An Introduction to Hazardous Materials COPIES

If you encounter a suspicious substance, you should:

Notify the appropriate authority

Permissible exposure limits are levels of exposures mandated by:

OSHA

The Federal law designed to regulate hazardous waste 'from cradle to grave' is:

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

The analysis of a situation to determine the level of risk inherent in that situation is called:

Risk assessment

One benefit of a sound community plan to deal with a hazardous materials emergency is:

Roles and responsibilities are defined

What is the recommended minimum number of personnel needed to manage a hazardous materials incident safely?

8

A chemical that, in relatively small amounts, produces injury when it comes in contact with skin tissue is known as:

A corrosive

Which of the following correctly identifies the four 'routes of entry' for toxic substances into the body:

Absorption, injection, ingestion, inhalation

Sensory clues to the possible presence of hazardous materials in water include:

All of these

The local role in reducing public risks from hazardous materials includes:

All of these

The tendency of chemicals to become more concentrated as they move up the food chain is known as:

Biomagnification

The Federal agency responsible for regulating interstate shipments of hazardous materials is:

Department of Transportation

Under EPCRA, Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) are charged with the responsibility to:

Develop an emergency plan to respond to hazardous materials incidents

A primary purpose of conducting a hazardous materials exercise is to find out:

Whether planned procedures work

You have just learned that a chemical you work with is a mutagen. What effect does this chemical have?

Causes a permanent change in the genetic material (DNA)

A person works every day with a toxic substance, but does not take protective measures. The individual will experience what type of exposure?

Chronic

Health affects resulting from contact with a hazardous substance over a long period of time is called:

Chronic exposure

The key components of a complete local plan include a basic plan, supporting annexes, and implementing procedures. The supporting annexes typically include:

Conceptual framework for emergency operations

The basic approaches to cleaning contaminated soil include:

Containment, off-site containment, on- or off-site treatment, or disposal

A person whose skin is coated with a toxic substance gives his/her contaminated clothing to another individual. This likely will result in what is called:

Cross-contamination

Standard approaches to waste disposal are generally regulated and managed by the:

EPA

Existing landfills are generally considered sufficient to serve as the sole means of disposing of the Nation's waste for the foreseeable future.

False

Formal mutual aid agreements with surrounding jurisdictions are seldom if ever needed, since everyone is ready to pitch in when an incident occurs.

False

In-place sheltering is never an appropriate option in an accident involving hazardous materials.

False

Once approved, an Emergency Operations Plan should never be revised, since this would create potential confusion in responding agencies.

False

The body has very efficient internal defenses which can remove any quantity of an unwanted substance.

False

The five phases of a hazardous material's life does not include production, transportation, storage, elimination, and disposal.

False

The presence of hazardous materials can always be detected by the sense of smell.

False

Under existing laws, States do not have broad authority to control how hazardous materials are stored, used, transported, and disposed of within their borders.

False

The primary hazard associated with most flammable liquids is:

Fire or explosion

A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) includes information on:

Health effects and physical properties of a specific chemical

The chemical agent or hazardous material that interferes with the body's ability to transfer oxygen to the cells is:

Hydrogen cyanide

Under what circumstances are judges likely to take immediate action to halt pollution before a violation of the law has been proven in court?

In extreme cases when the potential damage is clear and irreparable

The success of good site operations and the ability of employees to respond during emergencies is:

Initial and annual refresher training

Results of Commodity Flow Surveys can be obtained from:

LEPC

An industry's smokestack is an example of what type of source?

Point

Decontamination is needed in order to:

Remove contaminants from people and equipment

The Federal agency primarily responsible for protecting our environment from contamination by hazardous materials releases is:

The Environmental Protection Agency

Which Federal agency provides training, resource information and technical assistance to States to help them prepare for hazardous materials emergencies?

The Federal Emergency Management Agency

Which Federal law is intended to assure, so far as possible, safe working conditions?

The Occupational Safety and Health Act

By reading the placard on a tanker bearing hazardous materials, you can find out:

The hazard class of the substance being carried

In the NFPA 704 labeling system, a rating of 4 in any quadrant corresponds to:

The highest degree of hazard

Besides the LEPC, what local agencies may maintain specific information on industries in your community that use, store, or generate EHS-listed hazardous materials?

The local fire department

The code OXY in the bottom white quadrant of a label conforming to NFPA 704 indicates that:

The material can easily release oxygen to create or worsen a fire or explosion hazard

When treating a household incident involving exposure to a poison, your most reliable source of advice and expertise is:

The product's label

A toxic accident occurs in your neighborhood. Several adults, teenagers, and small children are present. Which group, if any, would likely be most severely affected?

The small children would be most severely affected

What is the primary purpose of a Hazardous Materials Response Team?

To provide the skills, knowledge, and technical equipment needed to offensively handle hazardous materials incidents

It is difficult and sometimes impossible to purify contaminated groundwater.

True

The EPCRA grants citizens the right to obtain information on hazardous materials in their community.

True

If you are caught outdoors in the vicinity of a hazardous materials incident, you should try to move away from the release:

Upstream, uphill, and upwind