Practice Exam

1. OSHA issues (and enforces) regulations relating to:

2. What is the pressure exerted by a saturated vapor above its own liquid in a closed container?

3. Gases with a vapor density of _____ will rise quickly and spread to a wide geographical area.

4. Cryogenic liquid tank cars protect the contents from temperatures for how long?

5. In the United States, the Department of Justice:

6. The fittings for pressure tank cars are typically:

7. Which of the following is considered a nonbulk container?

8. Viscosity determines the ease with which a product will flow and is greatly affected by:

9. Rounded or horseshoe-shaped ends are features associated with which type of tank trucks?

10. While streams and pools are common dispersion patterns for container breaches involving liquids, many liquids also:

11. The hazardous materials most likely to be involved in incidents and accidents are those:

12. What is the responsibility of Operations level personnel during the planning response phase of a hazmat incident?

13. Which type of ionizing radiation consists of high-energy photons?

14. Safety data sheets:

15. Which class of hazards is characterized by thermal and mechanical hazards in the form of blast pressure waves, shrapnel and fragmentation, and incendiary thermal effects?

16. The chemical property used to describe substances that destroy living tissue is:

17. The damaging effects of ionizing radiation occur at the _____ level.

18. Which type of container breach has been documented as causing a BLEVE?

19. Which of the following statements about pressure containers is the MOST accurate?

20. In the NFPA 704 System, where are special hazards symbols located?

21. Hazardous materials accidents or incidents are most likely to occur during what type of transportation?

22. Defensive operations are those in which:

23. Acute health effects are:

24. Where in the ERG would you find information about terrorist use of chemical, biological, or radiological agents?

25. A leak from a domestic natural gas line on the consumer side of the meter is generally considered a:

26. The interior of an empty nonpressure/atmosphere storage tank should be treated as a:

27. The first step in mitigating or solving any hazmat incident is:

28. In Canada, general caution signals are:

29. MC-331 cargo tanks typically have bolted manways, inlet and outlet valves, and:

30. Which statement about pipelines is MOST accurate?