Chapter 10

1. Which organization regulates hazardous material transportation and its pipeline in the U.S.?

2. What standard requires employers to identify hazards in the workplace and train employees how to recognize those hazards?

3. Which system provides a widely recognized method for indicating the presence of hazardous materials at commercial, manufacturing, institutional, and other fixed-storage facilities?

4. What resource can fire inspectors use to identify incompatible hazardous materials storage?

5. What resource can be used as a key for the unique identifiers assigned to hazardous materials?

6. The loss of which of the following stabilizing chemicals can cause an uncontrollable reaction?

7. What is needed to ignite a pyrophoric material?

8. Hazardous materials that are incompatible are considered separated if:

9. Which gases become liquids at ordinary temperatures and pressures?

10. The burden of reporting the storage and use of hazardous materials rests with:

11. Under the UN system, which classification includes explosives?

12. Who evaluates used storage equipment before it can be used again safely?

13. A liquid is classified as either flammable or combustible when it contains:

14. Which type of materials are capable of producing a sudden, violent expansion of gases that may be accompanied by a shock or pressure wave?

15. Gases that do not liquefy at normal temperature and pressure are:

16. How many classes of physical hazard materials are there?

17. Which of the following activities or processes that involve hazardous materials may be exempt from regulation?

18. How do corrosive classifications in model fire codes compare to the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Transport Canada (TC) regulations?

19. When it comes to product containment, what is one of the greater problems inspectors will find?

20. Which type of materials are those where a single brief exposure to the hazardous material can result in death, injury, or incapacitation?

21. Which type of spontaneously combustible material can ignite without external ignition sources within five minutes of coming into contact with air?

22. Organic peroxides only exist as solids or:

23. What should an inspector consult to determine the appropriate fire extinguishing agent according to the manufacturer's specifications for flammable solids that are metals?

24. What organization has codes or standards that apply to hazardous materials and includes Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1 and 2?

25. To accomplish a code's intent regarding hazardous materials storage, use, and handling, fire inspectors must become familiar with the applicable standards and:

26. Which transportation placards are required for trucks carrying products that include hazardous materials to travel freely among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico?

27. Where are military markings typically used?

28. Which of the following is a hazard associated with cryogenic liquids?

29. How do toxicity limits in model fire codes compare to the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Transport Canada (TC) regulations?

30. Which storage component can be designed so a container safely vents under controlled fire exposure?