HAZMAT Endorsment Flashcards
If you suspect that there is a cargo fire in your trailer and the cargo doors are hot you should:
A. Empty the trailer
B. Leave the door close
C. Open the doors
B. Leave the door close
You are going to be hauling hazardous materials over a route you do not know well. When should you check the route and get the permits needed for the trip?
A. Before starting the trip
B. While you are still o n a part of the route that you know
C. Within 24 hours of the finish of the trip
A. Before starting the trip
When shippers handle hazardous materials, they must certify that this was done according to the regulations, the only exception is when:
A. The shipper is a private carrier, carrying their own product
B. The driver is given a sealed cargo compartment
C. The shipment is a hazardous waste
A. The shipper is a private carrier, carrying their own product
You are transporting hazardous materials. When you are not behind the wheel, the shipping papers must be on the driver’s seat or:
A. With you
B. In the pouch on the driver’s door
C. On the dashboard in clear view
B. In the pouch on the driver’s door
You are behind the wheel of a truck carrying a shipment of hazardous material. The shipping papers must bee in a pouch on the driver’s door or in:
A. Clear view within your reach
B. The truck’s glove compartment
C. Approach or inside of the driver’s door
A. Clear view within your reach
The hazardous material quantity being transported must be on the shipping paper:
A. If it is more than 10 pounds
B. All the time
C. If the amount is a reportable quantity
C. If the amount is a reportable quantity
When fueling a placarded vehicle, someone must always be:
A. Within 10 feet of the pump with a fire extinguisher
B. At the emergency power shut-off for the pump
C. At the nozzle, controlling the fuel flow
C. At the nozzle, controlling the fuel flow
The National Response Center:
A. Helps coordinate emergency response to chemical hazard
B. Checks and update shippers had properly labeled of hazardous material
C. Must inspect any truck or bus thats involved in a hazardous material accident
A. Helps coordinate emergency response to chemical hazard
With most hazardous materials, you may park within 5 feet of the road briefly, if your work requires it. The materials that are the exception and do not allow parking this close to the road are:
A. Explosives 1.1 and 1.2
B. ORM-D
C. Acids & poisons
A. Explosives 1.1 and 1.2
A driver who transports radioactive material and has to follow a certain route must have had special training by the carrier within the last:
A. Four years
B. One year
C. Two years
C. Two years
When hauling hazardous materials, you must stop your vehicle and check any dual tires at least once every:
A. 2 hours or 100 miles whichever is less
B. 2 hours or 80 miles whichever is less
C. 3 hours or 150 miles whichever is less
A. 2 hours or 100 miles whichever is less
If you are in an accident involving hazardous materials, you should:
A. Tell only the Emergency Response Team about the hazard
B. Prevent a panic by acting like nothing is wrong
C. Keep all people far away and upwind of the accident
C. Keep all people far away and upwind of the accident
You are carrying placarded class 7 radioactive material, must you stop before rail road crossing?
A. Only if marks as excent
B. Yes
C. No
B. Yes
If you have a hazardous materials fire on the road, you should:
A. Open the cargo door
B. Not attempt to control the fire
C. Remove all burned material
B. Not attempt to control the fire
When handling packages of explosives, you must:
A. Not package the load with sharp or shaking action
B. Keep a tandem on other fit away
C. Never use hooks or other metal tools
C. Never use hooks or other metal tools
Who is responsible for reporting spills for hazardous material?
