PRACTICE – Q&A
A hazardous materials ID number is determined by ✔️Ans - the shipper
You have loaded a hazardous material into a cargo tank. What must you do
before you move the vehicle? ✔️Ans - Close all the manholes and
valves; be sure they are free of leaks
You have a vehicle without racks to hold cylinders or compressed gas. You
may load such cylinders only if they are ✔️Ans - loaded upright or lying
down flat and braced
When transporting chlorine in cargo tanks, what must you have ✔️Ans -
both
an emergency kit for controlling leaks in fittings on the dome cover plate
an approved gas mask
when can the shipping name or the haz material ID number be abbreviated
on the shipping paper? ✔️Ans - only if regualtions specifically
authorize the shipper to do it
Your engine runs a pump when you are delivering compressed gas. After
finishing the delivery, when should you turn off the engine? ✔️Ans -
turn it off before unhooking the hoses
Which of the following materials are acceptable floor liners for
transporting division 1.1 or 1.2 materials? ✔️Ans - non-ferrous metal
where are the two main places that the haz material identification number
appears ✔️Ans - on the shipping papers and on the packages.
You can't haul 1.1 explosives with: ✔️Ans - radioactive materials
, When fueling a placarded vehicle, someone must always be: ✔️Ans - at
the nozzle controlling the fuel flow
what is chemtrec's primary job ✔️Ans - they coordinate and advise
companies on spills; they also link up proper authorities with those
companies.
How many identical placards is a vehicle hauling haz materials required to
display and where? ✔️Ans - 4; one on the front, back, and each side
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. ✔️Ans - explosves 1.1
through 1.3
who is responsible for checking to be sure the shipper correctly named,
labeled, and marked a haz materials shipment ✔️Ans - the carrier
there are three list that drivers, shippers and carriers use to find out if a
material is regulated as haz. Which one of these choices is not one of those
three list:
EPA dangerous materials list
Haz materials table
List of haz substances and reportable quantities ✔️Ans - EPA
dangerous materials list
who is responsible for safely transporting a haz material shipment without
delay and keeping the shipping papers in the right place ✔️Ans - the
driver
When a spill occurs of an "rq" substance the carrier has within ______to
report the spill. ✔️Ans - 30 days
you are going to be hauling haz materials over a route you do not know
well. When should you check the route and get the permits needed for the
trip ✔️Ans - before starting the trip