Hazmat Awareness - Operations

Chapter 10

Knowledge Check

1. Diatomaceous earth, baking powder, and activated carbon are examples of:
2. When should victims undergo decon?
3. What generally determines the technology or device needed to monitor the effectiveness of decontamination operations?
4. How are victims going through decontamination prioritized?
5. Although it is important to protect the environment, decon should NEVER be delayed to protect the environment if:
6. normally, removal of deceased victims from the hot zone will occur:
7. The four primary types of decon are emergency, technical, and:
8. Which of the following is MOST likely NOT to be a factor influencing the priority of treatment for ambulatory victims?
9. Evidence collected on scene must be decontaminated in conjunction with:
10. When should decontamination be considered?
11. The technical decontamination process that uses a material to change the chemical structure of a hazardous material is:
12. What is the process in which a hazardous liquid interacts with ( or is bound to) the surface of a sorbent material?
13. The physical process of rapidly reducing or removing contaminants from multiple persons in potentially life-threatening situations is called:
14. The chronology of events, activities that occurred during an incident, and decon procedures must be documented in the:
15. Mass decon can most readily and effectively be accomplished with:
16. If a criminal suspect must be decontaminated, they should be:
17. Technical decon would MOST likely be used:
18. What should happen before entry personnel enter the hot zone?
19. When decontaminating women, try to:
20. If the decontamination site cannot be placed on terrain that slopes toward the hot zone, first responders may have to: