Complete your DOT Hazardous Materials awareness training with these practice questions and answers. This guide covers the nine hazard classes, placards and labels, shipping papers, and emergency response procedures.
Q: Which of the following is an Awareness-Level competency?
Answer: Analyze the incident to detect the possible presence of a hazardous material.
Q: Which of the following may provide the FIRST clue that hazardous materials may be involved in an incident?
Answer: Occupancy Type
Q: Which of the following is an occupancy that is MOST likely to hold significant quantities of hazardous materials?
Answer: Hardware store
Q: Which of the following are diamond-shaped, color coded signs provided by the shipper to identify the materials used on transport vehicles?
Answer: DOT placards
Q: On which of the following are DOT labels found?
Answer: Bulk packages
Q: How are DOT labels different from DOT placards?
Answer: DOT labels are placed on individual packages
Q: Which of the following provides a widely recognized method for indicating the presence of hazardous materials at facilities?
Answer: NFPA 704 system
Q: In the NFPA 704 system, what number indicates a severe hazard?
Answer: 4
Q: In the NFPA 704 system, in which position are the special hazards?
Answer: Six o’clock
Q: Use the BLUE pages to search by name of material. What is the UN ID and Guide for sulfuric acid?
Answer: UNID 1830, Guide 137
Q: Use the YELLOW pages to search by United Nations (UN) identification number. What material is listed for UN 1017?
Answer: Chlorine
Q: Use the BLUE pages to search by name of material. What is gasoline’s UN ID?
Answer: 1203
Q: Use the BLUE pages to search by name of material. To what Guide page would you turn to determine response actions for gasoline?
Answer: 128
Q: Use the BLUE pages to find the following hazardous materials/WMDs.
Answer: Ammonia 125 Hydrogen Cyanide, Anhydrous, Stabilizied 117 Ethanol 127 Sarin 153
Q: What is the initial isolation zone when there is a small leak from a highway cargo tanker with the placard (oxygen tank with #’s 1005)
Answer: 30m 100ft
Q: What type of fire fighting foam should be used on a large spill fire involving a highway cargo tanker containing the product represented by this placard ( red fire placard #2398)
Answer: Alcohol-resistant foam
Q: What type of protective clothing should be worn to handle a spill involving hydrofluoric acid solution?
Answer: Chemical protective clothing specifically recommended by the manufacturer
Q: What are the recommended extinguishing agents for a small fire involving the materials with this UN number? #2288
Answer: Dry chemical, CO2, Water, Regular foam
Q: Which guide number should be used for the product spilled from the 55-gallon drum in the picture? (Black drum with a black substance)
Answer: 111
Q: Identify the hazards of this display found on an intermodal container. #886/1744
Answer: Corrosive, Toxicity
Q: What s the initial isolation for a large spill of sarin, UN 2810, when used as a weapon.
Answer: 400 m 1250 ft
Q: Which Guide number should be used for emergency response information with a spill involving material with this placard? ( red flammable placard)
Answer: 127
Q: For the product methyl dichloroacetate, what unusual health information is listed
Answer: Are extremely irritating/lachrymators
Q: What does the “P” stand for when you look up styrene monomer, stabilized
Answer: Polymerization hazard
Q: Blood Agents
Answer: Also known as chemical or cellular asphyxiants, these agents prevent the body’s cells from either receiving or using oxygen, depending on the specific agent involved.
Q: Nerve Agents
Answer: The equivalent of pesticides for humans, they are the most toxic of all the chemical WMDs, with the potential to cause death within minutes of exposure, depending on the concentration.
Q: Choking Agents
Answer: These respiratory agents were the first military chemical WMDs, and many are routinely common industrial processes.
Q: Vesicants
Answer: These agents are primarily skin contact hazards resulting in the formation of large blisters. These materials burn and blister the eyes, skin, mucous membranes and the respiratory system. Mild effects may resemble industrial corrosive burns.
Q: Biological Agents
Answer: Incidents involving these agents will probably unfold gradually, and magnify as time passes. The may affect EMS personnel more than other first responders with the possibility of pathogens being spread from one person to another.
Q: Radiation
Answer: These are materials which threaten responders because they can cause cellular death.
Q: You come across an incident where you find unusual glassware and tubing at an occupancy along with household batteries stripped open with lithium missing. What type of incident could this be>
Answer: Illicit Lab
Q: A call comes in indicating an unknown white powder has been found in an envelope. What type of incident could this be?
Answer: Biological
Q: There are multiple acutely ill victims at a scene and dispersal equipment is found nearby. What type of incident could this be?
Answer: Chemical
Q: Uranium is found in a residence and there was a report that some uranium was stolen. What type of incident could this be?
Answer: Radiological
Q: There is a report of an active shooter during a response to an explosion. What type of incident could this be?
Answer: Secondary threat
Q: An oversized backpack is abandoned on a transit bus during rush hour. What type of incident could this be?
Answer: Explosive
Q: Which of the following is an Awareness Level responsibility in implementing the planned response?
Answer: Recognize the type of container at a site and identify the material in the container if possible
Q: Which of the following provide a standard set of actions that are the core of every hazardous materials incident plan
Answer: predetermined procedures
Q: Emergency response plans are usually initiated by which of the following
Answer: first units on scene
Q: Which of the following is the boundary established to prevent access by the public or unauthorized persons
Answer: isolation perimeter