HAZMAT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE &
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS.
1) The name and EPA registration numbers of the shippers, carriers, and destination
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must appear on -- Answer ✔✔ Hazardous Waste Manifest
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2) What is a placard? -- Answer ✔✔ Diamond shaped warning signs placed on vehicles
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3) When carrying class 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosives, you must -- Answer ✔✔ have a
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written route plan
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4) The hazardous materials regulations are intended to do what? -- Answer ✔✔ To
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contain material, communicate the risk, and assure safe drivers and equipment
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5) When transporting hazardous materials, which of the following is NOT a
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responsibility of the driver? -- Answer ✔✔ Driver prepares the shipping papers and
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supplies the placards
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6) Which of the following indicates the order in which information must be shown in
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the description area of a shipping paper? -- Answer ✔✔ Proper shipping name,
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hazard class, ID number, packing group
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7) Diamond shaped warning labels must be placed on hazardous materials packages. If
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the package cannot accommodate a label -- Answer ✔✔ The label must be put on a
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tag that is securely attached to the package
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8) Where should placards be displayed if you are required to use them? -- Answer ✔✔
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On both ends and both sides of the vehicle
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, 9) If a W appears in column 1 of the Hazardous Materials Table, What does it indicate
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about the hazardous material? -- Answer ✔✔ Only applies when the material is
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being transported by water
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10) How is the Hazardous Materials Table ordered? -- Answer ✔✔ Alphabetical order
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by proper shipping name
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11) What placards, if any, do you need if your load includes 20 lbs. of Division 2.3 gas
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and 1,0001 lbs. of flammable gas -- Answer ✔✔ None, you cannot load these
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materials together
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12) For Division 1.1 or 1.2 Explosives A, should the floor liner required to be stainless
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steel? -- Answer ✔✔ No
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13) A hazard class that uses transport indexes to determine the amount that can be
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loaded in a single vehicle is -- Answer ✔✔ class 7 radioactive materials
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14) The Emergency Response Guide, ERG, can best be explained as -- Answer ✔✔ A
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guide for firefighters, police, and industry workers on how to protect themselves
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and the public from hazardous materials AND a guidebook for truck drivers, dock
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workers, and shippers to protect themselves
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15) Which of the following is a reason that shippers package materials -- Answer ✔✔
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contain
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16) It is very important that you never smoke around which hazard classes -- Answer
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v,✔✔ explosives, flammable gas, oxidizers, flammable solids. flammable liquids
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17) There must be a hazardous materials identification number of on the _______ and
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on the _____ -- Answer ✔✔ shipping papers; package
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18) When is it acceptable for non-hazardous materials to be described by hazard class
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words or identification numbers -- Answer ✔✔ never
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ACCURATE SOLUTIONS.
1) The name and EPA registration numbers of the shippers, carriers, and destination
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
must appear on -- Answer ✔✔ Hazardous Waste Manifest
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
2) What is a placard? -- Answer ✔✔ Diamond shaped warning signs placed on vehicles
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
3) When carrying class 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosives, you must -- Answer ✔✔ have a
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
written route plan
v, v, v,
4) The hazardous materials regulations are intended to do what? -- Answer ✔✔ To
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
contain material, communicate the risk, and assure safe drivers and equipment
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
5) When transporting hazardous materials, which of the following is NOT a
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
responsibility of the driver? -- Answer ✔✔ Driver prepares the shipping papers and
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
supplies the placards
v, v, v,
6) Which of the following indicates the order in which information must be shown in
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
the description area of a shipping paper? -- Answer ✔✔ Proper shipping name,
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
hazard class, ID number, packing group
v, v, v, v, v, v,
7) Diamond shaped warning labels must be placed on hazardous materials packages. If
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
the package cannot accommodate a label -- Answer ✔✔ The label must be put on a
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
tag that is securely attached to the package
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
8) Where should placards be displayed if you are required to use them? -- Answer ✔✔
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
On both ends and both sides of the vehicle
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
, 9) If a W appears in column 1 of the Hazardous Materials Table, What does it indicate
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
about the hazardous material? -- Answer ✔✔ Only applies when the material is
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
being transported by water
v, v, v, v,
10) How is the Hazardous Materials Table ordered? -- Answer ✔✔ Alphabetical order
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
by proper shipping name
v, v, v, v,
11) What placards, if any, do you need if your load includes 20 lbs. of Division 2.3 gas
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
and 1,0001 lbs. of flammable gas -- Answer ✔✔ None, you cannot load these
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
materials together
v, v,
12) For Division 1.1 or 1.2 Explosives A, should the floor liner required to be stainless
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
steel? -- Answer ✔✔ No
v, v, v, v, v,
13) A hazard class that uses transport indexes to determine the amount that can be
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
loaded in a single vehicle is -- Answer ✔✔ class 7 radioactive materials
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
14) The Emergency Response Guide, ERG, can best be explained as -- Answer ✔✔ A
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
guide for firefighters, police, and industry workers on how to protect themselves
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
and the public from hazardous materials AND a guidebook for truck drivers, dock
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
workers, and shippers to protect themselves
v, v, v, v, v, v,
15) Which of the following is a reason that shippers package materials -- Answer ✔✔
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
contain
v,
16) It is very important that you never smoke around which hazard classes -- Answer
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
v,✔✔ explosives, flammable gas, oxidizers, flammable solids. flammable liquids
v, v, v, v, v, v, v, v,
17) There must be a hazardous materials identification number of on the _______ and
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on the _____ -- Answer ✔✔ shipping papers; package
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18) When is it acceptable for non-hazardous materials to be described by hazard class
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words or identification numbers -- Answer ✔✔ never
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