HAZWOPER 40-Exam 1 Questions With All Correct
Answers
Which federal conservation act was passed in response to catastropic
environmental events like the Love Canal, and Times Beach Missouri
incidents? correct answer -RCRA
What does RCRA stand for? correct answer -Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act
What does HSWA stand for? correct answer -Hazardous and Solid Waste
Ammendments
What does TSD stand for? correct answer -Treatment, storage, and
disposal
What does MSWLF stand for? correct answer -Municipal Solid Waste
Landfill
What does CERCLA stand for? correct answer -Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
What does FRAL stand for? correct answer -First Responder Awareness
Level
What does FROL stand for? correct answer -First Responder Operations
Level
What does ISO stand for? correct answer -International Standards
Organization
What does API stand for? correct answer -American Petroleum Institute
What does ClI stand for? correct answer -Chlorine Institute
What does CMA stand for? correct answer -Chemical Manufactures
Association
, What does ACGIH stand for? correct answer -American Coucil of
Government Industrial Hygienists
What does NTP stand for? correct answer -National Toxicology Program
What does IARC stand for? correct answer -International Agency for
Research on Cancer
What does RTECS stand for? correct answer -Registry of Toxic Effects of
Chemical Substances
Which federal conservation program's regulations can be found at 40 CFR
240-282? correct answer -RCRA
List the three major ammendments to RCRA. correct answer -HSWA
Federal facilities compliance act
Land disposal program flexibility act
Which RCRA ammendment was inacted in response to citizen concern that the
existing methods of hazardous waste disposal, particularly land disposal, were
not safe? correct answer -Hazardous and Solid Waste Ammendments
Which RCRA ammendment strengthed the EPAs authority to enforce RCRA
regulations ad federal facilities? correct answer -Federal facilities
compliance act
Which RCRA ammendment was enacted to provide regulatory flexibility in the
land disposal of certain wastes? correct answer -Land disposal program
flexibility act
List the three major programs that make up RCRA. correct answer -
Hazardous Waste (Subtitle C)
Solid Waste (Subtitle D)
Underground Storage Tanks (Subtitle I)
The _____ RCRA program was established to manage hazardous wastes from
the _____ ___ ____ ____ ____ (a phrase) correct answer -Hazardous Waste,
cradle to grave and beyond
Answers
Which federal conservation act was passed in response to catastropic
environmental events like the Love Canal, and Times Beach Missouri
incidents? correct answer -RCRA
What does RCRA stand for? correct answer -Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act
What does HSWA stand for? correct answer -Hazardous and Solid Waste
Ammendments
What does TSD stand for? correct answer -Treatment, storage, and
disposal
What does MSWLF stand for? correct answer -Municipal Solid Waste
Landfill
What does CERCLA stand for? correct answer -Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
What does FRAL stand for? correct answer -First Responder Awareness
Level
What does FROL stand for? correct answer -First Responder Operations
Level
What does ISO stand for? correct answer -International Standards
Organization
What does API stand for? correct answer -American Petroleum Institute
What does ClI stand for? correct answer -Chlorine Institute
What does CMA stand for? correct answer -Chemical Manufactures
Association
, What does ACGIH stand for? correct answer -American Coucil of
Government Industrial Hygienists
What does NTP stand for? correct answer -National Toxicology Program
What does IARC stand for? correct answer -International Agency for
Research on Cancer
What does RTECS stand for? correct answer -Registry of Toxic Effects of
Chemical Substances
Which federal conservation program's regulations can be found at 40 CFR
240-282? correct answer -RCRA
List the three major ammendments to RCRA. correct answer -HSWA
Federal facilities compliance act
Land disposal program flexibility act
Which RCRA ammendment was inacted in response to citizen concern that the
existing methods of hazardous waste disposal, particularly land disposal, were
not safe? correct answer -Hazardous and Solid Waste Ammendments
Which RCRA ammendment strengthed the EPAs authority to enforce RCRA
regulations ad federal facilities? correct answer -Federal facilities
compliance act
Which RCRA ammendment was enacted to provide regulatory flexibility in the
land disposal of certain wastes? correct answer -Land disposal program
flexibility act
List the three major programs that make up RCRA. correct answer -
Hazardous Waste (Subtitle C)
Solid Waste (Subtitle D)
Underground Storage Tanks (Subtitle I)
The _____ RCRA program was established to manage hazardous wastes from
the _____ ___ ____ ____ ____ (a phrase) correct answer -Hazardous Waste,
cradle to grave and beyond
