Chapter 5

1. Experience has shown that the critical success factors in the first hour of a hazmat response will typically include all of the following EXCEPT the ability:

2. The ability of emergency responders initially to size up and assess the clues that hazardous materials may be involved starts with the quantity and quality of information received from:

3. Of the functions described in the Eight Step Process©, which one is considered to be the most critical function that public safety personnel perform?

4. Ensuring the incident priorities are accomplished in a safe, timely, and effective manner is the goal for which part of the Eight Step Process©?

5. Which of the following is one of the primary types of protective clothing commonly used at a hazardous materials incident?

6. Which goal of the Eight Step Process© provides for the timely and effective management, coordination, and dissemination of all pertinent data, information, and resources among all of the players?

7. Which objective within the Eight Step Process seeks to ensure that all emergency response personnel have the appropriate level of personal protective clothing and equipment for the expected tasks?

8. Personnel not directly involved in the overall command and control of the incident should be removed from which area?

9. Following the information management and resource coordination step, which would be next in the Eight Step Process©?

10. If the incident has entered the post-emergency phase, the focus of the response personnel will switch to all of the following EXCEPT:

11. The Eight Step Process© is widely used throughout the country by governmental and private sector hazardous materials response teams for the _______ management of hazardous materials emergencies.

12. The Eight Step Process© should be viewed as a flexible guideline, not as a:

13. Which of the following is NOT an item on the checklist for the site management and control step of the Eight Step Process©?

14. Wearing any type and level of impermeable protecting clothing creates the potential for which type of injury?

15. When evaluating the use of specialized protective clothing, which of the following is NOT one of the factors for consideration?

16. In which phase of the Eight Step Process© do emergency responders implement the best available strategic goals and tactical objectives that will produce the most favorable outcome?

17. Of the eight functions within the Eight Step Process©, which is the first step?

18. Common strategies to protect people and stabilize the problem are typically implemented by all of the following EXCEPT:

19. Which of the following is best described as the pursuit of a passive attack until the arrival of additional personnel or equipment, or allowing the fire to burn itself out?

20. Which of the following best describes the goal of the site management and control function of the Eight Step Process©?

21. Responders should remember that even when the hazardous substances have been initially identified, the information should always be:

22. Which of the following is best described as responders controlling or mitigating the emergency remote from the area of highest risk?

23. The following best describes the goal of which function of the Eight Step Process©: “Assess the hazards present, evaluate the level of risk, and establish an incident action plan to make the problem go away”?

24. Which of the following is best described as responders controlling or mitigating the emergency from within the area of high risk?

25. During the “identify the problem” step of the Eight Step Process©, what will the incident commander gather from offensive or defensive reconnaissance of the situation?

26. Which of the following is NOT part of the information management and risk evaluation goals of the Eight Step Process©?

27. Which step in the Eight Step Process© is considered a critical benchmark in the overall success of the response and is the foundation on which all subsequent response functions, strategies, and tactics are built?

28. Which step involves managing and securing the physical layout of the incident?

29. What is the step that takes place before terminating the incident in the Eight Step Process©?

30. Identifying the scope and nature of the problem such as type of container and exposures and recognition, identification, and verification of the hazardous material or weapon of mass destruction involved is a description of which function/step of the Eight Step Process?