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1. How are standards for hazardous materials
They are issued by
devel- oped?
nongovernmental agen-
a)
cies such as NFPA.
They are laws passed by several states'
legislatures. b)
They are created separately by each fire
department. c)
They are formed by participation from industry
man- ufacturers.
d)
They are issued by nongovernmental agencies
such as NFPA.
2. What is the term for any material that poses an unrea- Hazardous
material
sonable risk to human health, safety, or the
environ- ment?
a)
Hazardous
good b)
Dangerous
material c)
Hazardous
material d)
Dangerous commodity
3. Which committees gather and disseminate c
informa- tion about hazardous materials to o
the public? m
a) m
IOSCO regional i
committees b) t
Local emergency planning t
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ees c) Local emergency
planning committees
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USFA annual planning
committees d)
Industry self-monitoring committees
4. Which federal agency enforces and DOT
publicizes laws and regulations governing
transportation of goods? a)
OSA
b)
DOT
c)
DOHA
d)
OPA
5. Which entity determines whether a need Authority having jurisdic-
exists to
provide mission-specific competency training for local tion (AHJ)
operations level hazardous materials
responders? a)
Authority having jurisdiction
(AHJ) b)
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) c)
State fire
marshal d)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
6. Incident planning should focus on both the real threats that
the real threats that exist in the exist in adjacent
department's community and: communities that the
a) department might as-
threats that are not real today, but that may sist.
become
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real as technology T
changes. b) h
random threats; always expect the unexpected, e
espe- cially with the terrorism concerns of the
new millenni- um. t
c) y
the real threats that exist in adjacent p
communities that the department might e
assist.
d) o
model threats, which exercise all the available f
re- sources in a standard set of
circumstances. e
q
7. The OSHA HAZWOPER regulation mandates that u
op- erations level hazardous materials/WMD i
responders must be trained to respond in p
a(n) m
e
fashion. a) n
indirect t
b)
offensiv c
e c) )
passive The level of
d) protection
defensive
8. What dictates the actions taken at a hazardous
mate- rials incident?
a)
The chemical
involved b)