A. The driver
B. The shipper
C. The carrier
A. The driver
In placarded vehicles with hazardous materials how many placards will you need?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
A. 4
Shipments are placarded on:
A. Quantity of hazard and class of hazard materials being transported
B. Populations on route
C. Distance and route traveled
A. Quantity of hazard and class of hazard materials being transported
When you discover a hazardous materials cargo leak:
A. Identify the hazardous materials
B. Use your sense of smell to identify the material transported
C. Immediately remove all the package from the vehicle transport
A. Identify the hazardous materials
When carrying explosives and you have broken down or crashed:
A. Leave the vehicle and go for help
B. Immediately open and inspect the cargo
C. Do not allow smoking or fire near the vehicle
C. Do not allow smoking or fire near the vehicle
You need to warn others of a stopped vehicle with a tank used for flammable liquids or gases, you can use:
A. Flares
B. Fuses
C. Reflective triangles
C. Reflective triangles
You have hazardous materials spilling from the container but not spilling from the vehicle, drive to the closes safe area where you can get help &:
A. Stay upwind where people gather
B. Call emergency personnel if they are needed
C. Repacking the spilled material with plastic over raw
B. Call emergency personnel if they are needed
If an X or an RQ is in the HM column of a shipping paper entry, the:
A. Shipment is regulated by hazardous materials regulations
B. Entry refers to the materials that must be top loaded
C. Material listed on that line is the larges part of the shipment
A. Shipment is regulated by hazardous materials regulations
Explosives 1.1 must NOT be transported in a single transport vehicle that includes:
A. Class 7 radioactive material
B. A cargo tank that is not equipped with baffles
C. Material that are classified as ORM-D
A. Class 7 radioactive material
Smoking is prohibited when loading or unloading which of the following:
A. Class 8 (Corrosives)
B. Division 6.1 (Poisons)
C. Class 5 (Oxidizers)
C. Class 5 (Oxidizers)
Your vehicle contains explosives, oxidants or flammables no one must smoke within:
A. 15 feet of the vehicle
B. 50 feet of the vehicle
C. 25 feet of the vehicle
C. 25 feet of the vehicle
There are two list that drivers, shippers and carriers use to find out if a material is a regulated product. One of these lists is the:
A. Department of Transportation hazardous load
B. EPA Dangerous Materials Table
C. List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities
C. List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities
To find out if a shipment includes a hazardous material, you should:
A. Look at the shipping paper
B. Look at the shipping license
C. Open and inspect every package and container
A. Look at the shipping paper
Shippers (who send something) must put:
A. Square shape hazard warning labels on those hazardous materials packages
B. Oval shape hazard warning labels on those hazardous materials packages
C. Diamond shape hazard warning labels on those hazardous materials packages
C. Diamond shape hazard warning labels on those hazardous materials packages
Generally the:
A. Shipper must certify on the shipping paper that the shipment has been prepared in the correct manner.
B. Carrier must certify on the shipping paper that the shipment has been prepared in the correct manner.
C. Driver must certify on the shipping paper that the shipment has been prepared in the correct manner.
A. Shipper must certify on the shipping paper that the shipment has been prepared in the correct manner.
Placards are 10 3/4 inches square, square on point and :
A. Square shape
B. Rectangular shape
C. Diamond shape
C. Diamond shape
You find an overheated tire during an enroute inspection, if you are hauling hazardous materials, you must:
A. Remove the tire and check it every two hours
B. Remove the tire and place it a safe distance from the vehicle
C. Wait at least 2 hours before continuing your trip
B. Remove the tire and place it a safe distance from the vehicle
The symbol A appearing in column one of the hazardous materials table section 172.101 means that the hazardous materials is:
A. Only a reportable quantity if 100 or more pounds spill
B. Subject of hazardous materials rules only when transporting by air unless hazardous substance or waste
C. Extremely harmful to marine life
B. Subject of hazardous materials rules only when transporting by air unless hazardous substance or waste
A vehicle contains 500 pounds each, of explosives 1.1 and 1.2, you must use:
A. Explosives 1.1 placards
B. Explosives and dangerous placards
C. Dangerous placards
A. Explosives 1.1 placards
Nitric acid (Nitrogen Oxides) (Class 8) may only be carried with other hazardous materials if it is loaded no more than two tiers high and:
A. It is not loaded above any other material
B. The quantity of anyone of others materials is not 1001 pound or more
C. It has a transported index less than 1.1
A. It is not loaded above any other material
The basic description of a hazardous materials includes the hazard class, the identification number and the proper shipping name. Which one must appear first on the shipping paper?
A. The hazard class
B. The identification number
C. The proper shipping name
C. The proper shipping name
Animal and human food products should not be loaded in the same vehicle with:
A. Explosives
B. Poison
C. Oxidizers
B. Poison
When transporting chlorine in cargo tanks, you must:
A. Know the chemical formula of chlorine
B. Carry an approved gas mask and emergency kit for leak reparation
C. Be prepared to evacuate your vehicle and leave the area fast
B. Carry an approved gas mask and emergency kit for leak reparation