Hazardness Materials Awareness and Operations
1. What does AHJ stand for?: Authority Having Jurisdiction
2. What is defined by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation (DOT) any substance or material that is
capable of posing an unreasonable risk to human health, safety, or the environment, when
transported in commerce, used incorrectly, or not properly contained or stored?: Hazardous
Material
3. In the United Nations hazardous materials are called what?: Dangerous Goods
4. CBRNE stands for?: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive
5. What is considered what remains after a process or manufacturing activity has used a substance
and the material is no longer pure?: Hazardous Waste
6. Are issued and enforced by governmental bodies such as the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), part of the U.S. Dept. of Labor, and the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).: Regulations
7. Are issued by nongovernmental entities and are generally consensus based.: Standards
8. NFPA standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materi- als/Weapons of Mass
Destruction Incidents.: NFPA 472
9. NFPA Standard for Hazardous Material/ Weapons of Mass Destruction Emer- gency Response
Personnel Professional Qualifications.: NFPA 1072
10.NFPA Standard for Competencies for EMS Personnel Responding to Haz- ardous
Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents.: NFPA 473
11.NFPA Standard Recommended Practice for Organizing, Managing, and Sustaining a Hazardous
Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Emergency Response Program.: NFPA 475
12.The OSHA document containing the hazardous materials response com- pentencies is commonly
referred to as?: HAZWOPER (HAZardous Waste OPer- ations and Emergency Response).
13.NFPA Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications.: NFPA 1001
14.Per NFPA 1072 Section 4.1.1 are persons who, during the course of their normal duties, could
encounter an emergency involving hazardous materi- als/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and
who are expected to recognize the presence of the hazardous materials/WMD, protect themselves,
call for trained personnel, and secure the area.: Awareness Level Personnel
15.Per NFPA 1072 are those persons who are tasked to respond to hazardous materials/WMD
incidents for the purpose of taking action to protect nearby persons, the environment, or property
from the effects of the release.: Opera- tions Level Responders
16.Per NFPA 1072 Section 7.1.1 are those persons who respond to hazardous materials/WMD
incidents using a risk- based response process by which
, Hazardness Materials Awareness and Operations
they analyze a problem involving hazardous materials/WMD, plan a response to the problem, impleme
the planned response, evaluate progress of the planned response, and assist in terminating the
incident.: Hazardous Materials Technician
17.What organization promulgated and published laws and regulations that govern the
transportation of goods by highway, rail, pipeline, air, and, in some cases, marine transport?: DOT
18.Created a method and standard practice for local community to under- stand and be aware of
the chemical hazards in the community.: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
1986 (SARA)
19.Requires a business that handles certain types and amounts of chemicals to report storage type,
quantity, and storage methods to the fire dept. and the local emergency planning committee.:
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
20.Gather and disseminate information about hazardous materials to the public.: Local
emergency planning committees (LEPCs)
21.Acts as a liaison between local and state levels of authority.: State Emer- gency Response
Commission (SERC)
22.Include any occupancy type or facility that prevents a high potential for loss of life or serious
impact to the community resulting from fire, explosion, or chemical release.: Target Hazards
23.How many tons of hazardous materials are shipped annually in the United States by rail,
highway, sea, and air?: More than 4 billion
24.Per the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), which produces the largest databases on chemical
information, including the CAS Registry, more than how many organic and inorganic substances
are registered for use in com- merce in the US, with several thousand new ones being introduced
each year?: 129 million
25.On any hazardous materials incident, your first action should always be to what?: Approach the
scene from a safe location and direction.
