help the responder
develop? - Answer-Strategy and tactics
What is a gas? - Answer-Any material with no definite
shape or volume and have a boiling point less than 68
degrees F
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What is a liquid? - Answer-Any material that has definite
volume and takes shape of its container. Has a boiling
point greater than 68 degrees F
What is a cryogenic liquid? - Answer-Refrigerated liquefied
gas having a boiling point colder than -130 degrees F
What is liquefied compressed gas? - Answer-A gas
packaged under pressure is partially liquid at temperatures
above 58 degrees F
What is a solid? - Answer-Any material that has definite
volume and shape with a melting point above ambient
temperatures
What does sublime mean? - Answer-Changing from a
solid straight to a gaseous state
What is boiling point? - Answer-The temperature liquids
change into a gas or vapor at its maximum rate or the
temperature which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals
atmospheric pressure
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What does volatile mean? - Answer-Giving off large
amounts of vapor
What does LEPC stand for? - Answer-Local emergency
planning committee
What does SARA stand for? - Answer-Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act
Hazardous materials - Answer-Substances that pose a
danger to the health and safety of organisms
Hazardous substances - Answer-Any substance that can
cause harm to the health and safety of employees
What does RCRA stand for? - Answer-Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
What does CRBNE stand for? - Answer-Chemical,
radiological, biological, nuclear, and explosive
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What does SOSC mean? - Answer-State on-scene
coordinator
What does RHMO mean? - Answer-Regional hazardous
materials officer
What is vapor pressure? - Answer-The pressure the vapor
of a liquid exerts on its container when the vapor and
liquid in in equilibrium
What is considered 1 atmosphere? - Answer-760 mmHg
or 14.7 psi
What is vapor density (vapor specific gravity) ? - Answer-
The ratio of the density of a volume of gas as compared to
the same volume of air
What is specific gravity? - Answer-The ratio of the density
of a volume of a liquid as compared to the same volume
as water
What is solubility? - Answer-The ability of a material to
dissolve in water
