HAZMAT OPERATIONS TEST PREP (LATEST UPDATE
) QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS |
100% CORRECT | GRADE A
What word would describe a chemical's ability to remain in the
environment? .....ANSWER.....Persistence
What are the components that make up the "reactivity triangle"?
.....ANSWER.....Oxidizing agent (oxygen), activation energy
(heat), reducing agent (fuel)
In this type of breach a container breaks into 2 or more (usually
large) pieces. .....ANSWER.....Runway Cracking
A Hazmat PPE that is one piece and protects against splashes,
vapors, and gases: .....ANSWER.....Encapsulating Suit
Numbers for Hazmat incidents .....ANSWER.....White pages (back
of ERG)
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The Geiger Counters are activated! What kind of a WMD
incident are you dealing with? .....ANSWER.....Nuclear Attack
What are the types of WMD incidents or "attacks"?
.....ANSWER.....CBRNE
(Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, etiological)
The maximum concentration to which an employee may be
exposed at any time, even instantaneously, as established by
OSHA is: .....ANSWER.....PEL-C
Permissible Exposure Limit/ceiling limit
What are Geiger Counters? .....ANSWER.....Monitoring devices
used to detect radiation
What types of containers are usually associated with Runway
Cracking? .....ANSWER.....Closed containers such as drums, tank
cars, cylinders
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What is the term used for when a container suffers a general loss
of integrity such as a glass bottle shattering or a grenade
exploding? .....ANSWER.....Disintegration
When mechanical stress comes into contact with a container (such
as forklifts puncturing drums) it is what type of breach?
.....ANSWER.....A puncture
When a seam fails (welded seam on a tank/ drum or a seam on
a bag of fertilizer rips) it is this kind of breach: .....ANSWER.....A
split or tear
What is it called when a container is stressed beyond the limits of
its design strength or ability to hold its contents and it opens and
releases those contents .....ANSWER.....A breach
What is the term that expresses the percentage of material (by
weight) that will dissolve in water at ambient temperature?
.....ANSWER.....Solubility