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MONTHLY  HAZ MAT QUIZ
Haz Mat Industry Technician
Month of Sept 1999

This quiz will test your ability to recall items which are related to Hazard and Risk Assessment

1.  The definition of  Hazard and Risk Assessment can best be defined by the following:
    a.  An area which can pose a hazard to responders and  assessing  it’s danger
    b.  Sizing up a situation, taking all factors involved and arriving at a sound decision
    c.  Identifying an area which has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere
    d.  Recognizing safety or health hazards

2.  Materials can have several chemical and physical properties?
    a.  True
    b.  False

3.  Risk can best be defined as:
    a.  Identifying Environmental, Mechanical, Physiological, Psychological hazards
    b.  Probability that damage to life, property, and the environment will occur
    c.  Potential Haz Mat Atmosphere, engulfment hazards, safety or health hazards
    d.  Intangibles that that cannot be referenced

4.  Terms that best relate to Fire Hazards are:
    a.  Flammability, Reactivity, Fire Point
  b.  Ignition point, Flash temperature, Flame production
    c.  Flash point, Ignition temperature, Flammable Range
    d.  Boiling point, Melting point, Flash rate

5.  Sometimes it may be best to do nothing if that Hazards and Risk are too great?
    a.  True
    b.  False

6.  Monitoring Devices can best be described as:
    a.  Devices which protect users against hazards
    b.  Instruments used to take readings and ID Risk and properties
    c.  Instruments used to detect contaminants and warn responders of hazards
    d.  Instruments used to assess hazards and risk

7.  Name the most important term we most recognize to avoid a material?
    a.  Threshold Limit Value / TLV
    b.  Lethal Dose 50 / LD50
    c.  Parts Per Million / PPM
    d.  Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health / IDLH

8.  A minimum of three reference sources should be used to assess hazards?
    a.  True
    b.  False

9.  Name the three forms of Haz Mats?
    a.
    b.
    c.

10.  Name the four items that can help you ID a material?
    1.  ________
    2.  ________
    3.  ________
    4.  ________

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