Hazmat Awareness - Operations

Chapter 14

Knowledge Check

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