Question 1
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What influences how a container will behave when damaged or ruptured?
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Size of the initial isolation area
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The speed with which notifications were performed
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Accuracy of preincident plans and predetermined procedures
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Physical and chemical properties of the marerial and container
Question 2
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When does the first responder gather info to determine the amount or level of hazards present and the risks associated with the incident?
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When the hazmat team arrives
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Once the incident is concluded
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Incident scene analysis or size up
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Once life safety priorities have been met
Question 3
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Which statement about the General Hazardous Materials Behavior Model is MOST accurate?
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It assumes that all hazardous materials react the same way
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The behavior model is specific to incidents involving BLEVEs
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It predicts the type and amount of harm caused by a hazardous material after container breach
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It describes a general pattern regarding how a hazardous material and its container are likely to behave
Question 4
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What is the term for the event in which a container is stressed beyond the limits of recovery and opens and releases its contents
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BLEVE
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Breach
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Release
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Detonation
Question 5
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The dispersion of material from a container is sometimes referred to as:
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Spillage
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Blanketing
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Engulfment
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Disintegration
Question 6
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If an incident involves a pressure container, any product is likely to:
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Detonate
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Sublimate
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Behave as a gas
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Behave as a solid
Question 7
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Hemispheric pattern, cloud, plume, and cone are types of common:
Question 8
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Which statement about bulk facility storage tanks is MOST accurate
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They come in many varieties
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These pressure containers are all spherical
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They rated to 15 psi (103 kPa) or greater
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Because they are fixed, they are not hazardous
Question 9
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Which of the following provides visual clues to the presence of underground bulk facility tanks?
Question 10
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Cargo tank trucks, dry bulk containers, and mixed load containers are examples of:
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Fixed facility containers for hazardous materials
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Railway cars that transport hazardous materials
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Highway vehicles that transport hazardous materials
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Seagoing vessels that transport hazardous materials
Question 11
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When involved in fire or an unusual chemical reaction, which of the following cargo tanks is LEAST likely to rupture violently?
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MC-33
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Cryogenic
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Low pressure
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High pressure
Question 12
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Tank cars carry the bulk of the hazardous materials transported by:
Question 13
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Reporting marks, capacity stencil, and specification markings are types of North American
Question 14
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Freight containers and tank containers are both types of:
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Intermodal tanks
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Facility containers
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Cryogenic containers
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Low pressure tank cars
Question 15
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Intermodal containers carrying hazardous materials must have:
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Reinforced steel frames
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Easily reachable release valves
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Provider shipping names stenciled on two sides
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Contents stenciled in 6-inch high red letters
Question 16
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Ton containers, Y cylinders, and Y ton containers are types of:
Question 17
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Which of the following statements about ton containers is MOST accurate
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They are usually nonpressure tanks
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They are the largest type of fixed facility containers
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They are normally stored on their ends to save space
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They typically release their contents as gases or vapors
Question 18
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Y cylinders are a type of:
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Drum
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Railway car
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Compressed gas cylinders
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Nonpressure gas cylinder
Question 19
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Which statement about radioactive materials containers is MOST accurate?
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Radioactive fuels are often transmitted via pipeline
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Because they are so uncommon, their transportation is not regulated
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All radioactive materials or materials that may have been in contact with radioactive materials must be packed the same way
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The type of packaging used to transport radioactive materials is determined by the activity, type, and form of the material to be shipped
Question 20
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What type of nonbulk packaging is designed to store and dispense cryogenic materials
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Drum
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Jerrican
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Cylinder
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Dewar flask