Certified Environmental and Safety
Compliance Officer Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
1. RCRA stands for ____. - Correct answer-d) Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act
2. RCRA focuses on regulating hazardous waste at active facilities, whereas
abandoned or
historical sites are addressed by _____________. - Correct answer-c)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
3. Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is dedicated to ____.
- Correct answer-b) Non-hazardous Solid Waste
4. Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is dedicated to ____ -
Correct answer-c) Hazardous Solid Waste
5. Used oil management standards are covered under 40 CFR Part _____. - Correct
answer-b) Part 279
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, 6. Agricultural producers who generate an average of _______ per month from
vehicles or
machinery per calendar year are exempt from Used Oil Management regulations. -
Correct answer-b) 25 gallons or less
7. Of the following ways to manage hazardous waste, which would the EPA
emphasize
first through its waste management hierarchy? - Correct answer-b) Source
Reduction
8. Hazardous wastes are regulated in the United States under which environmental
regulatory act? - Correct answer-d) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA)
9. ________ are any solid, semisolid, or liquid wastes generated from a wastewater
treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control device. -
Correct answer-a) Sludges
10. Domestic sewage or sanitary waste is regulated under _________. - Correct
answer-c) CWA
11. The ______ includes wastes from certain common industrial and
manufacturing
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Compliance Officer Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
1. RCRA stands for ____. - Correct answer-d) Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act
2. RCRA focuses on regulating hazardous waste at active facilities, whereas
abandoned or
historical sites are addressed by _____________. - Correct answer-c)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
3. Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is dedicated to ____.
- Correct answer-b) Non-hazardous Solid Waste
4. Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is dedicated to ____ -
Correct answer-c) Hazardous Solid Waste
5. Used oil management standards are covered under 40 CFR Part _____. - Correct
answer-b) Part 279
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, 6. Agricultural producers who generate an average of _______ per month from
vehicles or
machinery per calendar year are exempt from Used Oil Management regulations. -
Correct answer-b) 25 gallons or less
7. Of the following ways to manage hazardous waste, which would the EPA
emphasize
first through its waste management hierarchy? - Correct answer-b) Source
Reduction
8. Hazardous wastes are regulated in the United States under which environmental
regulatory act? - Correct answer-d) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA)
9. ________ are any solid, semisolid, or liquid wastes generated from a wastewater
treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control device. -
Correct answer-a) Sludges
10. Domestic sewage or sanitary waste is regulated under _________. - Correct
answer-c) CWA
11. The ______ includes wastes from certain common industrial and
manufacturing
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