Hazmat Awareness - Operations

Chapter 1

Knowledge Check

1. What level of responder is expected to identify potential hazards at an incident including the type of container involved, the hazardous material involved, and the hazards presented by the material, but does not perform offensive actions?
2. In the United States, the agency that oversees and enforces compliance with the Federal Hazardous Substance Act (FSHA) is the:
3. In the United States, transportation of hazardous materials via air, highway, pipeline, rail, or water is regulated by the:
4. The process of taking in hazardous materials through the skin or eyes is defined as:
5. The NFPA:
6. The NFPA:
7. In the United States, transportation of hazardous materials via air, highway, pipeline, rail, or water is regulated by the:
8. Which first responders are allowed to perform some defensive actions, but, with some exceptions, are not expected to come into contact with hazardous materials?
9. Awareness level personnel are expected to:
10. The role of the hazardous materials technician specialist is to:
11. Hazmat incidents often:
12. Which of the following is a Canadian agency that regulates dangerous goods/hazardous materials?
13. At complex hazmat incidents, first responders:
14. Chemicals or biological substances that cause sickness, illness, or injmy by doing damage on the molecular scale are examples of:
15. At complex hazmat incidents, first responders:
16. Fire service professional organizations testified before the U.S. Congress and requested inclusion of emergency responders in the provisions of the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) based on:
17. Fire service professional organizations testified before the U.S. Congress and requested inclusion of emergency responders in the provisions of the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) based on:
18. In Step 4 of the APIE process, responders:
19. Chemicals or biological substances that cause sickness, illness, or injmy by doing damage on the molecular scale are examples of:
20. In the United States, the agency that oversees and enforces compliance with the Federal Hazardous Substance Act (FSHA) is the:
21. The process of taking in hazardous materials through the skin or eyes is defined as:
22. Awareness level personnel are expected to:
23. Which first responders are allowed to perform some defensive actions, but, with some exceptions, are not expected to come into contact with hazardous materials?
24. In Step 4 of the APIE process, responders:
25. The role of the hazardous materials technician specialist is to:
26. In the United States, the agency that manages national nuclear research and defense programs is called the:
27. In the United States, the agency that manages national nuclear research and defense programs is called the:
28. What level of responder is expected to identify potential hazards at an incident including the type of container involved, the hazardous material involved, and the hazards presented by the material, but does not perform offensive actions?
29. Which of the following is a Canadian agency that regulates dangerous goods/hazardous materials?
30. Hazmat incidents often: