# HAZWOPER First Responder Awareness Level Quiz Free practice quiz · 10 questions Answer every question, then press **Check my answers** to see your score and an explanation for each one. Study first with the guide: [HAZWOPER Emergency Response Training Levels: Awareness to Incident Commander](https://www.hazwoperosha.com/guides/emergency-response-training-levels/). **1. What is the main role of an awareness-level first responder?** - Plug and patch leaks - Recognize the release and notify the proper authorities - Command the response - Perform decontamination **Answer: Recognize the release and notify the proper authorities.** Awareness responders start the response by notifying authorities and take no further action. **2. How many hours of training does first responder operations level require at minimum?** - None - 4 hours - 8 hours - 24 hours **Answer: 8 hours.** 1910.120(q)(6)(ii) requires at least 8 hours plus awareness competencies. **3. Which responder approaches the point of release to stop it?** - Awareness level - Operations level - Hazardous materials technician - Skilled support personnel **Answer: Hazardous materials technician.** Technicians take offensive action to plug, patch or stop the release. **4. What guidebook do first responders use to identify hazardous materials and initial actions?** - The NIOSH Pocket Guide - The DOT Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) - The OSHA Field Operations Manual - The NFPA 70E **Answer: The DOT Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG).** The DOT ERG identifies materials by ID number or name and lists initial protective actions. **5. Operations-level responders act:** - Offensively at the leak - Defensively from a safe distance - Only after the release is stopped - Only as incident commander **Answer: Defensively from a safe distance.** Operations responders contain the release from a distance and keep it from spreading. **6. HAZWOPER requires emergency responses to be managed with:** - An incident command system - A union steward - The local news - No particular structure **Answer: An incident command system.** 1910.120(q)(3) requires a site-specific incident command system led by the senior official on scene. **7. How much training does an on-scene incident commander need?** - None - 4 hours - 8 hours - At least 24 hours equal to operations level **Answer: At least 24 hours equal to operations level.** 1910.120(q)(6)(v) requires at least 24 hours of training equal to operations level plus competencies. **8. An employer that will evacuate employees and not let them respond to releases needs:** - A HAZMAT team - An emergency action plan under 1910.38 - Technician training for all staff - Nothing **Answer: An emergency action plan under 1910.38.** Employers who evacuate and rely on outside responders can use an emergency action plan instead of paragraph (q). **9. Emergency responders need refresher training:** - Never - Annually, or annual demonstration of competency - Every 5 years - Only after an incident **Answer: Annually, or annual demonstration of competency.** 1910.120(q)(8) requires annual refresher training or a yearly demonstration of competency. **10. If you discover a chemical release at work, you should first:** - Try to clean it up yourself - Move away, isolate the area if safe, and notify per your emergency plan - Smell it to identify it - Ignore it **Answer: Move away, isolate the area if safe, and notify per your emergency plan.** Stay safe, keep others away, and make the notifications your emergency response plan specifies. ## More free HAZWOPER quizzes - [HAZWOPER 40 Hour Practice Test](https://www.hazwoperosha.com/quizzes/hazwoper-40-hour-practice-test/) · Free quiz · 15 questions - Free HAZWOPER 40 hour practice test with answers and explanations. 15 questions on OSHA 1910.120 training levels, PPE,... - [HAZWOPER 8 Hour Refresher Practice Quiz](https://www.hazwoperosha.com/quizzes/hazwoper-8-hour-refresher-practice-quiz/) · Free quiz · 10 questions - Free HAZWOPER 8 hour refresher practice quiz with answers. 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