HAZMAT Test.pdf - Martin County, Florida

MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
FIRST RESPONDER AWARENESS
LEVEL TRAINING
1. T or F A Hazardous material is any substance or
material (solid, liquid or gas) that when released
into the environment is capable of causing
damage, injury, illness or death.
2. What does TEAM CPR mean?
a. Thermal, Etiological, Asphyxiation, Mechanical,
Chemical, Psychological, Radiological
b. Thermal, Easy, Assiphex, Machinraph, Chase Psycopah,
Radiograph.
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
3. T or F You as the first responder always have a duty to
act, but never exceed your level of training and
protection.
4. What does RIP Not mean:
a. Rest, in Peace, Neat
b. Report, Investigation, Protect, Notify
c. Recognition, Isolation, Protection, Notification, Time &
Distance
d. None of the above
5. The Emergency Response Guide’s purpose is:
a. An aid for identification of the materials involved
b. Outlines basic initial actions
c. Recommends protective action areas
d. Serves as an initial incident safety plan
e. All the above.
6. T or F Florida Legislature passed the Florida
Hazardous Materials Emergency Response
and Community Right-to-Know Act in 1988.

7. According to the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook, for a
large spill of compressed gas, toxic oxidizing, corrosive NOS (Not
Otherwise Specified) Inhalation Hazard Zone C, i.d. #3306 you
must isolate ________ in all directions.
a. 100 ft
b. 500 ft
c. 750 ft
d. 1,000 ft
8. T or F The six basic clues to recognition are
- occupancy and location
- container shape and size
- placards and labels
- shipping papers/facility documents
- markings and colors
- human senses
9. T or F The five modes of hazardous material
transportation are rail, air, marine, highway,
and pipeline.
10. According to the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook, what
page number in the blue pages would you find the material Copper
Cyanide?
a. 113
b. 117
c. 135
d. 103
11. Some classifications of containers are:
a. Portable
b. Fixed
c. Transportation
d. All of the above
12. Explosives are divided up in subdivision. Some of these are:
a. Mass explosion hazard
b. Projectile hazard
c. Very insensitive explosives
d. All the above
13. There are nine hazard classes. Some of these are:
a. Explosives & gas
b. Flammable liquids & solids
c. Toxic & infectious substances
d. All of the above

14. Infectious substances can be the following:
a. Human blood
b. Anthrax
c. Bleach and water
d. A and B only
15. Miscellaneous hazardous materials could be one of the following:
a. Ice
b. Quick Lime, Metallic Mercury & asphalt
c. Cement
d. None of the above
16. You have a train derailment at NE Dixie Highway and SR 707. You
see on one of the over turned rail cars a yellow placard with
OXIDIZER on it. Where would you find the shipping papers and
facility documents?
a. With the conductor
b. At the train terminal
c. At the train dispatch center
d. At the shipping company office
17. What does MSDS stand for?
a. Master Safety Data Sheets
b. Manufactures Substance Data Sheets
c. Material Safety Data Sheets
d. None of the above
18. T or F Colors on Containers are always standard?
19. What does WMD stand for?
a. Waste Material Destruction
b. Weapon for Marine Details
c. Weapon of Mass Destruction
d. Weather Monitoring Device
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20. The difference between chemical versus biological incidents is,
biological has:
a. Rapid response
b. Wide spread migration of the illness
c. Gradual on set without odors or colors
d. Natural indications
e. B and C only

21. The proper steps for the use of the Emergency Response Guide
Book is:
a. Recognize and identify hazardous materials
b. Look up guide page numbers
c. Take basic protective actions according to the guide page
d. All of the above
22. A basic protective action in a hazardous material incident would be:
a. Approach an incident from uphill and upwind
b. Use binoculars to identify labeling
c. Look for all hazards
d. Relay hazards and safety information to others
e. All of the above.
23. Who implements the incident command system?
a. You, the deputy sheriff
b. The EMT-firefighter
c. The senior response official
d. All the above
24. T or F To prevent secondary contamination, you
should not allow anyone or anything to leave the area without being
evaluated.
25. T or F All deputies should have an Emergency
Response Guidebook in their patrol cars.