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HAZWOPER 40 Hour Training Exam Questions & Answers
HAZWOPER 40 Hour Training Exam Questions & Answers
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HAZWOPER 40 Hour Training ExamQuestions & Answers
Additive Chemical Reaction - -This occurs when toxic chemicals add their
effects together in producing a biological effect.
-Antagonism - -This occurs when the effect of two chemicals is less than
expected.
-Asphyxiants - -These are chemicals that deprive the victim\'s body tissues
of oxygen. Examples include carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide.
-Carcinogens - -These are known to cause cancer. This is a chronic effect
and symptoms are not immediate. Examples include benzene and asbestos
fibers.
-Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - -This lists the general and permanent
rules of federal agencies.
-Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) - -This regulates and enforces the cleanup of abandoned
hazardous waste sites and hazardous waste sites created prior to RCRA.
-Contamination Reduction Corridor (CRC) - -This is the passageway between
the Exclusion Zone and the Support Zone used for the decontamination
process. OSHA letters and CPLs call the corridor a zone.
-Contamination Reduction Zone (CRZ) - -This is a warm zone or transition
zone. Its purpose is to reduce the probability of contamination in the clean
Support Zone.
-Contingency plan - -This is a written document that sets forth policies and
procedures for responding to site emergencies.
-Corrosive material - -A chemical that causes visible destruction of, or
irreversible alterations in, living tissue by chemical action at the site of
contact.
-Decontamination (Decon) - -This is the process of removing or neutralizing
contaminants that have accumulated on personnel and equipment.
-Ergonomics - -This is the term that refers to arranging the work
environment for an individual\'s body requirements. It involves designing
, tasks, work stations, controls, displays, safety devices, tools, and equipment
to fit the worker.
-Excavation - -Means any man-made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in an
earth surface, formed by earth removal.
-Exclusion zone - -This is the contaminated area where the cleanup work is
to be performed.
-Geologic data - -Information having to do with the geology of the earth;
facts about the structure of an area that contains rock and minerals; data
used to describe the physical structure of a specific land site.
-Hazard - -This is any substance, situation, or condition that is capable of
harming human health, property, or the environment. It represents a
potential for harm.
-Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) - -This Standard requires
employers to evaluate chemical hazards in their facilities and to
communicate the hazard information to employees.
-Hazardous waste - -This is the term describing a hazardous substance that
has no commercial value.
-Hot line - -This is the outer boundary of the exclusion zone.
-Hydrologic data - -Hydrology is the study of the distribution and flow of
global water. Hydrologic data quantifies water cycles and resources, as well
as water quality, conditions, etc.
-Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) - -This denotes an
atmosphere that poses an immediate threat to life, would cause irreversible
adverse health effect, or would impair one\'s ability to escape from a
dangerous atmosphere.
-Irritants - -A chemical, which is not corrosive, but which causes a reversible
inflammatory effect on living tissue by chemical action at the site of contact.
-Lethal dose (Lethal concentration) - -This is the specific amount of a
particular material needed to cause a percentage of deaths in a sample
group of lab animals.
-Lockout - -This is the process of blocking the flow of energy from a power
source to a piece of equipment and keeping it blocked out.
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