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- When dealing with a radiological incident involving a leak or spill, what exposure guidelines
should the hazmat first responder use to minimize radioactive contamination?
- Time, distance, half-life
- lonizing radiation, non-iodizing radiation, half-life
- Time, distance, shielding
- Alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays - ANSWER✔✔Time, distance, shielding
- The steps that are taken to preserve the health and safety of emergency responders and the
public during an incident involving releases of hazardous materials are called:
- protective actions
- isolating the hazard area and denying entry
- evacuation procedures
- protect in place procedures - ANSWER✔✔protective actions
3. The most important part of assessment is:
- calling for the appropriate help to mitigate the incident
- recognizing the presence of hazardous materials
- determining the appropriate actions to be taken recommended by the Emergency Response
Guidebook (ERG) D. securing the area of the emergency - ANSWER✔✔recognizing the presence of hazardous materials 1 / 4
- A major difference between a hazardous materials incident and other types of emergencies is
the fact that hazmat incidents:
- can be more complex
- occur less frequently
- occur more frequently
- occur in specific locations - ANSWER✔✔can be more complex
- The four-digit number appearing on a placard or an orange panel of a tank care is the:
- United Nations (UN) product identification number
- capacity of the tank car
- last date the tank car was pressure tested
- tank car registration number - ANSWER✔✔United Nations (UN) product identification
number
- A white quadrant in the 6 o'clock position of the National Fire Protection Association 704
System is used to indicate:
- health hazards.
- special hazards
- Reactivity - ANSWER✔✔special hazards
B flammability
- United Nations/Department of Transportation (UN/DOT) placards indicate general hazard
recognition by:
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- using the numbers 0-4 to indicate relative risk
- always indicating the product name
- giving the UN hazard class number
- the shape of the placard - ANSWER✔✔giving the UN hazard class number
8. The normal location for the bill of lading is in the:
- wheelhouse
- cockpit.
- locomotive
- cab of the truck. - ANSWER✔✔cab of the truck
9. When transporting hazardous materials, the shipping papers should contain:
- hazard class of the material
- CHEMTREC phone number
- antidotes for the material
- recommended protective actions - ANSWER✔✔hazard class of the material
- The department of Transportation (DOT) Placarding System requires a vehicle carrying
nonflammable compressed gas to display a placard colored:
- red
- yellow
- green
- orange - ANSWER✔✔green
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- Which label indicates the product is a gas? - ANSWER✔✔D. Class 2 Gas
- Directions: Given the illustration below of a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704
placard, answer this and the following three questions
Position # 1 is the information and degree of hazard relating to a chemical's
- flammability
- health
- special information
- reactivity - ANSWER✔✔health (blue)
- Position # 2 is the information and degree of hazard relating to a chemical 's:
- flammability
- health
- reactivity
- special information - ANSWER✔✔flammability (red)
- Position # 3 is the information and degree of hazard relating to a chemical 's:
- special information
- health
- reactivity
- flammability - ANSWER✔✔reactivity (yellow)
- Position # 4 is the information and degree of hazard relating to a chemicals
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