Hazardous Materials Practice Questions
Click On The Picture To Begin
Good Luck!
- Written tests
- Escorts
- Permits
- Nothing
From The CDL Manual
Permits —
Some locations require permits to transport certain explosives or bulk hazardous wastes. States and counties also may require drivers to follow special hazardous materials routes. The federal government may require permits or exemptions for special hazardous materials cargo such as rocket fuel. Find out about permits, exemptions and special routes for places you drive.
- Hazmat driving rules
- Loading rules
- Containment details
- Containment rules
From The CDL Manual
9.1.1 – Contain the Material
Transporting hazardous materials can be risky. The regulations are intended to protect you, those around you and the environment. They tell shippers how to package the materials safely and drivers how to load, transport and unload the material. These are called "containment rules."
- Provide placards
- Provide proper shipping papers
- Put hazard warning labels on packages
- Call the driver's employer after departure
From The CDL Manual
9.1.2 – Communicate the Risk
To communicate the risk, shippers must warn drivers and others about the material's hazards. The regulations require shippers to put hazard warning labels on packages, provide proper shipping papers, emergency response information and placards. These steps communicate the hazard to the shipper, the carrier and the driver.
- Proper placarding of the vehicle
- Drivers must be familiar with all of these things
- How to properly identify and load hazmat shipments
- Safe transportation methods
From The CDL Manual
9.1.3 – Assure Safe Drivers and Equipment
To obtain a hazardous materials endorsement on a CDL, you must pass a written test about transporting hazardous materials. To pass the test, you must know how to:
- Identify what are hazardous materials.
- Safely load shipments.
- Properly placard your vehicle in accordance with the rules.
- Safely transport shipments.
- Lose visual contact with the car in front of them
- Drive alone at night
- Travel down steep inclines
- Break the rules by taking shortcuts
From The CDL Manual
Learn the rules and follow them. Following the rules reduces the risk of injury from hazardous materials. Taking shortcuts by breaking rules is unsafe and against the law.
- Providing proper placards
- Identifying the product's proper shipping name
- Properly placarding the vehicle
- Packaging, marking, and labeling the shipment
From The CDL Manual
The shipper:
- Sends products from one place to another by truck, rail, vessel or airplane.
- Uses the hazardous materials regulations to decide the product’s:
- - Identification number
- - Proper shipping name
- - Hazard class
- - Correct packaging
- - Correct label and markings
- Provides correct placards
- Must package, mark and label the materials, prepare shipping papers, provide emergency response information and supply placards.
- Certify on the shipping paper that the shipment has been prepared according to the rules (unless you are pulling cargo tanks supplied by you or your employer).
- The shipper
- The carrier
- The DOT
- The driver
From The CDL Manual
The shipper:
- Sends products from one place to another by truck, rail, vessel or airplane.
- Uses the hazardous materials regulations to decide the product’s:
- - Identification number
- - Proper shipping name
- - Hazard class
- - Correct packaging
- - Correct label and markings
- Provides correct placards
- Must package, mark and label the materials, prepare shipping papers, provide emergency response information and supply placards.
- Certify on the shipping paper that the shipment has been prepared according to the rules (unless you are pulling cargo tanks supplied by you or your employer).
- The shipper
- The carrier
- The DOT
- The driver
From The CDL Manual
The carrier:
- Takes the shipment from the shipper to its destination.
- Prior to transportation, checks that the shipper correctly described, marked, labeled and otherwise prepared the shipment for transportation.
- Refuses improper shipments.
- Reports accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials to the proper government agency.
- Shipper
- Carrier
- Lumpers
- Driver
From The CDL Manual
The driver:
- Makes sure the shipper has identified, marked and labeled the hazardous materials properly.
- Refuses leaking packages and shipments.
- Placards his vehicle when loading, if required.
- Safely transports the shipment without delay.
- Follows all special rules about transporting hazardous materials.
- Keeps hazardous materials shipping papers and emergency response information in the proper place.
- Placarding the vehicle
- Keeping hazmat papers and emergency response information in the proper place
- Reporting accidents and incidents
- Refusing leaking packages and shipments
From The CDL Manual
The driver:
- Makes sure the shipper has identified, marked and labeled the hazardous materials properly.
- Refuses leaking packages and shipments.
- Placards his vehicle when loading, if required.
- Safely transports the shipment without delay.
- Follows all special rules about transporting hazardous materials.
- Keeps hazardous materials shipping papers and emergency response information in the proper place.
TT On Facebook