Confined Space Rescue Awareness Quiz

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Completion of this quiz with a score of 80% will satisfy the general training requirement for Confined Space Rescue Awareness.

Certificates will be sent by email (generally within 2-3 weeks) to the address you submit below.

Questions: Randy Hill, Search & Rescue Coordinator-OSFM - 785-207-4144 or randy.hill@ks.gov

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1. The NFPA three tiered response concept includes: *

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a) Basic, Intermediate and Advanced

b) Attendant, Supervisor and Entrant

c) Awareness, Operations and Technician

d) All of the above

2. A confined space that has one or more of the following characteristics: (1) Contains or has a potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere; (2) Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant; (3) Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor which slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross-section; or (4) Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard would meet the criteria of which of the following: *

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a) Hazardous atmosphere

b) Permit required confined space

c) IDLH

d) None of the above

3. A confined space: 1) is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work; and 2) Has limited or restricted means for entry and exit and 3) is not designed for continuous employee occupancy. *

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a) True

b) False

4. Entry into a confined space occurs: *

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a) As soon as the entrants head enters the space

b) When the entry permit is completed

c) As soon as any part of the body breaks the plane of the opening

d) After the worker has exited from the space

5. An “Authorized Entrant” means: *

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a) Any agency manager

b) An employee who is authorized by the employer to enter a permit space

c) All personnel with current respiratory fit tests and inoculations

d) Deployable personnel

6. As an “Awareness Level” responder at a confined space emergency you should: *

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a) Check for hazards and then stick your head into the space to establish visual contact with the victim

b) Mitigate all hazards in the confined space

c) Implement the emergency response system

d) Immediately call for assistance

7. What level of training would never be considered an “Authorized Entrant”? *

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a) Awareness

b) Operations

c) Technician

d) None of the above should ever enter a confined space

8. Confined spaces are found in: *

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a) Rural communities

b) Suburban communities

c) Urban communities

d) All of the above

9. Before approaching a confined space an Awareness Level responder should: *

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a) Assess the perimeter surrounding the confined space to determine potential hazards

b) Utilize visual assessments, on-site personnel, MSDS and entry permit information to determine potential hazards.

c) Notify the designated confined space rescue service

d) All of the above

10. When attempting to establish contact and communications with a victim in a confined space, you are allowed to quickly enter/exit the space. *

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True

False

11. Which task force members are required to have confined space rescue awareness training? *

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a) Task Force Leaders

b) Managers

c) Specialists

d) All deployable members

12. What is the most common cause of fatalities in confined spaces? *

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a) Electrocutions

b) Machine entrapment

c) Hazardous atmospheres

d) Slip and falls

13. An Awareness level responder may: *

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a) Work under the direction of a Technician and enter the space to assist with a rescue

b) Enter a space as long as all hazards have been identified, isolated and controlled

c) Perform a non-entry retrieval

d) Perform a rescue that is not in a “high angle” environment

14. In order for task force members to enter a void in a structural collapse they must be trained in: *

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a) Structural collapse rescue

b) Confined space rescue

c) Respiratory protection

d) All of the above

15. As an Awareness level responder you come across a worker trapped in a below grade telecommunications vault at the end of your street at home. You should activate the response system by: *

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a) Calling the regional US&R task force

b) Calling the closest fire station

c) Calling 911

d) Calling the FEMA “HELP” number found on their website

16. A retrieval system can be used for non-entry rescues. Equipment commonly used for this purpose includes: *

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a) Retrieval line

b) Chest or full body harness

c) Wristlets

d) Lifting device

e) All of the above

17. Which condition is NOT appropriate for entry by personnel trained at the Operations level: *

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a) The internal configuration of the space is clear and unobstructed

b) The victim can be heard but can not be seen from outside the space’s primary access opening

c) The space can accommodate two rescuers and the victim

d) All hazards in and around the space have been identified, isolated and controlled

18. Organizations operating at the Confined Space Rescue Technician level are responsible for developing a confined space rescue team of at least 35 individuals. *

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True

False

19. Organizations operating at a Confined Space Awareness level are required to provide a minimum of Awareness level training. *

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a) True

b) False

20. Important duties for first responders trained at the awareness level include: *

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a) Controlling the site and managing the scene

b) Rapid entry and recon

c) Hazard assessment and communications with the victim