Hazmat

What is the shape and size of a placard?

10 3/4-inch square or diamond

Drivers of placarded vehicles transporting hazardous materials must stop _____ to _____ feet from the nearest rail of a railroad.

15 to 50 feet

The driver must always also carry on his person a dated certificate signed by the employer. This certificate must also be updated every

3 years

The total transport index of all radioactive material packages in a single vehicle must not exceed _____.

50

How many different hazard classes are there?

9

Carriers must give each driver who transports class 1.1 or 1.3 explosives:

A copy of FMCSR part 397

Class 8 is placarded as?

A placard corrosive at 1001 pounds

Nitric acid cannot be loaded:

Above any other commodities

When there is a hazardous materials emergency. You should:

All answers are correct -- Follow this checklist: Check to see that your driving partner is OK, keep the shipping papers with you, keep people far away and upwind, warn others of the danger, and call for help.

What are the major differences between cargo tanks and portable tanks?

All of the above are major differences -- Cargo tanks are bulk packaging permanently attached to a vehicle. Cargo tanks remain on the vehicle when you load and unload them. Portable tanks are bulk packaging, which are not permanently attached to a vehicle.

Which of the following, if required, must the shipper put on the package.

All the above - Shippers print required markings directly on the package, an attached label, or tag. When required, the shipper will put the following on the package: the name and address of shipper or consignee, the hazardous material's shipping name and identification number, and the labels required

Which of the following choices is a hazard class you are not allowed to smoke around?

All the answers are correct

Which of the following is one of the three keys to identify which placard to use?

All the answers are correct -- The three keys are: Materials Hazard Class, Amount Being Shipped, and amount of all Hazardous materials of all classes on your vehicle.

A safe haven is one place you can leave a vehicle unattended that is hauling explosives. What is the best description of a safe haven?

Any property that has been government approved for this use

When transporting chlorine in cargo tanks, what must you have?

Both of the above -- A driver transporting chlorine in cargo tanks must have an approved gas mask in the vehicle. The driver must also have an emergency kit for controlling leaks in dome cover plate fittings on the cargo tank.

Whenever your vehicle is placarded, do not drive near open fires unless you:

Can safely pass the fire without stopping

If there is an "RQ" before or after the item description on the shipping paper, it means the:

Carrier must report any spill of this material

You must never smoke or perform any activity involving fire within 25 feet of

Classes 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Which of the following three hazard classes should NOT be placed into a temperature-controlled trailer (one with a heater or air conditioner unit)?

Classes 1, 2.1, and 3

You have loaded a hazardous material into a cargo tank. What must you do before you move the vehicle?

Close all manholes and valves. Be sure they are free of leaks.

The placard is shaped?

Diamond

When there is a hazardous materials emergency, what should you do?

Do both of the above -- Follow this checklist: Check to see that your driving partner is OK, keep shipping papers with you, keep people far away and upwind, warn others of the danger, and call for help.

Symbol column, the letter "G" stands for?

Identifies the proper shipping name for which one or more technical names of the hazardous material must be entered in parentheses, along with the basic description

On a public roadway with a placarded tanker hauling flammable liquids, when can you transfer from one tanker to another?

In an emergency

If you are already carrying 100 pounds of silver cyanide, what precautions must you take if you are given papers at a dock to carry 100 cartons of battery acid?

Inform someone and do not load the battery acid.

Column 1 or the symbols column the "I" means:

International transportation

A properly prepared uniform hazardous waste manifest:

Must be signed and carried by anyone transporting a hazardous waste

Which of the following is NOT an acceptable type of marking for hazardous materials?

Name in italics

You do not have a hazardous materials endorsement on your commercial driver license. When can you legally haul hazardous materials?

Never

When handling packages of explosives, you must:

Never use hooks or other metal tools

Which of the following materials are acceptable floor liners for transporting Division 1.1 or 1.2 materials?

Non-ferrous metal

A hazard class name or ID number may not be used to describe a:

Non-hazardous material

In what location must you keep your shipping papers that describe any hazardous materials?

On the driver's seat whenever you are out of the vehicle

Where are the two main places that the hazardous material identification number appears?

On the shipping papers and on the packages

When can the shipping name or the hazardous material identification number be abbreviated on the shipping paper?

Only if regulations specifically authorize the shipper to do it

What placard must be used with an inhalation hazard load?

Poison/ inhalation hazard

Animals and human foodstuffs should not be loaded in the same vehicle with?

Poisons

Which signals may be used to warn of a stopped vehicle that contains explosives?

Reflective triangles

What action should you take if you discover your hazardous materials shipment leaking at a rest stop but there is no phone available?

Send someone for help with all the necessary information.

If an X or RQ is in the HM column of a shipping paper entry, the:

Shipment is regulated by hazardous material regulations

The transport index of a radioactive material:

Tells the degree of control needed during transportation

Who is responsible for finding out what permits or special routes you will need to haul hazardous materials?

The driver

A truck carrying explosives has crashed with another vehicle. You should not pull them apart until?

The explosives have been placed at least 200 feet away from the vehicles and occupied buildings

To determine if you need to use placards, which of the following is NOT something you need to know?

The manufacturing date of the material

' package hazardous materials, they must certify that this was done according to the regulations. The only exception is when:

The shipper is a private carrier carrying his or her own product

Whose signatures must be on a Hazardous Waste Manifest?

The shipper, all carriers, and the receiver

Which of the following must drivers have in their possession while transporting class 1.1 or 1.3 explosives?

The written route plan

An "A or W" the first column of the hazardous materials table means:

This material is only restricted when shipped by air and/or water

What is the purpose of a driver placarding their vehicle?

To communicate risk

Your engine runs a pump when you are delivering compressed gas. After finishing the delivery, when should you turn off the engine?

Turn it off before unhooking the hoses.

When is it necessary to ground the trailer?

When filling or unloading any flammable liquid tank, ground must be maintained until filling hole is properly closed

If in a materials class is the word "forbidden", what kinds of materials are you still allowed to haul?

You can't haul a forbidden cargo

A shipping paper for hazardous materials must include

both of the above -- A shipping paper for hazardous materials must include: Page numbers if the shipping paper has more than one page, a proper shipping description for each hazardous material, and shipper's certification signed by the shipper saying they prepared the shipment according to the regulations.

The Hazardous Materials Table has ______ columns.

eight

To communicate the risk of hazardous materials, shippers do all of the following EXCEPT

have their drivers text their locations.

You have a vehicle without racks to hold cylinders or compressed gas. You may load such cylinders only if they are

loaded upright or lying down flat and braced.

When shippers package the material, they are trying to

make it easy to identify.

The other two places where the hazardous material identification number must appear are

on all bulk packaging and on the cargo tanks.

The shipper, all carriers, and the receiver

placard your vehicle.

A hazardous material's identification number is determined by

the shipper.