Hazwoper 40 - Lesson 1: Regulation Overview Questions
With All Correct Answers
Who is NOT covered under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response section of OSHA?
• A worker cleaning up hazardous waste sites
• A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house
• Anyone working with hazardous waste at TDS's
• Someone responding to emergencies involving hazardous material releases
correct answer -A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under
their house
When did hazardous waste legislation first start to go into effect? correct
answer -1970s (October 21, 1976 - The Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA))
Which is NOT a source for OSHA standards?
• Consensus standards
• Propriety standards
• Some federal worker protection laws
• Work standard developed by the individual company correct answer -
Work standard developed by the individual company
What lists the general and permanent rules of federal agencies?
• The Federal Register
• The OSHA CD-ROM
• The OSHA Manual
• The Code of Federal Regulations correct answer -The Code of Federal
Regulations
The Hazard Communication Standard:
• A. Is a broad general guideline suggesting how companies should handle
chemicals
• B. Was created in response to the need to protect workers from chemicals in
the workplace
• C. Requires employers to evaluate chemical hazards in their facilities and to
communicate the hazard information to employees
• D. B and C correct answer -D. B and C
With All Correct Answers
Who is NOT covered under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response section of OSHA?
• A worker cleaning up hazardous waste sites
• A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house
• Anyone working with hazardous waste at TDS's
• Someone responding to emergencies involving hazardous material releases
correct answer -A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under
their house
When did hazardous waste legislation first start to go into effect? correct
answer -1970s (October 21, 1976 - The Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA))
Which is NOT a source for OSHA standards?
• Consensus standards
• Propriety standards
• Some federal worker protection laws
• Work standard developed by the individual company correct answer -
Work standard developed by the individual company
What lists the general and permanent rules of federal agencies?
• The Federal Register
• The OSHA CD-ROM
• The OSHA Manual
• The Code of Federal Regulations correct answer -The Code of Federal
Regulations
The Hazard Communication Standard:
• A. Is a broad general guideline suggesting how companies should handle
chemicals
• B. Was created in response to the need to protect workers from chemicals in
the workplace
• C. Requires employers to evaluate chemical hazards in their facilities and to
communicate the hazard information to employees
• D. B and C correct answer -D. B and C