26.During scene size-up of a hazardous materials incident what does the plan know as, SIN, stand
for?: Safety, Isolate, Notify
27.Is any vessel or receptacle that hold a material?: Container
28.Is used to operate the openings on the top of a closed-head drum?: Bung Wrench
29.Is a glass, plastic, or steel container that holds 5 to 15 gallons of product?-
: Carboy
30.What kind of compressed gas cylinders are used to store substances such as nitrogen, argon,
helium, and oxygen?: Uninsulated
1. What does AHJ stand for?: Authority Having Jurisdiction
2. What is defined by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation (DOT) any substance or material that is
capable of posing an unreasonable risk to human health, safety, or the environment, when
transported in commerce, used incorrectly, or not properly contained or stored?: Hazardous
Material
3. In the United Nations hazardous materials are called what?: Dangerous Goods
4. CBRNE stands for?: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive
5. What is considered what remains after a process or manufacturing activity has used a substance
and the material is no longer pure?: Hazardous Waste
6. Are issued and enforced by governmental bodies such as the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), part of the U.S. Dept. of Labor, and the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).: Regulations
7. Are issued by nongovernmental entities and are generally consensus based.: Standards
8. NFPA standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materi- als/Weapons of Mass
Destruction Incidents.: NFPA 472
9. NFPA Standard for Hazardous Material/ Weapons of Mass Destruction Emer- gency Response
Personnel Professional Qualifications.: NFPA 1072
10.NFPA Standard for Competencies for EMS Personnel Responding to Haz- ardous
Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents.: NFPA 473
11.NFPA Standard Recommended Practice for Organizing, Managing, and Sustaining a Hazardous
Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Emergency Response Program.: NFPA 475
12.The OSHA document containing the hazardous materials response com- pentencies is commonly
referred to as?: HAZWOPER (HAZardous Waste OPer- ations and Emergency Response).
13.NFPA Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications.: NFPA 1001
14.Per NFPA 1072 Section 4.1.1 are persons who, during the course of their normal duties, could
encounter an emergency involving hazardous materi- als/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and
who are expected to recognize the presence of the hazardous materials/WMD, protect themselves,
call for trained personnel, and secure the area.: Awareness Level Personnel
15.Per NFPA 1072 are those persons who are tasked to respond to hazardous materials/WMD
incidents for the purpose of taking action to protect nearby persons, the environment, or property
from the effects of the release.: Opera- tions Level Responders
16.Per NFPA 1072 Section 7.1.1 are those persons who respond to hazardous materials/WMD
incidents using a risk- based response process by which
, Hazardness Materials Awareness and Operations
they analyze a problem involving hazardous materials/WMD, plan a response to the problem, impleme
the planned response, evaluate progress of the planned response, and assist in terminating the
incident.: Hazardous Materials Technician
17.What organization promulgated and published laws and regulations that govern the
transportation of goods by highway, rail, pipeline, air, and, in some cases, marine transport?: DOT
18.Created a method and standard practice for local community to under- stand and be aware of
the chemical hazards in the community.: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
1986 (SARA)
19.Requires a business that handles certain types and amounts of chemicals to report storage type,
quantity, and storage methods to the fire dept. and the local emergency planning committee.:
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
20.Gather and disseminate information about hazardous materials to the public.: Local
emergency planning committees (LEPCs)
21.Acts as a liaison between local and state levels of authority.: State Emer- gency Response
Commission (SERC)
22.Include any occupancy type or facility that prevents a high potential for loss of life or serious
impact to the community resulting from fire, explosion, or chemical release.: Target Hazards
23.How many tons of hazardous materials are shipped annually in the United States by rail,
highway, sea, and air?: More than 4 billion
24.Per the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), which produces the largest databases on chemical
information, including the CAS Registry, more than how many organic and inorganic substances
are registered for use in com- merce in the US, with several thousand new ones being introduced
each year?: 129 million
25.On any hazardous materials incident, your first action should always be to what?: Approach the
scene from a safe location and direction.
26.During scene size-up of a hazardous materials incident what does the plan know as, SIN, stand
for?: Safety, Isolate, Notify
27.Is any vessel or receptacle that hold a material?: Container
28.Is used to operate the openings on the top of a closed-head drum?: Bung Wrench
29.Is a glass, plastic, or steel container that holds 5 to 15 gallons of product?-
: Carboy
30.What kind of compressed gas cylinders are used to store substances such as nitrogen, argon,
helium, and oxygen?: Uninsulated
