Hazmat Awareness - Operations

Chapter 14

Knowledge Check

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