HAZWOPER Operations

Practice Exam

Knowledge Check

1. While streams and pools are common dispersion patterns for container breaches involving liquids, many liquids also:
2. Which of the following is considered a nonbulk container?
3. Where in the ERG would you find information about terrorist use of chemical, biological, or radiological agents?
4. Hazardous materials accidents or incidents are most likely to occur during what type of transportation?
5. Gases with a vapor density of _____ will rise quickly and spread to a wide geographical area.
6. Which class of hazards is characterized by thermal and mechanical hazards in the form of blast pressure waves, shrapnel and fragmentation, and incendiary thermal effects?
7. Defensive operations are those in which:
8. The hazardous materials most likely to be involved in incidents and accidents are those:
9. The chemical property used to describe substances that destroy living tissue is:
10. Rounded or horseshoe-shaped ends are features associated with which type of tank trucks?
11. Safety data sheets:
12. In Canada, general caution signals are:
13. Which statement about pipelines is MOST accurate?
14. Which type of ionizing radiation consists of high-energy photons?
15. Cryogenic liquid tank cars protect the contents from temperatures for how long?
16. Which type of container breach has been documented as causing a BLEVE?
17. Viscosity determines the ease with which a product will flow and is greatly affected by:
18. In the United States, the Department of Justice:
19. The first step in mitigating or solving any hazmat incident is:
20. Acute health effects are:
21. The fittings for pressure tank cars are typically:
22. What is the pressure exerted by a saturated vapor above its own liquid in a closed container?
23. A leak from a domestic natural gas line on the consumer side of the meter is generally considered a:
24. Which of the following statements about pressure containers is the MOST accurate?
25. What is the responsibility of Operations level personnel during the planning response phase of a hazmat incident?
26. The damaging effects of ionizing radiation occur at the _____ level.
27. MC-331 cargo tanks typically have bolted manways, inlet and outlet valves, and:
28. OSHA issues (and enforces) regulations relating to:
29. In the NFPA 704 System, where are special hazards symbols located?
30. The interior of an empty nonpressure/atmosphere storage tank should be treated as a: