Detailed Answers.
Identify the three organizations who is local, state, and federal requirements you need
to comply with at the HazMat Awareness Level - ANSWER- Occupational safety and
health administration (OSHA)
Department of transportation (DOT)
Environmental protection agency (EPA)
When analyzing hazardous materials incident at the awareness level, you are
responsible for - ANSWER- Recognizing the presence of hazardous materials
The DOT class for radioactive materials is: - ANSWER- 7
DOT class 6, division 1 materials consists of: - ANSWER- Poisonous materials
A material that is flammable solid would be classified as a class _________ hazardous
material - ANSWER- 4.1
Match each DOT hazard class and division with its description - ANSWER- 1 flammable
solid
2 spontaneously combustible material
3 dangerous when wet material
The type of material found in DOT class 2, division 2 is a(n): - ANSWER- Liquefied gas
Class 8 of the DOT hazard classification contains - ANSWER- Corrosive materials
Identify the truck that can transport liquid petroleum products, such as gasoline and jet
fuel - ANSWER- A (White front, silver body)
When hazardous materials are being transported by rail, The shipping papers are most
likely to be: - ANSWER- With the conductor or engineer
Identify the three pieces of information that will be found on all shipping papers -
ANSWER- proper shipping name
four digit UN/NA number
hazard class
When analyzing a hazardous materials incident at the awareness level, you are
responsible for: - ANSWER- 1 fire and explosion data ( extinguishing medium)
, 2 reactivity data (incompatibility)
3 Health hazards (exposure hazards)
4 physical data (Solubility in water)
The military warning symbol image indicates the: - ANSWER- Presence of a harassing
agent
Identify four types of locations that could become targets for criminal or terrorist activity
using hazardous materials - ANSWER- Military installations
Telecommunication facilities
Places of historical significance
Mass transit systems
All of the following may be sensory clues that you k can use to recognize the presence
of a hazardous material except: - ANSWER- Looking in the health hazard section of the
SDS
At a fixed facility, the best places to look for the names of the hazardous materials are
the SDS and the: - ANSWER- Emergency planning documents
When analyzing a hazardous materials incident at the awareness level, you are
responsible for: - ANSWER- 1 Caused by exposure to extreme temperatures, either hot
or cold (thermal)
2 Materials that are toxic to humans if inhaled, swallowed, absorbed, or enter through
breaks in the skin (poisonous)
3 Living microscopic organisms, like germs, they can enter the body (etiologic)
4 Can destroy body tissue in contact (Corrosive)
Using your sense of smell to identify a hazardous material can put you at risk of
exposure by way of: - ANSWER- Inhalation
Corrosive material that damages the skin or body tissue is considered exposure by: -
ANSWER- Contact
The placard image indicates a (a):
(Orange placard. Explosion on top. 3 * at bottom. Number 1)
Explosion - ANSWER-
Match each mode of transportation with the title of the shipping paper that would be
used
Bill of lading = Highway