Hazmat Awareness - Operations

Chapter 14

Knowledge Check

1. Which process might be used for the temporary mitigation of radioactive and biological substances?
2. During the process of adsorption, the molecules of the liquid hazardous material:
3. Provided they have appropriate training, equipment, and PPE, Operations Level responders can take offensive actions, like leak control, in situations involving:
4. When choosing the type of ventilation to use, remember that:
5. Neutralization and vapor dispersion are:
6. Spill control tactics attempt to:
7. At a fixed facility or at a pipeline, responders should NOT shut any valves without direction from:
8. Diking, damming, diverting, and retention:
9. Why should responders avoid contact with flammable or combustible products?
10. To stop or limit the escape or to contain the release of a product either in its original container or by transferring it to a new one is the goal of:
11. Foam cannot seal vapors of:
12. Why should I Cs consult technical sources before using equipment to confine spilled materials?
13. What may indicate that the pressure within a container is increasing and that container failure may be imminent?
14. At an incident involving a break in an underground pipe, personnel should first evacuate the area immediately around the break and the area:
15. Responders usually use organic-based materials, such as activated charcoal or carbon, as:
16. How can water be used in flammable and combustible liquid fire control?
17. If the products of combustion present fewer hazards than the leaking chemical, the best course of action may be to:
18. A defensive spill-control tactic that confines a hazardous material, rather than changing its physical and/or chemical properties, is:
19. One problem associated with dispersion is that it can:
20. The most common cause of a BLEVE is when: