Fire 6 Ch 31-33 Quiz 2

A _____ can access live information from product specialists or access volumes of technical data from over 6 million SDS.

• firefighter

• responder

• paramedic

• technician

An important first step in understanding the hazards associated with any chemical involves identifying the ______, or physical state, of the substance.

• state of matter

• state of properties

• state of pressure

• state of chemicals

Generally speaking there are three main types of stress that can cause a container to fail:

• Thermal; Chemical; Mechanical

• Thermal; Mechanical; Physical

• Chemical; Mechanical; Electrical

• Mechanical; Thermal; Flammable

The heat created from fire or cold generated by environmental factors or substances such as cryogenics is _____ stress.

• thermal

• chemical

• mechanical

• pysical

The interaction of incompatible chemicals and/or the physical and chemical properties of a substance and how those substances interact inside or outside a container may lead to overpressure, disintegration, or other kinds of failure of any type of container is ______ stress.

• thermal

• chemical

• mechanical

• flammable

falling debris, shrapnel, firearms, explosives, forklift puncture, and the like are all examples of how mechanical means can cause container failure is _____ stress.

• thermal

• chemical

• mechanical

• physical

chemicals can undergo a ________ when they are subject to environmental influences such as heat, cold, and pressure.

• mechanical change

• physical change

• chemical change

• thermal change

Like water, propane gas is subject to _______ change based on environmental influences such as heat and cold,

• physical

• chemical

• chemical

• thermal

A BLEVE (_...) occurs when pressurized liquified materials inside a closed vessel are exposed to a source of high heat.

• Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion

• Boiling liquid extinguishing vapor explosion

• Building liquid expanding vapor extinguishment

• Building liquid expanding vapor explosion

The _______ is a description of the volume increase that occurs when a compressed liquified gas changes to a gas.

• expansion ratio

• expulsion ratio

• enlargement ratio

• expand ratio