Questions and Answers
When analyzing a hazardous materials incident at the Awareness level, you are
responsible for:
recognizing the presence of hazardous materials
Identify your FOUR main responsibilities at the Awareness level.
-call for trained personnel
-recognize the presence of hazardous materials
-protect yourself
-secure the area
The DOT Class for radioactive materials is:
7
Class 8 of the DOT hazard classification contains:
corrosive materials
Match each DOT hazard class and division with its description.
-Class 4, Division 1
-Class 4, Division 2
-Class 4, Division 3
-Class 4, Division 1: Flammable solid
-Class 4, Division 2: Spontaneously combustible material
-Class 4, Division 3: Dangerous-when-wet material
Explosives that have a fire hazard and either a minor blast or minor projection
hazard, or both, but no mass explosion hazard are in the DOT Class 1, Division:
3
A material that is a flammable solid would be classified as a Class ____
hazardous material.
4.1
Using the DOT hazard classification system, certain hazards can be determined
by the:
color of the label or placard.
When hazardous materials are being transported by rail, the shipping papers are
most likely to be:
with the conductor or engineer.
The person responsible for having the shipping papers on a ship carrying
hazardous cargo is the:
captain.
Identify the THREE pieces of information that should always be printed on a
pipeline warning sign.
-ownership of the pipeline
-emergency phone number
-information about the pipeline contents
The symbol below (an X with a 2 in the center) indicates a: