1 . If your engine runs a pump used during delivery of compressed gas, you should turn off the engine:

While unhooking the hoses.
After unhooking the hoses.
Before unhooking the hoses.

2 . Hazardous materials placards are usually shaped like:

Circles.
Triangles.
Diamonds.

3 . If transporting chlorine, what must be in the vehicle?

A gas mask
Goggles
An axe

4 . If a driver stops and leaves their vehicle while transporting hazardous materials, the shipping papers should be:

Carried by the driver.
Left in the front seat of the cab.
Placed in a box under the passenger seat.

5 . If "Inhalation Hazard" appears on a shipping paper, the shipper should provide which placard?

Liquid
Poison Gas or Poison Inhalation Hazard
Reportable Quantity

6 . If you identify hazardous materials leaking while you are driving, you should:

Continue driving to find a phone booth and call the National Response Center.
Park the vehicle.
Leave the area to find help.

7 . If transporting explosives:

You must have a written route plan.
You should take the shortest possible route.
You can always use tunnels.

8 . Before loading or unloading flammable liquids, the engine should be:

Turned off.
Revved up.
Left on.

9 . A person attending a placarded vehicle must be:

Inside a gas station looking through a window.
In the vehicle, awake or asleep.
Within 100 feet of the vehicle.

10 . A shipping paper:

Is not needed for most shipments of hazardous materials.
Is required for all shipments of hazardous materials.
Can be kept in a digital file.

11 . An indicator that cargo contains hazardous materials is:

The cargo is stored in cylinder tanks.
The cargo is picked up from a supermarket.
The cargo is packaged in cardboard boxes.

12 . If a package of explosives has an oily stain or shows dampness, the driver should:

Continue to transport the load.
Decline transporting the load.
Use towels to absorb the liquid.

13 . If the letter “G” appears in Column 1 of a hazardous materials shipping paper, the shipping paper must also include:

The technical name of the hazardous materials.
The type of packaging containing the hazardous materials.
The shipper’s phone number.

14 . When loading compressed gas, the liquid discharge valves should be:

Removed.
Closed
Opened.

15 . How often are hazardous materials employees required to be trained and tested?

Once every year
Once every three years
Once every five years

16 . The National Response Center must be notified of an incident resulting in any of the following, except:

Death.
Injury requiring hospitalization.
Injury not requiring hospitalization.
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17 . To know which placard to use, you need to know:

The hazard class of the materials.
The type of container that is holding the materials.
The destination of the materials.

18 . If a package contains liquid containers, the box must display:

Arrows pointing in the correct upright direction.
A return address.
The number of containers inside the box.

19 . A driver should ensure that:

The shipping paper matches the markings and labels on packages.
The shipping paper is written in code.
All packages are labeled as poison.

20 . A placard indicating hazardous materials is shaped like a:

Diamond.
Triangle.
Circle.

21 . In general, before loading or unloading any flammable liquids, an engine should be:

Turned off.
Revved up.
Turned on.

22 . You may leave a vehicle that is carrying explosives unattended:

Under a bridge.
In a safe haven.
On the shoulder of a highway.

23 . When driving a vehicle with empty cargo tanks that are used to transport hazardous materials, a driver:

Should not cross a railroad crossing.
Needs to slow when approaching a railroad crossing, but is not required to stop.
Must stop at a railroad crossing.

24 . A material’s hazard class reflects:

The risks associated with the material.
How quickly the material must reach its destination.
How much the material weighs.

25 . If a driver is given a leaking package or shipment, they should:

Accept it.
Refuse it.
Leave it on the side of the road.

26 . Shippers package in order to ____ hazardous materials.

Contain
Release
Insulate

27 . ____ is responsible for properly labeling hazardous materials.

The shipper
The loader
The driver

28 . Placards must be placed:

Within three inches of other markings.
So words or numbers are read from left to right.
Upside down.

29 . Class 1, Class 2.1, and Class 3 materials should not be placed in a trailer with:

A heater.
An air conditioner.
Other items.

30 . In addition to reading the manual, the best way to learn about transporting hazardous materials is to:

Talk to other HazMat drivers.
Attend hazardous materials training courses.
Follow your instincts.