Industrial Disaster Management - Quiz-3

1) Which of the following will be found on a Material Safety Data Sheet?
(a) Spill and leak procedures
(b) Health Hazard Information
(c) Special protection Information
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)


2) Section 2 of an MSDS will have information about
(a) Hazardous ingredirents
(b) Fire and Explosion data
(c) Reactivity data
(d) Manufacturers' data
Answer: (a)


3) In case of an emergency involving a chemical or product, an emergency telephone number can be found in which section of the MSDS? 
(a) Section 1
(b) Section 2
(c) Section 5
(d) Section 8
Answer: (a)

4) The yellow portion of a NFPA diamond represents:
(a) Health Hazard
(b) Flammability Hazard
(c) Reactivity Hazard
(d) Special Hazard Information
Answer: (b)


5) The ill-health effect caused by one-time, sudden, high exposures is often called:
(a) Chronic effect
(b) Acute effect
(c) Systematic effect
Answer: (b)

6) Monitoring the levels of exposure to toxic substances is medically done through analysis of body fluids e.g. blood, urine, expired air etc. The process is known as:
(a) Condition monitoring
(b) Biological conditioning
(c) Exposure monitoring
(d) Biological monitoring
Answer: (d)

7) The ratio of Amount of toxic chemical to the IDLH value of the chemical is called:
(a) Fire Load
(b) Toxic Load
(c) Pollution Load
(d) Toxicological Load
Answer: (b)

8) Which of the following steps of Toxic Risk Assessment exercise considers the possible routes of entry of chemicals into body and its reaction thereby?
(a) 1st step
(b) 2nd step
(c) 3rd step
(d) 4th step
Answer: (c)

9) About 2 ppm of Chlorine concentration in Air causes?
(a) Irritation of eyes and nose
(b) Irritation of throat
(c) Intense cough & fits
(d) Immediate death
Answer: (a)