CSX Conductor Training Student
Workbook Part 3: Hazardous Materials
Questions with Accurate Answers
A hazardous shipment may not be accepted or transported without what
documents? correct answer 1. Acceptable Shipping Papers.
2. Acceptable Emergency Response Information.
3. A CT-168.
All loaded and residue/empty Haz Mat shipments must be inspected at these
points: correct answer 1. Before accepting them from the shipper.
2. When receiving them in interchange.
3. When placing them in a train.
4. At other points when an inspection is required.
Check Haz Mat cars for: correct answer 1. Leakage.
2. Appropriate Placards and Markings.
3. Secure fastenings of closures.
4. Signs of tampering.
Haz Mat shipments must remain placarded unless: correct answer They have
been cleaned of residue
Haz Mat shipments, whether loaded or containing a residue, must not be
accepted for Transportation unless properly... correct answer Placarded and
Marked
, Hazardous Materials correct answer A substance or material which the Secretary
of Transportation has determined to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to
health, safety and property when transported in commerce.
How many Haz Mat classes are there? correct answer 9 Numerical and 2 worded
(Combustible Liquids & ORM-D)
If emergency response information is NOT available, then... correct answer DO
NOT accept or transport the car
If second defect in a train is failed, car must be correct answer Set out from the
train
Make sure that all required placards are: correct answer 1. Consistent with the
shipping paper information.
2. On both sides and both ends of the shipment.
Switching correct answer The operation of moving rail cars within a yard in order
to place them in a train or on a classification, repair or storage track. Also includes
making pickups and setouts
Switching does not include correct answer Moving rail cars to or from a shippers
facility or industry track into or out of the yard
The maximum authorized speed for key trains is? correct answer 50 mph
Workbook Part 3: Hazardous Materials
Questions with Accurate Answers
A hazardous shipment may not be accepted or transported without what
documents? correct answer 1. Acceptable Shipping Papers.
2. Acceptable Emergency Response Information.
3. A CT-168.
All loaded and residue/empty Haz Mat shipments must be inspected at these
points: correct answer 1. Before accepting them from the shipper.
2. When receiving them in interchange.
3. When placing them in a train.
4. At other points when an inspection is required.
Check Haz Mat cars for: correct answer 1. Leakage.
2. Appropriate Placards and Markings.
3. Secure fastenings of closures.
4. Signs of tampering.
Haz Mat shipments must remain placarded unless: correct answer They have
been cleaned of residue
Haz Mat shipments, whether loaded or containing a residue, must not be
accepted for Transportation unless properly... correct answer Placarded and
Marked
, Hazardous Materials correct answer A substance or material which the Secretary
of Transportation has determined to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to
health, safety and property when transported in commerce.
How many Haz Mat classes are there? correct answer 9 Numerical and 2 worded
(Combustible Liquids & ORM-D)
If emergency response information is NOT available, then... correct answer DO
NOT accept or transport the car
If second defect in a train is failed, car must be correct answer Set out from the
train
Make sure that all required placards are: correct answer 1. Consistent with the
shipping paper information.
2. On both sides and both ends of the shipment.
Switching correct answer The operation of moving rail cars within a yard in order
to place them in a train or on a classification, repair or storage track. Also includes
making pickups and setouts
Switching does not include correct answer Moving rail cars to or from a shippers
facility or industry track into or out of the yard
The maximum authorized speed for key trains is? correct answer 50 mph
