Hazmat Quiz 4

Which of the following statements about a BLEVE is MOST accurate?

Catastrophic container failure can result

Which of the following statements about state of matter is MOST accurate?

Gaseous, liquid, and solid materials behave differently.

When should a first responder take steps to gather sufficient information to identify the hazardous materials

as soon as the incident is identified as hazmat

Flammability, corrosivity, and reactivity are.......properties of a material

chemical

A material's autoignition temperature is....... its flash and fire points.

considerably higher than

Most gases have a vapor..... greater than one and will sink in relation to ambient air.

density

One danger of gasses is that they can...

displace oxygen, creating an asphyxiating atmosphere

What term describes the ability of two or more gases or liquids to mix or dissolve into each other?

miscibility

In general, a product's hazard class is assigned based on its.....

most dangerous chemical and/or physical properties.

The types of ionizing radiation are alpha, beta, gamma, and

neutron

When should odor be used to determine safe or unsafe areas?

never

Vapor pressure, boiling point, specific gravity, appearance, and odor are some of the..... of a material

physical properties

The....... of a substance describes its relative ability to undergo a chemical reaction with itself or other materials.

reactivity

Materials with a specific gravity greater then one will

sink in water

The least mobile of the three states of matter are...

solids

Which of the following statements about biological (etiological) hazards is MOST accurate?

some biological hazards have been weaponized

In addition to identifying hazmat containers and their contents, first responders need to

survey surrounding conditions

The degree to which a substance cause harm within the body is called its

toxicity

The pressures produced or exerted by the vapors released by a liquid is called its.

vapor pressure

Liquids may be easier then gasses to detect because they are usually ...

visible